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Felicia Boliglowa Swiecicki
Mrs. Swiecicki, 79, of North Brunswick, died Oct. 5, 2009, at her daughter’s home in North Brunswick. She resided in Spotswood, East Brunswick and Piscataway, prior to relocating to North Brunswick in 2004. She was a machine operator at Garry Manufacturing Co., New Brunswick, for more than 40 years, retiring in 1995. She was predeceased…
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NBTHS renames soccer field after Stan Williston
Former teacher and coach had illustrious 34-year career BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer North Brunswick Township High School rededicated its Raider Road soccer field on Oct. 12, renaming it after former teacher and coach Stan Williston. PHOTOS COURTESY OF JACQUELINE MORRISON Above: The former Raider Road field at North Brunswick Township High School is now…
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Bernice M. Bradell Eckert
Mrs. Eckert, 89, formerly of North Brunswick, died Oct. 1, 2009, at University Medical Center at Princeton. She resided in Florida the past 26 years, prior to relocating to New Jersey in August. She was a tax collector for 21 years for the Township of North Brunswick, retiring in 1982. She was predeceased by her…
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One more failing grade on the federal math test
Coda • GREG BEAN Iwas in my senior year of college when I got called to the administrator’s office for some bad news. Seems that in almost four years of higher education, I had managed to avoid passing a single math class. Sure, I’d started several but dropped before the failing grade I’d earned counted…
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Nothing to eat? There’s always Jell-O!
Are We There Yet? • LORI CLINCH I loathe buying groceries. With a household of growing boys, a hungry man and one famished dog, it’s impossible for the average shopper to keep up. I stock up in the produce section, pack in the meat from the butcher and don’t get me started on what it…
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Aaaah . . . early fall!
“One of the most delightful things about a garden is the anticipation it provides.” W.E. Johns I plan out my gardening chores like army maneuvers, inching up, day by day, to the final battle scene: fall cleanup. Predictably, our mature trees give us a bountiful harvest of leaves and most of them, in the early…
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Keeping Monmouth green since 1977
MCF looks forward to passing ballot, preserving Keris Tree Farm in U.F. BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer What a long, strange trip it’s been. The acronym Walstib, created from those Grateful Dead song lyrics, is the name of the Middletown farm where Monmouth Conservation Foundation (MCF) held its 32nd annual dinner dance Sept. 26. Judith…
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NOTESAround Town
The Ocean Township Historical Museum at the Eden Woolley House, 703 Deal Road, will host a ghost walk at 4:30 p.m. Oct. 25 (rain date Nov. 1). The walk will feature the ghosts of Ocean’s past: Blacksmith Marcus Coon, Peg-Leg Dangler, and Eden Woolley’s daughters. Attendees may also encounter the spirit of Enid Haupt and…
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