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Lois Hills Kost
Ms. Kost, 65, a lifelong resident of Sayreville, died Dec. 18, 2009, at Samaritan Hospice, Mount Holly, N.Y. Before her retirement five years ago she was employed as a postal clerk for the U.S. Postal Service in Old Bridge for 25 years. Ms. Kost was a communicant of Our Lady of Victories Catholic Church in…
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Frank “Moe” Majewski
Mr. Majewski, 84, of East Brunswick, died Dec. 14, 2009, at home. Prior to retiring, he was an ice cream salesman for Pennsupreme Ice Cream Co, Lancaster, Pa., where he worked for 23 years. He was a World War II Army veteran and a member of the South River Veterans of Foreign War. He was…
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Alexander S. Castelluccio
Mr. Castelluccio, 70, of the Madison Park section of Old Bridge, died Dec. 17, 2009, at home. He was employed by The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. for 49 years, retiring from the Marlboro store where he worked as a butcher. Surviving are his wife of 49 years, Manuela “Nellie” Zizza Castelluccio; his children…
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Carole S. Aquaviva Dimech
Ms. Dimech, 66, of Sayreville, died Dec. 16, 2009, at Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy. Surviving are her children, Robert Ward and his wife, Kerry, of South River, and Sheryl McMillion of Sayreville; her mother, Pearl Colucci of Sayreville; three grandchildren and one great-grandson. A Mass was offered at Our Lady of Victories Catholic…
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Anthony Lorenzo
Mr. Lorenzo, 55, of the Parlin section of Sayreville, died Dec. 17, 2009, at home. He was a chemical operator with Merck Pharmaceutical in Rahway for 21 years. He was predeceased by his parents, Manuel and Paula; a brother, James; and a sister, Paula Coughlin. Surviving are his wife of 27 years, the former Barbara…
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Ziggy Koprowicz
Mr. Koprowicz, 46, of the Parlin section of Sayreville, died Dec. 8, 2009, at home. He was the deli manager for 15 years at Royal Bakery and Deli, Parlin. Surviving are his parents, John and Maria Koprowicz, with whom he lived; his siblings and their spouses, Diane Boragine of Parlin, Steven and Carol Koprowicz of…
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Mary Virginia Garcia
Mrs. Garcia, 66, of Old Bridge, has died. Prior to retiring in 2004, she ran the circulation desk in the Old Bridge Library for 14 years. Surviving are her husband of 48 years, Robert; a daughter Nancie Garcia of Metuchen; two sons, Brian of Missoula, Mont., and Robert Jr. of Sandhurst, England; two daughters-in-law, Ashley…
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Donald J. McMahon
Mr. McMahon, 55, of Keyport, died Dec. 21, 2009, at home. He had resided in Laurence Harbor and the Cliffwood Beach section of Old Bridge before relocating to Keyport in 1986. Mr. McMahon was a first line supervisor at Verizon Corp., retiring in 2008. He was predeceased by his parents, John Timothy and Rita Drake…
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Taxing soda not appropriate solution to health care reform
Sin taxes seem to be the wave of the future to be used for balancing budgets or paying for new programs — from Congress to local mayors, many politicians are considering a variety of these taxes without thinking about the impact the tax may have on their constituents. For example, as Congress debates health care…
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