Category: Suburban Opinion
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Family overwhelmed by support of youngster and friends
I just want to say thank you, and those two words don’t say enough. You turn on the television, read the newspaper or click on the Internet, and you cannot find a feel-good story like the one that happened this past Friday in Sayreville. My daughter, Alexis Vanore, is 5 years old and has been…
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Sam considered money kept from government a big win
DAVE SIMPSON & GREG BEAN Red State/Blue State A political discussion between Red State conservative Dave Simpson – a former reporter, editor, publisher and columnist – and Greg Bean, Blue Stater and executive editor of GreaterMedia Newspapers. Let us know what you think. Dear Greg: This talk about a federal gasoline tax holiday brings back…
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Ethel Zion Karten
Mrs. Karten, 85, of Old Bridge, died April 26, 2008, at home. A professional singer, she was an adult-education voice teacher with the community schools in Old Bridge, South River and Spotswood, and performed with Plays-in-the-Park, Edison, and other community theaters. Surviving are two sons, Jonathan, and his wife, Kendal, of Old Bridge andDavid, and…
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Michael F. Sisti
Mr. Sisti, of East Brunswick, died April 7, 2008, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. Surviving are his wife, Cecelia Musante Sisti; a son,MichaelA. Sisti, and his wife, Donna, of Phoenixville, Pa.; two daughters, Christene of New York City and Helene of New Brunswick; and two grandsons. A Mass was offered at St. Bartholomew’s…
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Don’t solve New Jersey’s governmental crisis by attacking environment
Your Turn JUDITH STANLEY COLEMAN Guest Column Whenever New Jersey has a governmental crisis – and they are commonplace these days – someone finds a way to take it out on environmental protection or open spaces. Our legislators in Trenton are suffering budgetary angst over whether to cut state expenditures to what taxpayers can afford…
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Anna Nobock Zsak
Mrs. Zsak, 93, of South Amboy, died April 26, 2008, in Barbara E. Cheung Memorial Hospice, Edison. Prior to her retirement, she was employed for 60 years as a seamstress with Harry Finklestine and Charles Komar and Son, SouthAmboy. Her husband, Jack, died in 1967. Surviving are two daughters and sons-in-law, Kathy and Bob Charles…
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Survivor urges passage of Heart for Women Act
As a survivor of coronary heart disease and an American Heart Association Go Red for Women survivor ambassador, I’m one of the fortunate ones. Heart disease and stroke claim the lives of nearly 14,000 New Jersey women annually. Too many mothers, sisters, daughters and friends die annually from these diseases. Cardiovascular disease is the leading…
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Kevin R. Maurer
Mr.Maurer, 57, of Old Bridge, died April 28, 2008, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Surviving are his wife, Karen Kompass Maurer; a son, Kevin Maurer Jr. of Jackson; two daughters, Karen Lamore, and her husband, Tom, of Old Bridge and Kellie Maurer, and her fiancé, Ron, of Spotswood; three sisters, Nancy Haberman…
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Throng of readers responds to Sears service challenge
GREG BEAN Coda Some days I come to work, click on my computer, and I can actually feel The Force flowing into me from my keyboard. That’s the way it’s been for more than a week, as readers responded to my Sears challenge. It’s made me chuckle as I imagined some actual humans at Sears…
