• Changes in finance laws mean more negative ads

    Coda • • GREG BEAN If you liked the barrage of advertising in some of the most recent elections, you’re absolutely going to love what’s coming down the pike in the next few contests. Lost among the news last week about the intrusions and restrictions air travelers will face in coming years to keep us…

  • Bill is fraught with dangers to the public

    The Garden State Chiropractic Society is keeping a watchful eye on Senate bill S-565, which poses a risk to New Jersey health consumers. This scope of practice bill, sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Stephen Sweeney and Senator Loretta Weinberg, is being pushed through the legislative process. This proposal would allow medically untrained chiropractors to examine…

  • Foundation makes appeal for new volunteers

    I hope you all had a very happy holiday. The reason why I’m sending you this letter is because the Byron Foundation needs as much help as possible. It’s allvolunteer, but I need to fill some positions.   I need to appoint more foundation volunteer administrators to help me run it, and I need as…

  • Calls for bipartisanship went unanswered

    Well, 2010 started off with a bang in Old Bridge. At the reorganization meeting on New Year’s Day, politics was as usual as we worked our way through the appointments for the various committees and agencies. The meeting started off with the swearing in of the six ward Township Council seats, followed by acceptance speeches…

  • William J. Chanley

    Mr. Chanley, 74, of Sayreville, died Jan. 6, 2010, at home. Prior to his retirement in 1997, he was employed by Amerchol Corp., Edison, where he worked as a maintenance mechanic and boiler operator for 10 years. He was predeceased by his father, Benjamin. Surviving are his wife, Marie Russo-Chanley; a daughter, Audrey Haimowitz of…

  • Antonina B. Gioia Asaro

    Mrs. Asaro, 84, of East Brunswick, died Dec. 30, 2009, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to her retirement in 1994, she was a volunteer coordinator at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, where she worked for 17 years. Surviving are her husband, Leo; a son, Jack; two daughters, Rita Pascale,…

  • Eileen Mary Williams

    Mrs. Williams, 86, of Old Bridge, died Jan. 7, 2010, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. She was predeceased by three sisters, Katherine, Anna and Isabelle; by a brother, Daniel; and by her husband, John A. Williams. Surviving are four children, John Daniel Williams of El Cajon, Calif., Christopher John Williams of Berkeley…

  • George Headden

    Mr. Headden, 87, of Wall, died Jan. 4, 2010, at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. He resided in the Cliffwood Beach section of Old Bridge prior to relocating to Wall five years ago, where he resided with his daughter and son-inlaw, Lisa and Jack, and two granddaughters. He was an auto body mechanic and owner…

  • Frank P. Sartiano

    Mr. Sartiano, 82, of Hazlet, died Dec. 30, 2009, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. He was predeceased by his siblings, Frances Battiato; and Andy, George, John, Paul, Joseph, Sam, Anna and Anthony Sartiano. He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Sarah DiMarco Sartiano; two sons and daughters-in-law, Francis and Eileen Sartiano of…

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