• Mary Travaglini Placco

    Mrs. Placco, 88, of East Brunswick, formerly of South River and Monroe, died May 11, 2010, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital New Brunswick. She was predeceased by her husband, Vincent D. Placco, and by four siblings, Thomas, Santa, Theresa and Celia. Surviving are a son, Vincent Placco Jr., and his wife, Sherri, of Flemington;…

  • 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…

  • Louis A. Foleno, Ed.D.

    Dr. Foleno, 75, of New Brunswick, formerly of East Brunswick and Milltown, died May 16, 2010, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was an educator, most recently at the College of Staten Island, the City University of New York. Surviving are his wife, Barbara Drexler Foleno; two sons, Tony of New York…

  • Edna Gadomski Gorchess

    Mrs. Gorchess, 76, of Sebastian, Fla., formerly of Perth Amboy, died April 18, 2010, at home. She was predeceased by her husband, Frank; a daughter, Diana Lee; two sons, James and Robert; and a sister, Bernadette McCarthy. Surviving are a son, Frank, and his wife, Susan, of South River; two brothers, Albert Gadomski of Palm…

  • Ismael F. Hortelao

    Mr. Hortelao, 53, of South River, died May 7, 2010, at home. He was a employed as a mason with Silver Star Construction, Old Bridge. Surviving are his wife, Judy Christ Hortelao; a son, Justin of South River; three daughters, Kaitlin M., Kristin A. and Jillian N., all of South River; a brother, Adelino of…

  • for the record

    South River Borough Councilman Rui M. Almeida, who voted against the 2010 municipal budget, stated, “The continued increases in spending are mind-boggling and it is the governing body’s job to rein them in. Running the day-to-day operations of a department of public works, a police department or a public library is the job of professionals…

  • Remember who teachers were before they became scapegoats

    Iwear many hats in Monroe: mother, grandmother, wife, teacher and union member, to name a few. To my consternation, scapegoat must be added to this list. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines a scapegoat as “one that bears the blame for others” or “one that is the object of irrational hostility.” I wear the label of scapegoat…

  • S.R. councilman clarifies stance on budget

    Iam writing to you today to discuss inaccuracies in your report on the South River governing body’s vote to adopt its 2010 municipal budget. A reporter for this newspaper and I had a discussion about the budget immediately following the May 10 meeting of the mayor and council. One erroneous quote that was attributed to…

  • When social networking sites seem very anti-social

    CODA GREG BEAN Istopped watching Jack Cafferty and Don Lemon, and most of the other anchors on CNN, when they started reading Twitter comments about the issues as part of their news presentation. There you’d have Jack or Don talking about a serious matter, like the nomination of a Supreme Court justice, and then they’d…

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