Category: Suburban Opinion
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In my day, sonny, we got numbers in a book
CODA GREG BEAN If the phone company stops printing and delivering residential white pages, as Verizon has asked regulators permission to do in New York and New Jersey, what am I going to use as a doorstop, or to raise my computer monitor an extra 3 or 4 inches? On the one hand, Verizon’s request…
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Dismayed by lack of good manners
Recently, my son, along with 48 other children, made his First Holy Communion at a local church. Before the Mass began, an announcement was made that there was to be no photography except for those individuals hired to photograph and videotape the event. As soon as the children began their procession into the church, the…
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Elimination of funding will hurt community
Gov. Chris Christie’s FY11 state budget proposes the complete elimination of state funding for family-planning services. These programs provide basic health care to New Jersey women and men, many of whom have recently lost their jobs and/or their health insurance. Restoring the funds for family planning makes sense because: • for every $1 spent on…
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Rehena “Rina” Aitcheson
Mrs. Aitcheson, 92, of Old Bridge, formerly of Hanover, Jamaica, died April 21, 2010. Her husband, Stanley, died in 1977. She was predeceased by a son, Sunny. Surviving are four children, Junie Katoe, Marva Aitcheson, Marshe Crandon and Danny Aitcheson; nine grandchildren; and nine great grandchildren. A memorial gathering and service was held at Old…
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Joseph W. Quirk
Mr. Quirk, 79, of South River, formerly of Hazlet, died April 24, 2010, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was predeceased by his wife, Agnes M. Giff Quirk; a son, Richard; a brother, James; and a sister, Isabell Anderson. Surviving are seven children, Stephen of Millburn, Gregory of Pennsylvania, Kathleen Webster and…
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Sixth-graders at Carl Sandburg Middle School in Old Bridge
Sixth-graders at Carl Sandburg Middle School in Old Bridge conduct a science experiment after school on April 27. The students’ proposal, selected as a regional winner in a NASA Goddard Space Flight Center contest, will soon be tested at the International Space Station. The experiment was designed to investigate the effects gravity has on the…
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John P. Iannuzzo
Mr. Iannuzzo, 89, of East Brunswick, died April 26, 2010, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. His wife, Hilda Franchetti Iannuzzo, died in 1993. Surviving are a son, Scott Iannuzzo, and his wife, Kathleen, of East Brunswick; and four grandchildren. A Mass was offered at St. Bartholomew’s Church, East Brunswick. Arrangements were under the…
