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    TheOld Bridge Fall Baseball League is accepting applications for players ages 8-15 for the 2012 fall season. Games will be played on weekends and weekdays. Most games will take place at Geick Park, Veterans Park and Mannino Park. Teams are formed in early August; season starts Sept. 8 and should be completed by Oct. 31.…

  • Bears’ Mattis is named state’s Gatorade T&F Athlete of the Year

    East Brunswick High School’s Sam Mattis (above) became just the third thrower in the history of the NJSIAA Meet of Champions to win three straight discus championships on June 11 at Old Bridge High School. The University of Pennsylvania-bound senior won by more than 30 feet with a best throw measuring 206-0. His teammate sprinter…

  • Lepore’s legend continues to grow at Middlesex County College

    BY JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent Mike Lepore A ccording to Mike Lepore, he has never won a game coaching high school and college baseball, but simply filled out the lineup cards. Those who had the opportunity to play for him during his 49-year career will tell you otherwise. “Coach Lepore is a genuinely caring man who…

  • Thomas A. Bockus

    Mr. Bockus, 88, of Sayreville, died June 23, 2012, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to his retirement in 1987, he was employed as a laboratory technician with E.I. Du Pont Photo Products, Parlin section of Sayreville, where he worked for 40 years. Surviving are his wife, Rose Lapa Bockus; a daughter,…

  • Libero J. “Johnny” Guzzo

    Mr. Guzzo, 78, of Spotswood, formerly of Monroe and Jamesburg, died June 16, 2012, in University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro. Prior to his retirement in 1991, he was employed by IBM Corp., Dayton section of South Brunswick, where he worked as an illustrator specialist. He was predeceased by two sisters, Mary Buley and…

  • Alfred Thomas Pollacana

    Mr. Pollacana, 72, of Monroe, died June 15, 2012, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Surviving are a sister, Julianne Erdely, and her husband, Joseph, of Sparta; two cousins, Maryanne Stahley of Monroe and Stephen Shanko of East Brunswick; and two nephews. A funeral service was held at Brunswick Memorial Home, East Brunswick.…

  • Rogerio “Roger” Granadeiro Lucas

    Mr. Lucas, 42, of South River, died June 10, 2012. He was employed as an independent truck driver for I.C.N. Transport, South River. He was predeceased by his mother, Rosa Granadeiro, and a brother, Jose Carlos Lucas. Surviving are his wife, Marcileia Lara Lucas; a son, Kauaii Lucas of Sayreville; his father, Jose Augusto Lucas…

  • Constance E. Barrow

    Mrs. Barrow, 83, of the Madison Park section of Old Bridge, died June 20, 2012, at home. Prior to her retirement, she was employed as a registered nurse for the Old Bridge Board of Education; National Lead Industries, Sayreville; and Sayreville Medical Group. Surviving are her husband, Raymond R. Barrow; six children and their spouses,…

  • Marvin Morris Brown

    Mr. Brown, 86, of Monroe, formerly of East Brunswick and Toms River, died June 13, 2012, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was predeceased by three brothers, Harry Brown, Kenneth Brown and Charlie Kreutz, and by a sister, Lillian Haasz. Surviving are his wife, Pearl Callahan Brown; two sons, Keith Brown, and…

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