Category: Suburban Opinion
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Rosemarie Cataldi Cotter
Mrs. Cotter, 68, of Hilton Head, S.C., formerly of East Brunswick, died Feb. 22, 2008, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to her retirement in 1997, she was a decorator for J.C. Penney, East Brunswick, where she worked for 12 years. Surviving are her husband, William; three daughters, Karyn Weber, and her husband,…
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Marianne C. Tobias Walaszek
Mrs. Walaszek, 71, of Old Bridge, died Feb. 29, 2008, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. Surviving are her husband, John Walaszek; two sons, John Walaszek, and his wife, Mary, of Jackson and Christopher Walaszek, and his wife, Kelly, of the Whiting section of Manchester; and five grandchildren. A Mass was offered at…
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Paula Yunger Beres
Mrs. Beres, 35, of Lansdale, Pa., formerly of South River, died Feb. 19, 2008, at home. Surviving are her mother, Susanne Kriss of Monroe; her father, William Yunger of Powell, Wy.; a brother, Mitchell Yunger of the Toms River section of Dover; two aunts, Marietta Ashcraft and Janette Reichenbach, both of Florida; and an uncle,…
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Mildred “Millie” Stone Wind
Mrs. Wind, 93, of the Clearwater community in Spotswood, died Feb. 29, 2008, in University Medical Center at Princeton. She worked for the Irving Raphael Bus Co., East Brunswick, as an aide on a special-needs bus route, until 2006. Her husband, Conrad Wind, died in 1974. Surviving are three children, Everett Russell Wind of New…
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John J. Salaky Jr.
Mr. Salaky, 67, of Old Bridge, died March 4, 2008, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. Surviving are two sons, Michael J. Salaky of Canonsburg, Pa., and John J. Salaky III of Hopelawn; two daughters, Christine M. Frisch, and her husband, Ronald, of SouthAmboy, and Janice Tobin, and her husband, Jim, of Jackson;…
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Governor’s actions show him to be a man of great courage
It’s time for New Jersey’s citizens and politicians to face reality. While nobody can be happy about Gov. Jon Corzine’s proposed 2009 budget, he is to be commended for his courage in recognizing that only by calling a halt to the borrow-and-spend policies of our elected officials can New Jersey avoid bankruptcy. While our representatives…
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Dorothy A. Merz
Mrs. Merz, 70, of the Toms River section of Dover, formerly of Old Bridge, died Feb. 27, 2008, in St. BarnabasHospital, Livingston. Prior to her retirement, she was a bank teller at Wachovia Bank, Spotswood, where she worked for 15 years. Surviving are her husband,WilliamA. Merz; four sons, William R., and his wife, Regina, ofWest…
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Proposed aid cuts unfairly penalize NJ’s small towns
If residents of Middlesex County’s smaller towns were still standing behind Gov. Jon Corzine, his plan to cut their municipal aid should be enough to make them jump ship. Corzine’s proposed state budget slashes property tax relief funding in half for towns with populations under 10,000, such as Spotswood, Milltown and Jamesburg; and entirely for…
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Irving Pollack
Mr. Pollack, 85, of Monroe, died March 4, 2008, in Broward GeneralMedical Center, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Surviving are his wife, Harriet Pollack; a son, Barry Pollack, and his wife, Debbie, of Staten Island, N.Y.; a daughter, Lori Talesnick, and her husband, David, of West Palm Beach, Fla.; and a sister, Marcia Frons of Manalapan. Services…
