Category: Suburban Opinion
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Hank Schommer
Mr. Schommer, 70, of Spotswood, died Jan. 17, 2008, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to his retirement in 2004, he was the owner-operator of Schommer’s Landscaping, Spotswood, for 35 years. Surviving are his wife, Ann Sperveslage Schommer; a son, Kenneth Schommer of Michigan; two daughters, Mary Jo Pacquette, and her husband, Dennis,…
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Victoria Chmielewski Kielian
Mrs. Kielian, 87, of Sayreville, died Feb. 3, 2008, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. Prior to her retirement in 1983, she was employed with Reliable Nesco Inc. (United Steel Container), North Brunswick, where she worked for 14 years. Her husband, Steven Kielian, died in 2001, and a son-in-law, Walter Olszewski, died in…
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Barbara McManus Meehan
Mrs. Meehan, 68, of Old Bridge, died Feb. 2, 2008, at home. Surviving are a son, Brian Meehan, and his wife, Domenica, of Clots Neck; a daughter, Carolyn McCartney, and her husband, Kevin, of Old Bridge; and eight grandchildren, James, Ryan, Alicia, Kevin, Kelsey, Patrick, Christian and Cara. A Mass was offered at St. Ambrose…
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Julia O. Bode
Ms. Bode, 95, formerly of East Brunswick and South River, died Feb. 2, 2008, in Golden Living Center, Old Bridge. Prior to her retirement, she was employed as seamstress with Louis Brodsky and Sons, South River, where she worked for many years. She was predeceased by three sisters, Margaret Karcz, Elizabeth Konopacki and Alma Bode.…
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Celebrating Catholic schools
PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff Eighth-graders at St. Stanislaus Kostka School in Sayreville await the start of their volleyball game Jan. 28, when a day of athletics was held to open Catholic Schools Week. Jeffrey Wang (from left), Severyn Brodziak, Gemma McLaughlin and N’Shei Phillips cheer on their classmates. Third-grader Amanda Vitale winds up to…
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Edith Hucke Damiani
Mrs. Damiani, 74, of East Brunswick, died Feb. 2, 2008, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. She was cofounder and treasurer of J-E-S-P Co. Inc., East Brunswick. Her husband, John A. Damiani Jr., died in 2007. Surviving are four sons, John Damiani III, and his wife, Donna, of Langhorne, Pa., Steven Damiani and…
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Route 440 proposal rightfully dismissed
There was really very little to like about the governor’s proposal to turn Route 440 into a toll road in order to ease the burden of the state’s ever-growing debt. It seemed absurd to attach a fee to a road that really isn’t that long to begin with. It seemed unfair that these tolls would…
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Anne Durko
Ms. Durko, of Perth Amboy, died Feb. 4, 2008, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy division. Prior to her retirement in 1993, she was employed in the nursing office at Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy. Prior to that, she worked as a secretary at National Lead Industries, Sayreville. She was predeceased by her…
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Encourages residents to consider running for school board
On Tuesday, April 15, voters in 90 percent of the state’s school districts will select more than 1,500 men and women to serve on their local boards of education. For citizens with a sincere interest in the education of their community’s children, it’s not too late to consider school board candidacy. To appear on this…
