• Ednamay Oswald Bennett

    Mrs. Bennett, 76, of East Brunswick, died Oct. 12, 2012, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to her retirement in 1988, she was employed as a machine operator for Sunoco, Dayton section of South Brunswick, where she worked for 20 years. She was predeceased by her husband, Charles Bennett, and by a…

  • Virginia Frances Soto

    Mrs. Soto, 79, of Hopelawn, died Oct. 19, 2012, at the Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy. Born in and formerly of Woodbridge, she had resided in Hopelawn the last 47 years. She is survived by her husband of 47 years, Felix Soto; a son, Anthony Soto, of Edison; two daughters, Rita Esten, of Fords,…

  • Patrick S. Olah

    Mr. Olah, 61, of Edison, died Oct. 20, 2012, at the Haven Hospice Unit of the JFK Medical Center, Edison, after a long and courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. He was born and raised in Perth Amboy and formerly of Sewaren and Sayreville before moving to Edison in 1985. He was a 1969 graduate of…

  • Rudolph V. Senatore

    Mr. Senatore, 86, of Woodbridge, died Oct. 3, 2012, at the New Jersey Veterans Home, Menlo Park. Born in Newark and formerly of Belleville, he resided most of his life in the Fords and Woodbridge areas. He was an insulator with Industrial Insulators Local #32 in Newark for more than 40 years. He was a…

  • Dorothy (Palisi) Mandica

    Mrs. Mandica, 92, of Edison, died Sept. 29, 2012, at the New Jersey Veterans Memorial Home, Edison. Born in Perth Amboy on July 23, 1920, she was a resident of Metuchen before moving to the veterans home with her husband. She was a secretary to the guidance director at Perth Amboy High School, Perth Amboy,…

  • Edison district plans to have ‘Middle School of the Future’

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — What child doesn’t like technology? That was the hypothetical question that sixth-grader Matthew Schenk threw out at a conference room filled with adults during a press conference at John Adams Middle School on Oct. 17, where school officials unveiled the new “Middle School of the Future.” And new…

  • Edison firefighters go pink for a cure

    BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — Everyone knows someone who knows someone affected by the diagnosis of breast cancer. That is why when Jim Walsh, second vice president of Edison Fire Department’s Local 1197 IAFF (International Association of Firefighters), raised the idea of participating in Susan G. Komen’s Passionately Pink for the Cure in…

  • Photo

    Jack Shanabrook, who is now a member of the Milltown American Legion, mans the gunline on board the USS Brush, a U.S. Navy destroyer in the Gulf of Tonkin in Vietnam, in 1968. Shanabrook’s wife Kathy says he will always be a hero to the family, including their son and daughter, and five granddaughters. As…

  • Class to shed light on neck, back care

    Dr. Philip Chan of Hands-On NJ Physical Therapy will present a Neck and Back Care Class from 2-3:30 p.m. Nov. 3 at the Hands-On office, 210 Bridge St., Bridge Pointe Office Park, Building D, Metuchen. The class, an interactive and hands-on workshop focusing on education and prevention, will offer self-care tips and information on having…

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