Category: Suburban Opinion
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Teacher, community rally for autism walk
Seek support for Sept. 28 walk in Point Pleasant BY MARY ANNE ROSS Correspondent OLD BRIDGE — Sean Donnelly is a sixth-grade math teacher at Carl SandburgMiddle School. He’s also the math coordinator, coach for cross-country running, wrestling and track. And now that his son is playing soccer and football, he’s coaching those teams too.…
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Marie J. Engel
Mrs. Engel, 83, of Cherry Hill, formerly of Milltown, died Sept. 6, 2008, in Cherry Hill. She was predeceased by her husband, George F. Engel; a daughter, Catherine Lyons; and two brothers, Ralph and Carmen Ciarricco. Surviving are a son and daughter-in-law, Michael Engel and Helen Di Medio Engel of Haddonfield; a daughter and son-in-law,…
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Sports Shorts
Amy Lewis was selected the Big East Offensive Player of the Week on Monday afternoon. The forward earned the league accolade for the second time this season. Lewis tallied four goals and added an assist this past week in two games for the Scarlet Knights. She registered one score in a 3-2 victory over Lafayette…
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Sophie “Sally” B. Szaber Takacs
Mrs. Takacs, 82, of South River, died Sept. 13, 2008, at Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick, after a brief illness. She was predeceased in 2006 by her husband of 52 years, Carl A. Takacs. Surviving are her children, Carl, of South River, and Cindy, of East Windsor; two sisters, Anne B. Shymanski, of Old…
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Michael P. Beatrice
Mr. Beatrice, 73, of Sayreville, died Sept. 3, 2008, in Cranbury Center, Monroe. Surviving are his wife, Carmela Bove Beatrice; a daughter, Michele Beatrice, and her companion, Charles Olsen, of Sayreville; two sons, Michael, and his wife, Lorrie, of Bradenton, Fla., and Anthony, and his wife, Jaime, of East Brunswick; his mother, Antoinette Beatrice of…
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Stephen Switlyk
Mr. Switlyk, 84, of the Kendall Park section of South Brunswick, died Sept. 5, 2008, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. He had resided in East Brunswick for 48 years before relocating to Kendall Park within the last year. He was employed in data collection at the U.S. Postal Service, Jersey City, for…
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Notice about Red State/Blue State and Coda
Greater Media Newspapers Executive Editor Greg Bean will be taking a temporary leave from writing both his Coda column and Red State Blue State because of the death of his son Coleman, 25. We will be reprinting some of his past Coda columns, the first of which appears in this week’s paper.
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Returning soldiers deserve more respect
My nephew, U.S. Army Sgt. Coleman Bean, died earlier this month. He was 25, and he took his own life. I’ve spent this week in New Jersey, where Coleman lived, helping his parents and brothers get through this terrible time. More than 300 people attended Coleman’s memorial service in Milltown. Many of them were young…
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Couple thankful for help from firefighters, neighbors
My wife and I have lived on Harrison Avenue in East Brunswick for 27 years. It has always been a wonderful place to call home and to raise our children. On Sunday, Aug. 11, we experienced one of a homeowner’s worst nightmares — we had a fire in our home. No one was hurt, but…
