Category: Suburban Opinion
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Mary Iannotta
Ms. Iannotta, 87, of South River, died Nov. 6, 2007, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. Prior to her retirement, she was employed as a seamstress with Brodsky’s, South River, where she worked for many years. She was predeceased by two brothers, James and Pasquale, and by three sisters, Margaret, Jennie and Agnes.…
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Re-elected mayor offers thanks for support, kind words
Iwould like to thank the voters of Sayreville most sincerely for electing me to a third term as mayor. Our phone rang for three straight days with congratulatory calls and messages of support and appreciation for what I have tried to do for the town I love so much, and I continue to receive your…
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Dorothy G. Trombetta
Mrs. Trombetta, 73, of Old Bridge, died Dec. 8, 2007, in Summerhill Nursing Home, Old Bridge. She was an administrative assistant for the Center for Professional Advancement, East Brunswick. She was predeceased by a son, Robert, in 2005. Surviving are her husband, Richard J.; four daughters, Susan Strange, and her husband, Michael, of Laurel, Md.,…
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Governor ignores voters’ wishes
One of the bond questions on the Nov. 5 election ballot was to permit N.J. to raise $450 million for stem-cell research. The voters did not support that bond issue, but Gov. Jon Corzine just a few days after the elections went forward with a bond for $270 million to build offices for stem-cell research.…
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Virginia Wihlborg Patterson
Mrs. Patterson, of Sayreville, died Nov. 17, 2007, at home. Surviving are her husband, Donald; three sons, Edward of Sayreville, James, and his wife, Laurie, of East Brunswick, and Timothy, and his wife, Susan, of Alburtis, Pa.; a brother, James Cliffe of White Plains, N.Y.; and three grandchildren. A service was held at First Presbyterian…
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Mary Bartko Trucke
Mrs. Trucke, 92, of Old Bridge, died Nov. 25, 2007, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. Her husband, John Trucke, died in 1967. She also was predeceased by two sons, John Trucke Jr. and Richard Trucke. Surviving are a daughter, MaryAnn Turk of Old Bridge; a brother, John Bartko of Boynton Beach, Fla.;…
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Board must disclose methods of allocating school-bus funds
If your child uses the school bus to get to and from school, you need to know that elimination of school-bus transportation is being threatened for some of our children. Old Bridge Board of Education officials do not appear to be allocating schoolbus transportation funds equitably. As a result, some of our children must walk…
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Walter D. Sumner
Mr. Sumner, 83, of Middletown, formerly of Old Bridge, died Nov. 28, 2007, in Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. He was predeceased by his wife, Alice Sumner, in 2003. Surviving are two daughters and one son-in-law, Ann and Kevin Condon of Hazlet and Carol Sumner of Belmont, Mass.; and two grandchildren. A memorial service was…
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Thoughts on holiday trees and teaching values, morality
Where have values truly gone? I can remember my parents enforcing rules when I was a child and teaching us 10 children values that formed as a result of true beliefs and knowledge. Today, however, there still exist parents such as that, but morals are depleting primarily due to impressions made and dictated by Hollywood…
