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Duncan M. Ball Sr.
Mr. Ball, 87, of Monroe, died Aug. 21, 2009, at home. He was predeceased by a son, Roger Ball. Surviving are his wife, Mary O’Sullivan Ball; a son, Duncan Ball Jr.; a daughter, Maureen DeCarlo; a brother, Douglas Ball; a sister, Jessie Pettersen; four grandchildren; and three greatgrandchildren. A Mass was offered at Nativity of…
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SCOTT FRIEDMAN A swimmer makes a splash in the water at East Brunswick’s Crystal Springs Aquatic Center under sunny skies Aug. 25.
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Ceremonious changing of the guard in South River
Borough honors Bomba; welcomes Bouthillette as chief BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer South River has a new police chief. It was standing ovation after standing ovation as 80-plus family, friends, residents, borough and county officials, and 18 police chiefs from around Middlesex County, filled the South River Middle School cafetorium Monday night and welcomed John…
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True reform requires incentives to exercise more
In her letter to the editor, “Taxing Soda Not Appropriate Solution to Health-Care Reform” (Sentinel, Aug. 20), Linda Doherty makes a compelling case for not taxing soda. But Ms. Doherty, along with most everyone on both sides of this debate, is missing the big picture even as she alludes to it in her letter. She…
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Yonchiuk hopes to get Bears off on right foot
As college recruiters look on, punter focuses on fall season BY JIMMY ALLINDER Staff Writer All you need to know about Tyler Yonchiuk’s potential as a punter and kicker is to hear the comparison his coach makes to another successful East Brunswick player. JEFF GRANIT staff Tyler Yonchiuk punts the ball for East Brunswick High…
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MOMS aim to raise cancer awareness
The East Brunswick Area MOMS Club will “Turn the Town Teal” to raise awareness of ovarian cancer during the month of September. Teal ribbons will be displayed throughout East Brunswick for the Kaleidoscope of Hope Foundation. The foundation is dedicated to increasing the survival rate from ovarian cancer, to giving hope to women and families…
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Martin Myles Lewis
Mr. Lewis, 78, of Port St. Lucie, Fla., and Monroe, formerly of Merrick, N.Y., died Aug. 20, 2009. He served as a lieutenant in the Nassau County (N.Y.) Auxiliary Police Dept., president of Bellmore Merrick Volunteer Ambulance Corp., and vice president of Temple Beth Am, Merrick. Surviving are his wife, Myrna; a son, Jan, and…
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Anonymous cretins, beware: George is coming after you
Coda • GREG BEAN T he righteous jihad against the anonymous cockroaches who hide in the darkness — slavering and mumbling to themselves like Gollum in a Tolkien pageturner — to post libelous and defamatory comments about their fellow human beings on the Internet is moving more rapidly than I could have predicted. Last week,…
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Garden truly a ‘community’ effort in E. Bruns.
First-year garden brings E.B. community together BY MARY ANNE ROSS Correspondent When Sean Lasch finds a strange insect eating one of the leaves of his cucumber plants, he reaches for his camera, not a can of bug spray. SCOTT FRIEDMAN Marty Israel tends to his crops at the East Brunswick Community Garden, located on the…
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