• Bombers strike early and top Woodbridge in CJ IV football

    Sayreville scores 31-6 victory BY WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent Sayreville War Memorial High School’s Myles Hartsfield (No. 23) finds room to run against the Woodbridge High School defense during the Nov. 17 first round NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV playoff game in Sayreville. The Bombers began the defense of their state sectional title with a 31-6…

  • Taking Back Sunday hosts storm relief concert

    Taking Back Sunday will present a hurricane relief concert Nov. 25 at Pine Belt Arena, Toms River. PHOTO COURTESY OF WWW.TAKINGBACKSUNDAY.NET The rock group Taking Back Sunday will perform a concert to benefit the Toms River Hurricane Sandy Relief Fund on Nov. 25 at 7 p.m. in the Pine Belt Arena, 1245 Old Freehold Road,…

  • Share your traditions

    Do you remember the excitement of lighting the eighth menorah candle; listening for reindeer hooves on the roof; being allowed to stay up to watch the ball drop on New Year’s Eve; celebrating the seven principles of Kwanzaa; offering food and chanting the Buddha’s teachings? Does your family have a special holiday or festival tradition…

  • Janina Pelka Samsel

    Mrs. Samsel, 78, of South River, died Nov. 10, 2012, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. She was predeceased by her husband, Bronislaw Samsel, and by a sister, Sophie Karazewski. Surviving are four children and their spouses, Sophie and Richard Bodal of Helmetta, Joseph Samsel and Maryann and Thomas Toth, all of South…

  • Maria Angelica Sanguesa

    Mrs. Sanguesa, 71, of Old Bridge, died Oct. 21, 2012, in Hackensack University Medical Center. Surviving are two daughters and sons-inlaw, Angela and Joseph Dwyer and Michelle and Tony DiBlasi; two brothers and sisters-in-law, Humberto and Ursula Pando and Francisco and Marta Pando; a sister and brother-in-law, Rosi and Daniel Bohan; and four grandchildren. A…

  • Henry Hydrusko

    Mr. Hydrusko, 88, of East Brunswick, died Nov. 7, 2012, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to his retirement, he was employed as a machinist for Hercules Inc., Parlin section of Sayreville, where he worked for 40 years. He was predeceased by his wife, Mae. Surviving are four children, Joyce Hunter, and her…

  • Linda Rose Latham Hoehman

    Mrs. Hoehman, 57, of South Amboy, formerly of Sayreville, died Oct. 20, 2012, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy division. She was predeceased by a son, James J. Hoehman, and by her father, Robert J. Latham. Surviving are her husband, James H.; her children and their spouses, Christine and Bryan Maldony, Jennifer and Raymond…

  • Kathleen “Kay” Krug

    Mrs. Krug, of Monroe, formerly of Old Bridge, died Nov. 3, 2012. She was employed as a supervisor for Equifax, Manalapan, and later served as a court clerk for the Middlesex County court system, New Brunswick. Surviving are a son, Richard Krug of Manalapan; four daughters, Susan Krug of Kensington, Md., Nancy Krug of Old…

  • Salon collecting gifts for hurricane victims

    Vogue Hair and Nail Studios, 3153 Route 9 north, Old Bridge, is participating in Operation Jersey Shore Santa to aid the victims of Hurricane Sandy. Gifts or donations to benefit the cause may be dropped off at the salon. All types of merchandise will be gratefully accepted, from artificial Christmas trees to dolls. Clothing would…

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