• Frances Marie Kostbar

    Mrs. Kostbar, 94, of Manalapan, died May 21, 2010, at home. Prior to her retirement in 1987, she was a school bus driver for the Manalapan Englishtown Regional Schools. She had previously worked as a floor lady in a lamp factory in South River. Mrs. Kostbar was a lifelong self-employed farmer and road stand operator.…

  • Melinda E. Craig

    Ms. Craig, 49, of Dunellen, formerly of Sayreville, died July 31, 2010, at home. She was previously employed as an assistant manager at Rickels Home Center, East Brunswick. Surviving are two sons, Edward Jordat and Donald Jordat, and three daughters, Michelle Jordat, Amy Talmadge and Ashley Talmadge, all of New Jersey; four grandchildren; her fiancé,…

  • Marguerite Nelson Sandberg

    Mrs. Sandberg, 79, of Monroe, formerly of South River, died July 16, 2010, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to her retirement in 1995, she was a bank teller with Central Jersey Savings, East Brunswick, where she worked for 20 years. She was predeceased by her husband, Robert Sandberg, and by a…

  • Family field day to wrap up ’60s toy exhibit

    On behalf of the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial Foundation’s staff, board and volunteers, I would like to sincerely thank Greater Media Newspapers and writers Patricia Yoczis and Adele Young for supporting us by publishing the article “Playthings of the Past at N.J. Vietnam Era Museum.”   We have seen a significant increase in visitation…

  • Taxpayers unfairly bear cost of illegal immigrants’ education

    There is one aspect of the crisis in school funding in New Jersey that is often overlooked — specifically, the cost of educating illegal immigrants and their children. According to the Pew Research Center, as many as 9.9 percent of all public school students in New Jersey are the children of illegal immigrants. The state…

  • No, seriously, we take your complaint verrrry seriously

    CODA GREG BEAN Regular readers might remember the fun we had with Sears a while back because it was impossible to discover what hours their service center on Route 1 in East Brunswick was open without actually driving there to find out. I wanted to drop my lawnmower off for a tune-up, but I found…

  • Troupe marks 10th year of summer theater shows

    Young thespians have raised more than $50,000 for charity over past decade SCOTT FRIEDMAN BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer Kat Siciliano, as Abbey, sings “Take a Bow” during the East Brunswick Young Adult Charity Players’ performance of “The Starts of Sunset Studios” at the township’s Cultural Arts Center, Cranbury Road, on Aug. 6. The troupe…

  • May the best bulldog win

    Public invited to watch up-and-coming stars’ at match show in East Brunswick BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — Stock up on Milk-Bones and hold tightly to the leash. Bulldogs from across the state will be convening in the township this weekend for the Bulldog Club of New Jersey’s (BCNJ) match show. The event,…

  • Key player

    Pete Eshelman plays the accordion with Zydeco-a-Go-Go July 21 at the gazebo in Thompson Park, Jamesburg, as part of the Middlesex County Music in the Parks Summer Concert Series. The live shows in Thompson Park run on Wednesdays from 2 to 3:30 p.m. through the end of August. MIKE JAGENDORF

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