Category: Suburban Opinion
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Drew William Warden
Mr. Warden, 26, of Sayreville, died May 17, 2008, in Sayreville as the result of injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. His grandfather, George Warden, died in 1983. Surviving are his parents, Debra A. and George H. Warden of Sayreville; a sister, Jill Thaisz, and her husband, Scott, of Sayreville; a nephew, Shane Thaisz; his…
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Danielle Babo
Ms. Babo, 26, of the Parlin section of Sayreville, died May 10, 2008, in New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York City. An 2000 honors graduate of Sayreville War Memorial High School, she attended Rutgers University, New Brunswick, where she majored in liberal arts, and later Mercer County Community College, West Windsor, where she studied mortuary science.…
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Martin Patrick Hanley
Mr. Hanley, 79, of Old Bridge, died May 22, 2008, at home. A photographer for the New York Daily Mirror newspaper before it ceased publication, he later sold advertising space for Greater Media Newspapers, Freehold, until his retirement. He was predeceased by a grandson, Colin Hanley. Surviving are his wife, Dolores M. Hanley; two sons…
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John J. Furey
Mr. Furey, of Matawan, died May 30, 2008, in Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. He was predeceased by a son, John J. Furey Jr., in 1986, and by a granddaughter, Nicole Jo Furey, in 1995. Surviving are his wife, Gloria Esposito Furey; two sons and daughters-in-law, Thomas P. and Lisa Furey of Old Bridge and Gary…
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Richard P. Gfrerer
Mr. Gfrerer, 77, of Edison, formerly of East Brunswick, Monroe and Jackson, died May 17, 2008, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was a former Republican committeeman in East Brunswick. His wife, Rita Gfrerer, died in 1992. Surviving are three daughters, Diane Berry of Edison, Denise Boucher of Boston and Janice Steigler…
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Dale E. Rossi
Mr. Rossi, 56, of Old Bridge, formerly of East Brunswick, died May 23, 2008, at home. He owned Gemini Painting Co., Old Bridge, for the past 30 years. He was predeceased by his parents, Thomas D. and Edna Rossi; a sister, Rosemarie Lautz; and his twin brother, Daniel E. Rossi. Surviving are his wife, Lisa;…
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Now, more than ever, food banks need support
The cost of living seems to be the one thing that is able to consistently ignore the law of gravity, and at no time has this been more apparent than now. With gasoline rapidly approaching $4 a gallon and food prices expanding almost as fast, the simple costs of everyday living are slowly approaching the…
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James L. Bunce
Mr. Bunce, 81, of Old Bridge, died May 18, 2008, in Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel.Hewas a chartermember of the planning board for Woodmere and Crescent Park senior housing, Spotswood. Surviving are his wife, Junetta McKalip Bunce; two sons, James R.Bunce, and hiswife, Joanne, ofHillsborough, and Jeffery Bunce, and his wife, Lisa, of Lilburn, Ga.; a…
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Use of regressive property tax to fund education defies logic
Ihave to question the kind of reasoning, if any, that was used by our state legislators when they enacted some laws. If you were told that the funding of education was to be derived by taxing the poorest people at a higher percentage than the richest people, you would say that can’t be done. But…
