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Give up rebate to prevent education cuts, fare 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 McGreevey, 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 are…
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NJ Transit must hold local public hearings on proposed cuts
This is an open letter to James Weinstein, executive director, NJ Transit. As mayor of one of the largest municipalities in Middlesex County, I was astonished to read your press release of March 5, 2010, in reference to the proposed elimination of bus routes 68, 134 and 138 and the pending fare increases. I can…
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Takes issue with officials’ words
New Jersey Democratic Assemblyman Patrick J. Diegnan Jr. (D-18) and Assemblyman Peter J. Barnes III (D- 18) describe Gov. Chris Christie’s actions on the state budget as “simply wrong” (“Christie’s Action Raids School Funds, Raises Taxes,” Letters to the Editor, Suburban, Feb. 25). They describe the funds as “not state funds” but “property taxes paid…
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Thanks to ‘angel’ who helped in time of need
Iwas compelled to write this letter to thank my “guardian angel.” I have been living through the winters in New Jersey my entire life, and some years it is a way of life that we must shovel the snow. But this year as I was shoveling through the second big snowstorm, I was overwhelmed. I…
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Mary J. Rademacher
Mrs. Rademacher, 90, of Milltown, died March 10, 2010, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to her retirement in 1985, she was the tax collector for Milltown. She and her late husband, Joe, owned J&M Liquors, Milltown. Her husband, Joseph M., died in 1997, and a son, Joseph W., died in 2000. She…
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Reginald S. Thomas
Mr. Thomas, 70, of Monroe, died March 2, 2010, at home. He was director of women and minority small-business development at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, where he worked for 30 years. Surviving are his wife, Jean Catanese; a daughter, Tara Thomas of East Orange; two sons, Craig Weber of Nutley and Mark Catanese, and his…
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Carl M. “Sticker” Hermann Jr.
Mr. Hermann, 86, of Milltown, died March 10, 2010, at home. He was a Milltown crossing guard 1985-2008 and a Milltown police officer 1947-51. A longtime member of the Milltown Planning Board, he also served as a member of the Milltown Borough Council 1959-1961. He was predeceased by his wife, Rose Poandl Hermann; a brother,…
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Frank Nunes
Mr. Nunes, 75, of The Villages, Howell, died March 9, 2010, at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. He was predeceased by four sisters, Marie, Allie, Rita and Dolores. Surviving are his wife, Marilyn (née Closterman); four daughters and sons-in-law, Deborah and Tom Dolan of Long Beach Township, Lorrie and Dave DeLorenzo of Sayreville, Sandy…
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James A. Michael
Mr. Michael, 71, of Old Bridge, died March 2, 2010, at home. Surviving are his wife, Alice Douglass Michael; a son, James Jr. of Monroe; a daughter, Meredith Offenberger of the Toms River section of Dover; a sister, Sharon Michael of Johnstown, N.Y.; and two grandsons. Services were held at Brunswick Memorial Home, East Brunswick.…
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