Category: Suburban Opinion
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Michael F. Piazza Sr.
Mr. Piazza, 89, a resident of Milltown since 1954, died Aug. 14, 2008, at his son’s home in North Brunswick. He was the founder of Highland Park Glass and a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. Mr. Piazza was predeceased by his wife, Antoinette (Caturano) Piazza, in 2006; a daughter, Nora, in 1986; and…
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Arc urges public to boycott ‘Tropic Thunder’
I n their effort to create edgeof the-line humor for maximum audience interest, Dreamworks and Paramount Pictures have definitely crossed the line into offensiveness. They insist that the big summer movie “Tropic Thunder” is making fun of the “stop at nothing” attitude of actors and the entire filmmaking industry. What they refuse to see is…
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Cristina Nicoleta Cotet
Mrs. Cotet, 49, of East Brunswick, died Aug. 17 in St. Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. Born and raised in Baia Mare, Romania, she came to the United States in 1996 and lived in Old Bridge before settling in East Brunswick in 2000. She was employed as a kindergarten teacher at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church…
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N.Y.’s ‘vandal cancer’ seems to be spreading to N.J.
Recently, I was invited to attend a daytime baseball game at the New York Mets’ Shea Stadium with one of my sons and grandson. A beautiful sunshine day, and I was in fine company. We rode the bus from a local bus terminal to the Port Authority building in NYC. From there we boarded the…
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Pay attention to local, not national, races
According to Assemblyman Jay Weber, New Jersey residents worked 211 days to pay for our state and local government taxes. Starting on Jan. 1, we worked until July 30 to pay our taxes. The only state residents who worked longer than us are those who live in Connecticut. New Jersey government is controlled by politicians…
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Horseracing industry must ban whips
Jockey Jeremy Rose was recently suspended from racing for six months after whipping a horse so severely that her eye hemorrhaged. Anyone who watched the Kentucky Derby could see Eight Belles being whipped down the home stretch before she collapsed with two broken ankles. Last year, Russell Baze — the winningest jockey in thoroughbred racing…
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Legislators thanked for preservation of Shore Fund
The Jersey Shore Partnership, on behalf of everyone who enjoys the shore, thanks the legislators who helped preserve the annual $25 million stable source of funding for shore protection and beach renourishment. The Partnership understands the tight fiscal times everyone is facing, but New Jersey has become a leader in shore protection. To take money…
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Mary M. Rusin Michalik
Mrs. Michalik, 82, of Sayreville, died Aug. 12, 2008, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. Prior to her retirement, she worked as a seamstress for many years at Komar’s, South Amboy. Surviving are her husband, Edwin; a daughter, Rose Marie of Sayreville; a son, Michael, and his wife, Eileen, of South Amboy; two…
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Legion offers banners to military families
In wars past, seeing a Blue Star Service Banner in the window of a home said a family member was in the armed forces of the United States. Today America is at war against terrorism, and Blue Star Service Banners are back. The sight of Blue Star Banner in a home is to remind us…
