• Biz owner charged in murder plot

    FBI says Passalaqua offered to kill four for $10K each BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer Alocal resident and business owner is accused of setting a scheme to murder four people in exchange for money, and also taking part in a series of burglaries in Middlesex County. Joseph Passalaqua, 55, of East Brunswick, the owner of…

  • Dorothy Hasner Beres

    Mrs. Beres, 93, of East Brunswick, died Sept. 28, 2009, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. She was predeceased by three brothers and two sisters. Surviving are her husband, Matthew; a daughter, Joanne Croslin of Spotswood; a sister, Mary Semkow of the Somerset section of Franklin; two grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and a great-greatgrandchild. A…

  • Photo

    Tom Holthausen of Sayreville maneuvers Charlie through an obstacle course during the borough’s Bark in the Park event at Kennedy Park Sunday. Working with him are daughter Victoria, 6, and son Spencer, 8, and trainer Robin Geller-Caristo.

  • Robert W. Johnson

    Mr. Johnson, 82, of Jackson, formerly of East Brunswick and Old Bridge, died Oct. 2, 2009, at home. He was the owner of B & D Metal Fabricators and B & D Liquid Bulk, Old Bridge, for 44 years, retiring in 1993. He was predeceased by his wife, Doris, in 2004. Surviving are a son,…

  • Joan A. Brzozowski Olszewski

    Mrs. Olszewski, 88, of South River, died Sept. 29, 2009, in Capital Health System-Fuld Campus, Trenton. Prior to her retirement in 1987, she was employed as a seamstress at Reiser and Co., South River, where she worked for 15 years. She also was a waitress at J.J. Newberry, East Brunswick, and Krainski’s Catering, Sayreville. Her…

  • James J. Lynch

    Mr. Lynch, 87, of Sayreville, died Sept. 19, 2009, in Reformed Church Home, Old Bridge. Prior to his retirement, he was employed as a film technician with E.I. DuPont Photo Products Division, Sayreville, where he worked for 46 years. He was predeceased by a daughter, Diana Lynch, and by a son-in-law, Michael Wasilewski. Surviving are…

  • Sports Shorts

    The East Brunswick Area Youth Wrestling Club is accepting walk-in registration for the upcoming winter season 6:30-8 p.m. Oct. 13 in the cafeteria at Churchill Junior High School, 18 Norton Road, East Brunswick. For online and mail-in registration, go to www.ebwrestling. com. The program is open to youth in grades kindergarten through eighth grade of…

  • SRHS boys set sights on another title run

    Rams 8-1-1, having avenged defeat against So. Plainfield BY JIMMY ALLINDER Staff Writer If your opponent on the soccer field is the South River High School boys, you better come prepared with a capable defense and, as a last resort, a goaltender that can stop shots — lots of them. By this week, no less…

  • Edward A. Pelszynski

    Mr. Pelszynski, 78, of the Parlin section of Sayreville, died Sept. 30, 2009, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy division. Prior to his retirement in 1992, he was employed as a powerhouse engineer with Johnson & Johnson Personal Products Division, North Brunswick, where he worked for 25 years. Surviving are his wife, Patricia Sullivan…

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