Category: Suburban Opinion
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What’s that sound? It’s the sound of silence
Coda • GREG BEAN It sure has been a lot quieter around the house since the Federal Trade Commission’s ban on prerecorded “robocalls” went into effect Sept. 1, and I couldn’t be happier. I put my name on the national Do Not Call list the very day I learned about it, and it has been…
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Diane F. Mosier
Mrs. Mosier, 66, of East Brunswick, died Aug. 29, 2009, at Barbara E. Cheung Memorial Hospice, Edison. Born in Queens, N.Y., she had resided in Sayreville before moving to East Brunswick four years ago. Prior to retiring in 1993, Mrs. Mosier was a trader for Kidder, Peabody Inc., Manhattan, where she worked for over 15…
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Elaine M. Savino-Roth
Mrs. Savino-Roth, 70, of East Brunswick, died Aug. 24, 2009, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. She worked in the financial department at Middlesex County College, Edison. Her first husband, Benjamin Savino, died in 1984. Surviving are her husband, William Roth; a son, Anthony Savino, and his fiancée, Kelly Keane, of East Brunswick;…
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Wants to put brakes on health-care plan
This letter is in response to the letter to the editor from Rick Nemshick, “Urges Passage of Health-Care Reform,” which ran in the Aug. 27 issue of the Suburban. “Some sort of health-care reform” can mean almost anything from wonderful to horrific. One should not be considered against reform just because one is against the…
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Rose Burdak Firczuk
Mrs. Firczuk, 93, of Sayreville, died Sept. 1, 2009, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy division. Prior to her retirement in 1984, she was employed as a seamstress and machine operator with Algrow Knitting Mills, Milltown, where she worked for more than 20 years. Her husband, Alex Firczuk, died in 1998. She also was…
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Thanks go out to Sayreville officials, EMS
As evaluators for Bright and Beautiful Therapy Dogs Inc., we would like to say thank you to Mayor Kennedy O’Brien and the Sayreville Borough Council for letting us use the Sayreville Emergency Squad Building. In July and August we held a training class for owners and their dogs hoping to become therapy teams in our…
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Sky Blue came from behind to reach pinnacle of success
Three road playoff games … three tough opponents … three wins … one championship. If this scenario reminds you of the 2008 New York Giants, you’re not mistaken. However, in this case, I’m referring to a team in its first year of existence, a team that struggled throughout the season, and a team that needed…
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Joseph Barlotta
66, of Sayreville Joseph Barlotta Joseph Barlotta, 66, of Sayreville entered eternal rest surrounded by his loving family on Monday September 7, 2009. Born in Newark, he lived in Wallington before moving to Sayreville 43 years ago. Before retiring in 2008 he was employed as a machinist by RLS Enterprises, New Brunswick for 16…
