Category: Suburban Opinion
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Julia Walas Skrzyniarz
Mrs. Skzyniarz, 90, of Sayreville, died Dec. 9, 2009, in Bayshore Health Care Center, Holmdel. Prior to her retirement, she was employed as a housekeeper at South Amboy Memorial Hospital. She was predeceased by her husband, Michal; four children, Wladyslaw, Stanislaw, Jozef and Janina; and three brothers, August, John and Stanislaw Walas. Surviving are five…
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Gerald D. Superior
Mr. Superior, 71, of Spotswood, formerly of Old Bridge, died Nov. 30, 2009, at home. Surviving are two sisters, Beverly Hulse and Sharon Skowrenski; a brother, William Superior; a cousin, Mary Ann Turk; and a friend, Chris Decker. Services were held at Michael Hegarty Funeral Home, Old Bridge. Cremation was private.
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Amused by reaction to weekly trash pickup
This letter is written in response to Eileen Luft’s letter to the editor, “Wants Mayor to Know That New Garbage Schedule Has No Merit,” that appeared in the Oct. 29 issue of the Sentinel. Ms. Luft wrote about being disappointed at East Brunswick’s decision to move to once-a-week garbage pickups between Labor Day and Memorial…
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Maria A. Scordo
Mrs. Scordo, 83, of Milltown, died Dec. 2, 2009, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. Her husband, Natale Scordo, died in 1998. Surviving are a son and daughter-in-law, John and Theresa Scordo of Allentown; two daughters and sons-in-law, Catherine and John Bredin of Milltown and Angela and John Terrizzi of North Brunswick; and seven…
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Well-run TNR programs improve health of cats, communities
The North Brunswick Humane Association (NBHA) applauds South River for its recent initiative to allow its Board of Health to form a Feral Cat Committee in order to improve the effectiveness of the town’s Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) efforts. Opponents of TNR often offer distortions about feral cats to scare the public away from TNR. However, TNR…
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Rose M. Papandrea Spirko
Mrs. Spirko, 71, of South River, died Nov. 30, 2009, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Surviving are her husband, Emery Spirko; a son, John Spirko, and his wife, Eglantine, of Highlands; a daughter, Maria Castronova, and her husband, Michael, of Spotswood; a brother, Nicholas Papandrea, and his companion, Viga Greenspan; and four…
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Volunteers sought to join firefighting team in Monroe
As you may be aware, the career staff members of Station No. 57 have been using the volunteers building, located at 130 Applegarth Road, Monroe. With the new station anticipated to be completed in April 2010, the members of Applegarth Volunteer Engine Company No. 1 Inc. are actively seeking new members to join our team.…
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Lucy Colontino
Mrs. Colontino, 93, of East Brunswick, died Nov. 30, 2009, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. She was predeceased by her husband, Albert, and by eight siblings. Surviving are a son, Robert Colontino, and his wife, Patricia, of Monroe; three grandchildren, Bobby, Melissa and Erica; and four great-grandchildren. A Mass was offered at St.…
