• EB’sMattis shines in both the circle and the classroom

    Won MOC, national titles in the discus BY JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent East Brunswick High School’s Sam Mattis added the New Balance Outdoor Nationals title in the discus throw to the NJSIAA Meet of Champions crown he won earlier this month. During the season, the Bear thrower pushed the junior class state record out to 207-1.…

  • Remembrance Masses set at two cemeteries

    The Very Rev. Brian Nolan of St. Mary’s-Stony Hill Parish, Watchung, will be the celebrant at a remembrance Mass in honor of all the faithful departed at 9 a.m. July 2 on the grounds of Holy Cross Burial Park, Cranbury Road, East Brunswick. The Rev. Michael Crummy of Mary, Mother of God Parish, Hillsborough, will…

  • Lecture to open Sendak exhibit

    Patrick Rogers, curator, The Rosenbach Museum and Library, Philadelphia, will present a lecture titled “The Maurice Sendak Collection” 2 p.m. July 8 at the Monroe Township Public Library, 4 Municipal Plaza. “In a Nutshell: The Worlds of Maurice Sendak,” a traveling exhibition organized by The Rosenbach, the major repository for Sendak’s illustrations and manuscripts, opens…

  • Talk, music, crafts set at Art After Hours

    The next installment in Art After Hours: First Wednesdays at the Zimmerli, is planned for 5-9 p.m. July 6 at the Jane Voorhees ZimmerliArt Museum, 71 Hamilton St., New Brunswick. Jazz performances by Leslie Ford and Group LLC are set for 6-6:30 p.m. and 7:15-7:45 p.m. Alison Morley, Documentary Photography and Photojournalism Programs, International Center…

  • Jane T. Balaszkiewicz Szydlowski

    Mrs. Szydlowski, 82, of South River, formerly of Sayreville, died June 3, 2011, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. She was predeceased by her husband, Edward; a sister, Rose Nafus; and three brothers, Felix, Rudolph and Stanley Balaszkiewicz. Surviving are two sons, Thomas Szydlowski, and his wife, Alicia, of the Malaga section of…

  • Martin R. Steiner

    Mr. Steiner, 71, of the Parlin section of Sayreville, died June 10, 2011, at home. Surviving are his wife, Geraldine Perepolka Steiner; a daughter, Laura Bowes, and her husband, Thomas, of Sayreville; a son, Doug Steiner of Bensalem, Pa.; two brothers and their wives, Ronald and Barbara Steiner of Sayreville and Joseph and Jeanne Steiner…

  • RuthV. Sirna

    Mrs. Sirna, 81, of Spotswood, formerly of South Amboy and North Brunswick, died June 6, 2011, in Robert Wood Johnson Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to her retirement, she was employed as a seamstress with Wilshire Fashions, South River. She was predeceased by a son, Thomas, and by a grandson, Andrew. Surviving are her husband, Samuel…

  • Margaret J. Mount

    Mrs. Mount, 58, of Old Bridge, died June 2, 2011, at home. Shewas predeceased by her parents, Joseph and Elfriede Giovene, and by two sisters, Christine Parascandolo and Jacqueline Giovene. Surviving are her husband, Howard Mount; two daughters, Alison Krzywdzinski, and her husband, Michael, of East Brunswick and Carrie Picone, and her husband, William, of…

  • WilliamA. Jagodzinski

    Mr. Jagodzinski, 83, of Old Bridge, died May 28, 2011, in Westfield Center. He was predeceased by his wife, Lillian C. Krehely Jagodzinski. Surviving are two daughters, Elaine Cesare, and her husband, Joseph, and Dolores Montemurro, and her husband, Donald, all of Sayreville; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. A Mass was offered at St. Mary…

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