• Legion ball provided young Bombers with experience

    BY WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent The Sayreville sophomore America Legion baseball team battled through a 4-11 campaign, but coach Chris Drabik said it was a valuable experience for his relatively young team. “It was a good opportunity for them to play against good competition,” the coach said. “They responded pretty well and even though we had…

  • Little League playoffs

    Old Bridge LL playing for District 10 crown tonight BY WARREN RAPPLEYEA Correspondent The Old Bridge Little League Junior (14U) All-Star team takes the field tonight one win away from winning the Little League District 10 Tournament. Clockwise from left: Sayreville center fielder Mike Betrand hauls in a fly ball against Perth Amboy during the…

  • Helen Iannotta Besecker

    Mrs. Besecker, 88, of South River, died July 5, 2010, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. She was predeceased by her husband, Charles E. Besecker; four sisters, Agnes, Mary, Margaret and Jennie Iannotta; and two brothers, James and Pasquale Iannotta. Surviving are three sons and two daughters-in-law, Louis and Nancy Besecker of South…

  • John William Grau Sr., D.V.M.

    Dr. Grau, 81, of Old Bridge, died June 7, 2010, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to his retirement in 1997, he practiced small-animal medicine for many years at Aspen Veterinary Clinic, Manalapan. Surviving are his wife, Gloria Erceg Grau; a son, John William Grau Jr., and his wife, Susie, of Millstone;…

  • Sandra Mae Cruickshanks Mason

    Mrs. Mason, 71, of Holly, Mich., formerly of Monroe, died June 30, 2010, in McLaren Regional Medical Center, Flint, Mich. Prior to her retirement in 1998, she was employed as an administrative assistant with Johnson and Johnson Corp., New Brunswick. She was predeceased by a daughter, Ginger Booth. Surviving are her husband, Charles A. Mason;…

  • Vera Chrapowicki Nowicki

    Mrs. Nowicki, 91, of Eugene, Ore., formerly of East Brunswick, died July 6, 2010, at home. Prior to her retirement, she was the owner and operator, with her late husband, Mikolai, of European Homemade Provisions, East Brunswick, for more than 35years. Her husband, Mikolai “Michael,” died in 1997. Surviving are two daughters, Alinka Mc Mullen,…

  • Leonard S. Blaszka

    Mr. Blaszka, 68, of Sayreville, died July 1, 2010, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. Prior to his retirement, he was employed by E.I. DuPont Photo Products, Parlin section of Sayreville, where he worked for 30 years in the shipping department. After that, he worked for Middlesex County Courts and Amboy National Bank,…

  • Claire L. Pervell

    Mrs. Pervell, 84, of the Parlin section of Sayreville, died July 4, 2010, in Oak Tree Nursing Home, Edison. A Democratic County Committeewoman for more than 35 years, she served on the New Jersey Tercentenary Committee. She founded the Sayreville Arts Council and served as its executive director for 27 years. Surviving are her husband,…

  • Patricia Wills

    Mrs. Wills, 75, of the Parlin section of Sayreville, died July 4, 2010. Surviving are her husband, Edward Wills; three daughters and their husbands, Karen and Jim Hyde of Tempe, Ariz., Nancy and Tim McCarthy of the Morgan section of Sayreville and Kathy and Kevin Harty of Chandler, Ariz.; a son, Edward J. Wills, and…

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