• Matilda Leibold Blake

    Mrs. Blake, 96, of Sayreville, died July 13, 2010, at home. Surviving are her husband, Michael; a son, Michael, and his wife, Louise, of Brooklyn, N.Y.; three daughters, Maureen Coppola of South Amboy, Joanne White, and her husband, William, of Florida and Ruth Ann Martinelli, and her husband, Michael, of Sayreville; 10 grandchildren; and four…

  • Stella Housler

    Mrs. Housler, 87, of Spotswood, formerly of Edison and Highland Park, died June 13, 2010, in The Gardens at Monroe Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. She was employed at the former Raritan Arsenal, Edison, during World War II. She also worked for Alexander Ungar Inc., New Brunswick, and Darda Toys, East Brunswick, retiring in 1984. She…

  • Robert A. Page

    Mr. Page, 67, of Old Bridge, died July 19, 2020, in Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. Surviving are his wife, Nadine Keane Page; his mother, Juliette Orlacchio Page of Long Branch; four children, Robert Page, and his wife, Cynthia, of Hazlet, Jimmy Page, and his wife, Lisa, of Hightstown, Allison Page-Dekis, and her husband, Gary, of…

  • Mayor, towns should stop complaining, trim local spending

    With reference to the article titled “New 2 Percent Tax Cap Gets Mixed Reviews” (Suburban, July 22), I have but a short comment for Nancy Martin, mayor of Helmetta, who said, “Helmetta employees are going into their second year without an increase [in salary] and are now contributing 1.5 percent of their salary to health…

  • Police secrecy makes oversight a difficult task

    On April 26, 2010, a Piscataway man sued Monroe Township, its police department and two of its police officers for racially discriminating against him at a local supermarket on Jan. 29, 2010. The man alleged that he went to the local Stop & Shop to purchase a money order to send back to relatives in…

  • Don’t be discouraged by small steps taken forward

    CODA GREG BEAN Last week, as a record heat wave scalded New Jersey and most of the nation, I sat on the back deck drinking sun tea in tall glasses with lots of ice and reading Harper Lee’s classic American novel, “To Kill a Mockingbird.” July was the 50th anniversary of the publication of the…

  • Check it out

    Above: The Cannon family of Sayreville checks out a 1928 Ford hot rod during the July 16 car show outside the Peter Pank Diner on Route 9, Sayreville. The Just Us Cruisers sponsor the show, accompanied by music from the ’50s to the ’80s, in the diner parking lot on Friday nights through Oct. 15.…

  • Senior citizens’ artwork displayed at MCC gallery

    Visitors to the Studio Art Gallery in the Performing Arts Center at Middlesex County College, Edison, look at some the works entered in a county-wide contest by professional and non-professional artists over the age of 60. EDISON — The artwork of Middlesex County artists over age 60 who participated in the Middlesex County Department of…

  • Rabbi, two couples recognized

    OLD BRIDGE — Congregation Beth Ohr recently honored Rabbi Eugene Wernick and synagogue members Linda and Allan Benish and Harriet and Philip Rabinowitz The group was honored at an event attended by over 115 guests, including state Assemblyman Dr. Sam Thompson, Old Bridge Councilman Reggie Butler and United Synagogue of America CEO Rabbi Steven Wernick,…

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