• Edwin S. Hewitt Jr.

    Mr. Hewitt, 49, of Sayreville, formerly of East Brunswick, died April 7, 2010, at home. A technical-service coordinator with Somfy System Inc., Dayton section of South Brunswick, he also worked part time until 2008 as a store clerk at ShopRite of East Brunswick. He was predeceased by his parents, Edwin S. Hewitt Sr. and Luella…

  • Bruce E. Warden

    Mr. Warden, 54, of Sayreville, died April 23, 2010, in JFK Medical Center, Edison. Prior to his retirement in 2003, he was employed with L.A. Dreyfus Co., a division of Wrigley Chewing Gun, Edison, where he worked for 30 years. He was predeceased by his father, George Warden, and by a nephew, Drew Warden. Surviving…

  • Celeste Doré Hunter

    Mrs. Hunter, 96, of Acton, Mass., formerly of East Brunswick and Florida, died March 29, 2010, in Emerson Hospital, Concord, Mass. Prior to her retirement in 1976, she was a schoolteacher with the East Brunswick Board of Education, working for 25 years at East Brunswick High School. Her husband, William, died in 2004. Surviving are…

  • Wilbur “Wib” R. Dias

    Mr. Dias, 74, of Spotswood, formerly of Old Bridge, died May 12, 2010, at home. Prior to his retirement in 1996, he was employed as an assembly line worker with Ford Motor Co., Edison, where he worked for more than 30 years. He was predeceased by a brother, Ralph Dias, and by a sister, Wanda…

  • Charles William Lengel Jr.

    Mr. Lengel, 71, of Helmetta, formerly of Milltown and East Brunswick, died May 6, 2010, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to his retirement in 2004, he was employed as a shipping clerk with White- Westinghouse, Edison, where he worked for more than 40 years. Surviving are his wife, Margene Russell Lengel;…

  • Resident wants the incumbents voted out

    New Jersey is on the verge of total collapse. Yes, we are in a very bad financial way. Because of all the irresponsible spending, the double-dipping (politicians who have more than one job), the ridiculous salaries, i.e., commissioners making over $300,000 a year, police, fire and superintendents being paid, thereby allowing them to accumulate sick…

  • Give up rebate to prevent education cuts, hikes?

    Republican Gov. Chris Christie is in the process of changing direction in the way business is conducted in New Jersey. Previous Democratic governors, i.e., Jim Florio, James Mc- Greevey, Richard Codey and Jon Corzine, governed from the prospective of providing more and more services and programs for their constituents. While these are laudable pursuits, they…

  • This is a people problem, and not a dog problem

    CODA GREG BEAN The City Council in Garfield has backed off its misguided attempt to impose punitive restrictions on anyone who owns a pit bull. But that does not solve the problems for this misunderstood, and sometimes feared, breed of dogs in our state. The controversy started earlier this spring, when the council introduced an…

  • Small invaders present bad image and odor problems

    Stink bug, now found throughout New Jersey, becoming bigger nuisance BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent The invaders are scary looking, but they smell worse than they look. And the last thing you want to do is stress them or crush them. Brown marmorated stink bug (male is on left) DR. DEEPAK MATADHA Though harmless to humans…

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