Category: Suburban Opinion
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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…
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Otto Diettman Jr.
Mr. Diettman, 64, of the Port Monmouth section of Middletown, died Nov. 26, 2007, at the New Jersey Firemen’s Home, Boonton. Born in Jersey City, he resided there prior to relocating to Port Monmouth in 1977. He was predeceased by a brother, Arthur Diettman. He is survived by his wife of 45 years, Ann Messerle…
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Pauline T. Blaska Novik
Mrs. Novik, 90, formerly of Sayreville, died Nov. 28, 2007, in Overlook Hospital, Summit. Prior to her retirement, she was employed for 25 years as a fourth-grade teacher at St. Stanislaus Kostka School, Sayreville. Her husband, John Novik, died in 2003. Surviving are a daughter, Geri Smith, and her husband, Al, of Scotch Plains; a…
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Frank Grippaldi
Mr. Grippaldi, 51, of Sayreville, died Nov. 14, 2007, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was predeceased by his mother, Rhea Kohler Grippaldi. Surviving are his wife, Helena Marie Pappa Grippaldi; a daughter, Rachel Grippaldi of Sayreville; a stepdaughter, Fallon Pappa, also of Sayreville; his father and stepmother, Frank N. Grippaldi and…
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Consider the facts before getting a flu vaccine
Before everyone runs out to get their annually recommended flu shot, I felt I needed to point out a few facts that have not been mentioned. Most flu vaccines still contain the mercury-based preservative thimerosal. Mercury is a known neurotoxin and can be highly detrimental, especially in children. Each year three strains of flu are…
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Ultimate responsibility rests with new drivers
It has happened again, and again. Inexperienced drivers – teenagers who have just received a magic license that grants them their freedom and independence – ignoring the rules and regulations they have very recently pledged to obey. Chief among those regulations is a provision of New Jersey’s graduated driver’s license program that prohibits a new…
