• Bears seeking basketball titles with new group

    BY JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent The strength of the East Brunswick High School boys basketball team — which finished 18-8 and in second in the ultracompetitive Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) Red Division last year — was depth. The Bears could summon as many as five from its deep bench to replace and suffer little, if any,…

  • Interest continues to rise in Monroe Twp. ice hockey

    BY JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent Monroe Township High School goalie Brendan Germano pushes a loose puck away from the net during the Falcons’ Dec. 7 game against Jackson Memorial High School at the Gold Coast Arena in Wall Township. Jackson Memorial won the game, 4-2. ERIC SUCAR staff I ce hockey continues to be a popular…

  • New Jersey Holiday Lightfest returns

    The New Jersey Holiday Lightfest is back at the Middlesex County Fairgrounds, 655 Cranbury Road, East Brunswick, and it is bigger and brighter than ever before. The drivethrough light show is open every night of the week through Jan. 6. A benefit for DARE New Jersey, the Gift of Lights drive-through light show features thousands…

  • William A. Makwinski

    Mr. Makwinski, 78, of East Brunswick, died Dec. 1, 2012, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy division. He was predeceased by his wife, Patricia Wilgus Makwinski, and by a son-in-law, David Young. Surviving are a son, Mark Makwinski, and his wife, Pam, of Cromwell, Conn.; three daughters, Kathy Newman, and her husband, Michael, of…

  • Kathleen Adams Heuser

    Mrs. Heuser, 98, of Monroe, formerly of the Cliffwood Beach section of Old Bridge, Matawan and Hightstown, died Dec. 2, 2012, at home. She was predeceased by her husband, Charles W., and by eight siblings. Surviving are five sons, Charles Heuser, and his wife, Patricia, of Carlisle, Pa., Edmund Heuser, and his wife, Stephanie, of…

  • Kathleen Mary Schin Sharar Hagedorn

    Mrs. Hagedorn, 57, of Spotswood, formerly of East Brunswick, died Nov. 29, 2012, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to her retirement in 2009, she was employed by the East Brunswick Public Schools Child Nutrition Department, where she worked for 26 years in various positions including head cook at East Brunswick High…

  • Francis L. Pintinics Jr.

    Mr. Pintinics, 80, of Edison, formerly of the Keasbey section of Woodbridge, died Dec. 5, 2012, in Haven Hospice at JFK Medical Center, Edison. Prior to his retirement, he was a postal worker for the U.S. Postal Service, Edison, where he worked for 25 years. Surviving are two sons, Mark and Eric of South River;…

  • John Yeskevich

    Mr. Yeskevich, 55, of Jamesburg, died Dec. 1, 2012, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was predeceased by his parents, Felix Yeskevich and Olga Zaworonek Yeskevich. Surviving are his wife, Gerda LeBrun Yeskevich; his mother-in-law, Gerda Buitenhuis LeBrun; and many other family members. A funeral service was held at M. David DeMarco…

  • Eileen C. Noonan Gandolfo

    Mrs. Gandolfo, of Spotswood, formerly of East Brunswick, died Nov. 29, 2012, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. She worked as a hairdresser. Surviving are her husband, Scott Gandolfo; a son, Brian Obal of East Brunswick; two daughters, Danielle Obal of East Brunswick and Olivia Gandolfo of Spotswood; her mother and stepfather, Dale…

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