Category: Suburban Opinion
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David R. Crimer
Mr. Crimer, 52, of Franklin Park, died March 29, 2009, at home. He was predeceased by his father, Richard Crimer. Surviving are his mother, Claire Hultz Crimer of Sayreville; two brothers, Dennis Crimer of Massachusetts and Jeffrey Crimer of Virginia; and two nephews and one niece. A service was held at Rezem Funeral Home, East…
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Michael J. Maclennan
Mr. Maclennan, 36, of Sayreville, died Feb. 21, 2009, at home. He was employed as a manager at Quick Chek, Hazlet. Surviving are his fiancée, Stephanie Leonard; two children, Kaeleigh Shay and Michael Christopher; his parents, James and Vivian Maclennan of Sayreville; and two brothers, Jason and Matthew, also of Sayreville. Services were held at…
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Mary Ann Elizabeth Mutarelli Peoples
Mrs. Peoples, 48, died March 26, 2009, in Old Bridge. Her mother, Antoinette Orzo Mutarelli, died in 2006. Surviving are two daughters, Jessica Peoples of East Brunswick and Alexas Brown of Old Bridge; a son, David Peoples of Old Bridge; her father, Joseph Mutarelli of Oveido, Fla.; two brothers, Joseph Mutarelli and Angelo Mutarelli, and…
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Nikolai Kalinin
Mr. Kalinin, 102, of South River, died March 29, 2009, in Summerhill Care Center, Old Bridge. Prior to his retirement in 1976, he was employed as a machine operator with Algrow Knitting Mills, Milltown, where he worked for 30 years. His wife, Olga, died in 2007, and a daughter, Nina, died in 2002. Surviving are…
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Manuel “Papi” Parada
Mr. Parada, 74, of East Brunswick, died March 25, 2009, in Barbara E. Cheung Memorial Hospice, Edison. Prior to his retirement in 2005, he was employed as a maintenance mechanic with Rutgers University, New Brunswick, where he worked for 20 years. Surviving are his wife, Kazimiera Szwaja Parada; three sons, Peter Parada, and his wife,…
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James R. Robba
Mr. Robba 81, of East Brunswick, formerly of Edison, died March 31, 2009, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Surviving are his wife, Ida Sewell-Robba; three daughters, Dolores Ordille, and her husband, Robert, and Barbara Dipierro, and her husband, William Jr., all of Monroe, and Patricia Nugent, and her husband, Don, of the…
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Televising meetings won’t affect democracy
Arecent meeting of the Sayreville Borough Council featured a debate among council members and residents on the merits of televising council meetings. Uppermost in the minds of some was the propriety of expending considerable dollars in the present economy. Unlike neighboring towns such as Woodbridge and Perth Amboy, which have announced deep cuts and reductions,…
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Sure could use a little bit of good news today
Coda • GREG BEAN Every day, I wake up with a different song playing on an endless loop in my brain. Why my brain picks that day’s song has always been a mystery to me. On days when the song of the day is something by Ry Cooder or Bruce Springsteen, I walk with an…
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Politicians responsible for wildlife abuses
E. George Strasser makes a good point about shooting in New Jersey (“Shooting Everything in the Way Will Not Solve Problems,” Letters to the Editor, Suburban, March 26). This is true, and it makes everybody sick. I just don’t understand why he had to bring Sarah Palin into it. She is a lady with a…
