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Urges residents to make voices heard on school-aid freeze
As a taxpayer and concerned parent, I attended our March 2 Board Of Education meeting here in Spotswood to get the facts as to what the impending cuts in state aid to our small school system could have. Folks, this was an eye-opener and an educational experience. While I have always believed Spotswood ran on…
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Suggests councilwoman join bipartisan effort, put party aside
This is in response to the letter to the editor from East Brunswick Council member Camille Ferraro (“Where Did Assemblymen Get Tax-Increase Figure?”) that appeared in the March 4 Sentinel. In her letter the council member supported Gov. Chris Christie’s executive order that took $5.4 million from the East Brunswick school district. She urges the…
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Pétain may not have understood
Iread with interest the article about the Petain Avenue name change (“Nazi Link Prompts Call for Street Name Change,” Sentinel, Feb. 18). Evan Gottesman makes a very good case for change. I would like, however, to point out a few historical facts about Marshal Philippe Pétain and his role in Vichy France in the 1940s.…
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Resident unhappy with snow removal in boro
We need to get some facts straight concerning the Spotswood snow removal of 2010. My first issue began about two years ago, when I asked Mayor Thomas Barlow and the Borough Council to send out postcards to all residents of Spotswood to find out where handicapped and disabled individuals reside. This helps officials know who…
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Robin Masarik Bogush
Mrs. Bogush, 52, of the Cliffwood Beach section of Old Bridge, formerly of the Melrose section of Sayreville, died March 2, 2010, in Overlook Hospital, Summit. She was employed as a substitute teacher for the past three years with the Sayreville, Old Bridge and Woodbridge school districts. Prior to that, she was a teacher at…
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Gloria Surace
Mrs. Surace, 80, of East Brunswick, died March 3, 2010, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to her retirement in 1996, she was employed as a bookkeeper for 30 years with Midhattan Woodworking, Old Bridge. She was predeceased by a daughter, Linda Surace Twigg. Surviving are a son, Steven Surace, and his…
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Bernice Kaznowski Miller
Mrs. Miller, 87, of the Parlin section of Sayreville, died March 4, 2010, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. She was predeceased by her husband, Samuel V. Miller, and by two daughters, Carolyn Joyce Zaleski and Patricia A. Springard. Surviving are two daughters, Phyllis Roche of Perth Amboy and Darlene Daly of Parlin;…
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Karen J. Zindell Shallcross
Mrs. Shallcross, 72, of Monroe, died March 1, 2010, in University Medical Center at Princeton. Surviving are her husband, Robert; two stepsons, Jesse and Brian Shallcross, both of Southport, N.C.; a sister, Irene Zindell of East Windsor; a brother, George Zindell of Ormond Beach, Fla.; and two step-grandchildren. A service was held at Jamesburg Presbyterian…
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Antoinette LaMagra Caseiro
Mrs. Caseiro, 65, of Mount Bethel, Pa., formerly of East Brunswick, died March 3, 2010, in Pocono MedicalCenter, East Stroudsburg, Pa. She was predeceased by her husband, John Caseiro, and by her father, Salvatore LaMagra. Surviving are a daughter, Denise Speranza of Bethel, Pa.; a son, David Speranza, and his wife, Wendy, of Monroe; her…
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