Category: Suburban Opinion
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Theft of stroller tarnishes otherwise wonderful day
My granddaughter, Danielle, attended her first parade (the South Amboy St. Patrick’s Day Parade) on April 20. Since she is only 7 months old, she really didn’t appreciate all the marchers and the wonderful bands. After the parade, her stroller was placed in the back of my son’s truck, and she came home with me…
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Christina H. Schnitzer
Mrs. Schnitzer, 92, of Sayreville, died April 12, 2008, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. Her husband, Joseph J. Schnitzer, died in 1984. Surviving are a son, John J. Schnitzer, and his wife, Dana, of the Parlin section of Sayreville; a granddaughter, Mary Hochron, and her husband, Andrew, and a grandson, Jeffrey Schnitzer,…
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Finally, a matter upon which we seem to agree
GREG BEAN Coda I get letters. Man, do I get letters. And nothing I’ve written in recent memory got as many letters in the form of email messages as my recent column on Comcast and my misery over losing the History Channel when the company went all digital March 27. Most weeks, my e-mail…
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Ann Pisciotti
Mrs. Pisciotti, 67, of Sayreville, died April 16, 2008, at home. She was predeceased by her parents, Mary and John Kissane, and by a brother, John Kissane. Surviving are three children, Nicholas Pisciotti, and his wife, Theresa, of Sayreville, Justine “Tina” Pisciotti of Ocala, Fla., and Marianne Pisciotti of Sayreville; and a brother, Donald Kissane…
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Guns and Bibles sure aren’t exclusive to flyover country
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 Greater Media Newspapers. Dear Greg: Every now and then, folks out here in the bucolic Flyover Country Red States get…
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Eleanor Randall Santos
Mrs. Santos, 81, of Sayreville, died April 13, 2008, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. Prior to her retirement in 1983, she was employed as an operator with Revlon Cosmetics, Edison, where she worked for 20 years. Her husband, Jack E. Santos, died in 1993. Surviving are two sons, Todd Randall, and his…
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Salvatore Scavone Jr.
Mr. Scavone, 61, of Sayreville, formerly of Edison, died April 13, 2008, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. He and his wife co-owned Bridge Liquors, Sayreville, for 27 years, retiring in 2003. He was predeceased by a brother-in-law, Ronald Gaboury. Surviving are his wife, Betty Pauley Scavone; two sons and daughters-in-law, David and…
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Irene Sitkowski Smykaj
Mrs. Smykaj, 77, of South River, died April 15, 2008, at home. Prior to her retirement, she was employed as a film inspector and operator with E.I. DuPont Photo Products, Parlin section of Sayreville, where she worked for five years. Her husband, Stanley J. Smykaj, died in March. Surviving are four children, Karen Smykaj-Kiczula, and…
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Vada J. Smith
Mrs. Smith, 73, of the Morganville section of Marlboro, formerly of Spotswood, died April 17, 2008, in CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Prior to her retirement in 1976, she was an assembly-line worker with Grief Brothers, Spotswood. Surviving are two sons, Jesse Robert Newell of Morganville and Nile Robert Smith of Nevada; five daughters, Starr…
