• Sayreville shooting suspect nabbed in Fla.

    Tips led to arrest after America’s Most Wanted’ aired details of case BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer The suspect believed to have shot and injured four people outside the Suburban Mall on Ernston Road in Sayreville three years ago was arrested in Florida early Sunday morning just a few short hours after he was featured…

  • Local food pantries seeing high 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. And as is the norm when the holiday season approaches, the food banks expect to see an increase in the…

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    SCOTT FRIEDMAN Danny Leonhardt, playing Lt. Brannigan, warns gamblers Matthew Maiolo and Mike Lefton to stop their games in a scene from “Guys and Dolls Jr.,” rehearsed Sunday at the South Amboy Middle/High School, Governor Hoffman Plaza. Triple H Productions and the Hernandez Theatre Workshop will present the musical, featuring student performers in third through…

  • Anthony John Navickas

    Mr. Navickas, 80, of Old Bridge, died Nov. 1, 2009, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. He began his career as a teacher with the East Brunswick school system in 1956, teaching classes in social studies, math and science, serving as a guidance counselor and eventually serving as principal of East Brunswick High…

  • Helen Sulley Wiget

    Mrs. Wiget, 76, of Keyport, died Oct. 21, 2009, at home. She had resided in Laurence Harbor before relocating to Keyport 15 years ago. Before her retirement, Mrs. Wiget was a custodian for the Old Bridge School District. She was predeceased by a son, Robert Wiget. She is survived by a daughter, Donna Maxwell of…

  • Robert L. McCarty

    Mr. McCarty, 51, of Old Bridge, formerly of South River, died Oct. 31, 2009, at home. He was employed as a security-alarm monitor technician for the past four years with Protection One Security, Wall. Before that, he worked at STS Auto Center, East Brunswick, and Wawa, Old Bridge. He was predeceased by his father, John…

  • Miriam R. Thomas Ellison

    Mrs. Ellison, 82, of East Brunswick, formerly of South River, died Nov. 3, 2009, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy division. Surviving are her husband, Roy; a son, Robert R. Ellison, and his wife, Linda, of the Kendall Park section of South Brunswick; a sister, Kathleen Justus of Largo, Fla.; two grandchildren; and several…

  • 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;…

  • 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…

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