• ‘Creepy’ attic find turns into educational tool

    Late grandfather likely seized1936 Nazi photos during war BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent ERIC SUCAR staff Kim Ciak of East Brunswick recently made a stunning discovery in her attic — professional-quality pictures of Adolf Hitler and other prominent Nazis. Spotswood High School teachers Dianna Altmiller (l) and Frank Yusko discuss the professional-quality photographs of Nazi Germany…

  • A tearful reunion, some 65 years in the making

    Monroe resident gets visit from the man who helped him hide from the Nazis BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer Before 1939, life was good in the Bonder household in Poland. Joseph Bonder, now an 82-year-old resident of Monroe, recalled his youth in Faszczowka, a town that has since become part of Ukraine. His well-to-do family…

  • Tamarack, a reminder of area’s natural state

    County asks residents to walk, name new trail BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer Once targeted for a controversial development of 57 homes and a sewage treatment plant, Tamarack Hollow remains a rare swath of woods and open space in the midst of Central Jersey’s suburban sprawl. Middlesex County purchased the land off Church Lane and…

  • NJSIAA Central Jersey champs

    PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff East Brunswick High School football coach Marcus Borden holds up the trophy for winning the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV title after defeating Brick Memorial, 9-0, on Dec. 5 at The College of New Jersey in Ewing. See sports, page 46. Monroe High School football coach Chris Beagan and players…

  • Charles Mickett Jr.

    Mr. Mickett, 88, of East Brunswick, died Nov. 19, 2009, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was a member of the East Brunswick School Board 1957-1960 and served as a member of the East Brunswick Township Council 1961-1964. He was predeceased by two brothers, Michael and George Mickett. Surviving are his wife,…

  • George J. Nesser

    Mr. Nesser, 75, of Monroe Township, died Nov. 23, 2009, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. He resided in North Brunswick prior to relocating to Monroe Township seven years ago. Mr. Nesser was a purchasing agent for the City of New Brunswick for 25 years, retiring in 1992. He was predeceased by a…

  • The Rev. Julius A. Morgan

    The Reverend Morgan, 80, of New Brunswick, died Nov. 26, 2009, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. He had resided in North Brunswick for 40 years prior to relocating to New Brunswick in March. He was employed in the maintenance department at Johnson & Johnson, North Brunswick, for 33 years, retiring in 1992,…

  • Jacqueline E. Croll Grady

    Mrs. Grady 45, of East Brunswick, formerly of Leesville, La., died Nov. 26, 2009, at home. She was employed as general manager at East Brunswick Health Care. She was predeceased by her mother, Elizabeth Stevenson Croll, and by a brother, David Croll. Surviving are four sons, Seth, Sean, Trevor and Jared, and a daughter, Salena…

  • Lucy Colontino

    Mrs. Colontino, 93, of East Brunswick, died Nov. 30, 2009, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. She was predeceased by her husband, Albert, and by eight siblings. Surviving are a son, Robert Colontino, and his wife, Patricia, of Monroe; three grandchildren, Bobby, Melissa and Erica; and four great-grandchildren. A Mass was offered at St.…

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