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    CHRIS KELLY staff Muddy conditions caused cyclists such as this one from the Elite Masters division to slip and slide around the course for the annual Cat and Kitten Cross races, held at Thompson Park in Monroe Nov. 1. The Highland Park Hermes and Rutgers University Cycling Team presented the day of bike racing. CHRIS…

  • County food pantries seeing higher demand

    Many seek volunteers, donations to meet need BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer The difficult economy and resulting job losses are forcing more people to turn to local food pantries to feed themselves and their families. As the holiday season approaches, all of the local food banks can use donations and many also need volunteers to…

  • Dance troupe takes up residency in E.B. schools

    Fifth-graders receive dance education during music classes BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff It’s one of the four arts disciplines, along with music, visual arts and theater, but most school districts choose not to include dance as an art form in their curriculum. Members of the Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company perform for fifth-graders…

  • Stephen Shanko

    Mr. Shanko, 91, of East Brunswick, died Nov. 3, 2009, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. Surviving are his wife, Victoria Tupkielewicz Shanko; a son, Stephen, and his wife, Jill, of East Brunswick; two daughters, Maryanne Stahley, and her husband, Jim, of Monroe and Valerie Oremus, and her husband, Rick, of Port St. Lucie,…

  • Antonia L. Melzer

    Ms. Melzer, 94, of East Brunswick, died Nov. 11, 2009, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. She was a longtime volunteer worker at the East Brunswick Senior Center. Surviving are her sister-in-law, Louise Ficarra; and many nieces, nephews, great-nieces, great-nephews, great-great-nieces and greatgreat nephews. A Mass was offered at St. Bartholomew’s Church, East Brunswick.…

  • Dorothy B. Siecinski Frankle

    Mrs. Frankle, 86, of East Brunswick, died Oct. 29, 2009, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. She was predeceased by her husband, Henry Frankle, and by a brother, Raymond Siecinski. Surviving are a daughter, Karen Frankle of East Brunswick; a son, Robert Frankle of Brewster, N.Y.; two grandchildren; and a niece. Services were…

  • Kayla Marie Shepard

    Ms. Shepard, 19, of San Francisco, died Oct. 28, 2009, in Bakersfield, Calif., as the result of injuries sustained in a motor-vehicle accident. Surviving are her parents, Maureen Scheid Shepard, formerly of the Parlin section of Sayreville, and Robert Shepard; a sister, Alyssa; her grandparents, Janet and Robert Scheid of Parlin; two aunts, Shanna Gill…

  • James Michael Gushanas

    Mr. Gushanas, 44, of North Brunswick, died Nov. 7, 2009, at home. He was raised in East Brunswick prior to relocating to North Brunswick. He was a cosmetologist for 25 years. He was predeceased by his father, Anthony; his mother, Mary; a sister, Sharon; and a nephew, Kevin. He is survived by a brother, Anthony…

  • Josephine Wielgolinski Slezak

    Mrs. Slezak, 86, of Helmetta, died Oct. 28, 2009, in Samaritan Hospice, Mount Holly. She was employed as the bookkeeper for J.W. Helme Co., Helmetta, in the 1960s and 70s. Her husband, Joseph, died in 2007, and a daughter, Mary Balbina, died in 1955. Surviving are a son, Leon, and his wife, Joanne, of Moorestown;…

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