• Ex-councilman begins serving jail sentence

    Gets reduced term based on background, community service BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer Former Jamesburg Councilman Thomas Bodall has begun serving a prison term in connection with allegations that he initiated sexually explicit dialogue on the Internet with someone he believed to be a 14-year-old girl. Bodall, 24, began his jail sentence last week at…

  • History lesson comes with piece of Arizona

    Pearl Harbor relic donated to Monroe Twp. High School BY MARY ANNE ROSS Correspondent Asmall piece of rusted metal resting in a simple wooden case will soon have a place of honor in the new Monroe Township High School museum. JEFF GRANIT staff Thomas Mahoney, a survivor of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, discusses…

  • Rocco P. Agoglia

    Mr. Agoglia, 74, of Spotswood, died May 31, 2009, at Pine Brook Care Center, Englishtown. He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. Prior to retiring, he worked as a jeweler for 50 years. A brother, Peter Agoglia, and a sister, Fay Grillo, predeceased Mr. Agoglia. Surviving are his wife of 43 years,…

  • Stephen Zieniewicz

    Mr. Zieniewicz, 80, of South River, died May 26, 2009, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was born in Poland and lived in France before moving to the United States in 1951. Prior to retiring, he was a laborer for WW Henry, which later become known as Armstrong Adhesives, South River. Surviving…

  • George A. Crothers Sr.

    Mr. Crothers, 83, of Howell, died May 25, 2009, at CentraState Medical Center in Freehold Township. He lived in Old Bridge and Forked River before moving to Howell 10 years ago. Mr. Crothers, a U.S. Navy veteran during World War II, was a manager for Mendon Truck Leasing in Brooklyn until he retired in 1993.…

  • Paul L. Veres

    Mr. Veres, 88, of Monroe, formerly of South River, died May 13, 2009, in the Pavillions at Forrestal, Plainsboro. He and his wife, Mary, owned and operated Mary and Paul’s Religious Store, South River, for many years. Surviving are his wife, Mary Duda Veres; a brother, Andy Veres of New Kensington, Pa.; two brothers-inlaw, Joseph…

  • Mark B. Weiner

    Mr. Weiner, 44, of East Brunswick, died May 21, 2009, at home. He was an attorney in practice for the past 17 years with his brother, Jay, in the firm Weiner and Weiner, East Brunswick. Surviving are his wife, Rachel Schrager Weiner; two daughters, Brianna and Sari, both at home; his parents, Jacquelyn and David…

  • Adele Blakaitis Latham

    Mrs. Latham, 93, of South River, died May 21, 2009, at home. Prior to her retirement in 1981, she was employed as a nurse for 25 years with Dr. Algair, South River. Her husband, Samuel Latham, died in 1990, and a son, John Latham, died in 1979. Surviving are a daughter, Marilyn Latham, and a…

  • Alina Losik Lysiuk

    Mrs. Lysiuk, 69, of Fuquay-Varina, N.C., died May 24, 2009, at home. Born in Poland, she had resided in South River, East Brunswick and Palm Coast, Fla., prior to moving to North Carolina in 2006. She was employed for 25 years as a librarian for Hoechst Celanese Corp., Somerville, before retiring 14 years ago. Her…

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