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Steve Komoniesky
Mr. Komoniesky, 59, of Spotswood, died Sept. 5, 2009, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. He was a warehouseman with Guest Supply, Sayreville. A daughter, Sheryl Mc- Connell, died in 2005. Surviving are his wife, Carol Foster Komoniesky; two daughters, Lisa Sabo of Spotswood and Jennifer Raia of Old Bridge; and five grandchildren.…
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George S. Krug
Mr. Krug, 82, of South River, died Sept. 7, 2009, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to his retirement in 1999, he was employed with Sunshine Biscuit, Sayreville, where he worked for 27 years. A son, Brent, died in 1991. Surviving are his wife, Lydia; two daughters, Dawn Adams, and her husband,…
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Joan F. Ditaranto
Mrs. Ditaranto, 75, of Maryland, formerly of Old Bridge, died Aug. 31, 2009, in Annapolis, Md. Her husband, Angelo Ditaranto, died in 1999. Surviving are three sisters, Judith McPherson of Annapolis, Janice Brown of Gilford, Conn., and Joyce Tenney of Sands Point, N.Y.; and many nieces and nephews. A Mass was offered at St. Thomas…
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Ronald V. Petersen
Mr. Petersen, 77, of South River, died Sept. 1, 2009, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to his retirement in 1994, he was employed as a heavy-equipment operator with the borough of South River Department of Public Works. He also worked, with his brother Robert, for more than 30 years at South River…
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Gloria A. Dossin Smigel
Mrs. Smigel, 77, of East Brunswick, died Sept. 1, 2009, in Park Place Center, South Brunswick. A schoolteacher, she taught at Churchill Junior High School, East Brunswick, during the 1970s. Her husband, James Smigel, died in 1995, and a sister, Donna Bozymowski, died in 2008. Surviving are a daughter, Karen George, and her husband, Edward,…
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Robert J. Lavelle
Mr. Lavelle, 72, of Old Bridge, died Aug. 20, 2009, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was predeceased by a sister, Maureen. Surviving are a brother, Paul, and his wife, Phyllis, with whom he lived; a niece, Heather Fraunberger, and her husband, John, of North Brunswick; two nephews, Kevin Lavelle, and his…
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Surita Gran
Mrs. Gran, 80, of the Lake Nelson section of Piscataway, died Aug. 30, 2009. Prior to her retirement, she was a special-education teacher in Irvington and Piscataway. Her husband, Howard, died in 2002, and a daughter, Martha Woodruff, died in 2005. Surviving are two daughters, Abby Christensen of Costa Mesa, Calif., and Rachel Gran of…
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Vote yes on referendum; bring Memorial School back to E.B.
On Tuesday, Sept. 29, the residents of East Brunswick will have the opportunity to pass a bond referendum to build a new Memorial School to replace the elementary school severely damaged by fire in the summer of 2008. Since the fire, the students and staff of Memorial School have been temporarily relocated to Corpus Christi…
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Sports Shorts
The East Brunswick 12-year-old American baseball team came in third place in the Around the Horn Plus skills competition at the American Youth Baseball Hall of Fame Invitational Tournament in Cooperstown, N.Y. The team had a time of 25.13 seconds with no dropped balls or penalties in the competition in which nine players throw the…
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