• Mom says, count to three, then take a time out

    Are We There Yet? • LORI CLINCH Since the experts decided that spanking kids is not the way to go, we parents have had to get downright creative with disciplinary measures. I, for one, have been quite imaginative. Take, for example, the enjoyment of, “Don’t make me count to three!” What it lost in effectiveness,…

  • In Bizarre World, movie popcorn is a bargain

    Coda Coda • GREG BEAN I read the most curious story in the newspaper recently, and it still has me scratching my head.   The national motion picture industry, which does 40 percent of its business between May and August when the summer blockbusters reach the theater, is having an unexpected boom this year, in…

  • Santo Maimone

    Mr. Maimone, 84, of North Brunswick, died May 31, 2009, at Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was an assembly line worker at Delco Remy Batteries, New Brunswick, for 30 years, retiring in 1986. He was predeceased by his wife, Rose Previte Maimone, in 2008; and a sister, Grace Catanese. He is survived by…

  • William “Willie” MacDonald

    Mr. MacDonald, 78, of the Monmouth Junction section of South Brunswick, died May 19, 2009, at Medical Center at Princeton. He resided in North Brunswick, and Edison, prior to relocating to Monmouth Junction with his sister, Irene Richards. He was employed at Pepsi Company, North Brunswick, for more than 25 years, and Rutgers University, Douglas…

  • Helen Capik Endlich

    Mrs. Endlich, 92, of the Shadow Lake section of Middletown, died May 20, 2009, at home. She had resided in Edison before relocating to Shadow Lake in 1979. Before her retirement, Mrs. Endlich was a seamstress in Perth Amboy. She was predeceased by her first husband, Walter J. Capik; her husband, Robert Endlich; a daughter,…

  • Rosalie “Bonnie” Cavanaugh

    Mrs. Cavanaugh, 82, of Spotswood, died May 6, 2009, at JFK Hospital, Edison. She was born and raised in Philadelphia and had lived in Sayreville before moving to Spotswood. Mrs. Cavanaugh is survived by four sons and daughters in-law, John and Linda Ann, Michael and Deborah, Joseph and Lori, and David and Lisa; and 14…

  • Business Briefs

    Attorney Wendell A. Smith, Holmdel, has been named chairperson of Bayshore Community Hospital Foundation, Holmdel. Smith is a senior partner at Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP, Woodbridge, and has served as chair of the board of trustees at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. The Bayshore Community Hospital Foundation is dedicated to the development and cultivation…

  • ‘Summer Hours’
  • PRINCETON: Boys Tennis Player of the Year

    Karandikar met every challenge By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    From start to finish, Neil Karandikar faced challenges.    The Princeton Day School junior met every one of them to put together another remarkable high school tennis year in his first full season at first singles.    ”I knew that the field would be better overall,” said…

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