• Anthony J. Irace

    Mr. Irace, 66, of Manalapan, died, May 2, 2009, at home. Born in Brooklyn, he lived there until moving to Manalapan nine years ago. Mr. Irace was a U.S. Navy veteran and an HVAC supervisor at Rockefeller Center in Manhattan for many years before retiring in 1996. His wife, Carmela, died in 2007. Surviving are…

  • Vincent Passarelli

    Mr. Passarelli, 82, of Freehold Township and formerly of Old Bridge, died April 18, 2009, at Bartley Health Care, Jackson, He was the owner and operator of Deli Delite in Old Bridge from 1964 to 1990. Mr. Passarelli was predeceased by three sisters, Rose, Anne and Florence. Surviving are his wife of 59 years, Dolores…

  • Sports Shorts

    The New Jersey Cynder will hold its annual tryout/evaluation session for prospective football players over the age of 18 at 7 a.m. May 17 at Westside Park in Newark. The Cynder play in the Big North East Football Federation (www.bneff.com), an AA football league headquartered in Mount Vernon, N.Y. The tryout will include a 40-yard…

  • Falcons, at 8-6, still a contender on links

    Senior Sean Lawrence likely to challenge in GMC Tourney BY JIMMY ALLINDER Staff Writer While Monroe Township High School has consistently produced some of the better golf teams in the Greater Middlesex Conference through the years, the 2009 edition is just above .500. Coach Dennis Kelleher admits the team’s 8-6 record is not up to…

  • Young Sayreville squad leads division in tennis

    Bombers entered week at 9-0 in White Division play BY WARREN RAPPLEYEA Staff Writer If it’s lonely at the top, that’s something the Sayreville War Memorial High School boys tennis team won’t mind this time, having shared the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC) White Division crown with Monroe last spring. The Bombers own a perfect 9-0…

  • Running the base line

    PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff Right: East Brunswick High School’s Debra Dewitt slides safely into third base as New Egypt’s Kaci Hopkins goes for the ball during a May 8 game. East Brunswick won 1-0. Above: Melanie Morrison of East Brunswick tags out New Egypt’s Sara Jobes, who was headed for second base.

  • Senate commended for passing Serve America Act

    On behalf of our 1.4 million members in the Garden State, AARP New Jersey applauds the Senate for passing the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act. New Jerseyans should know that both Sens. Frank Lautenberg and Robert Menendez voted in favor of the bill. The bill will strengthen and expand civic engagement and volunteer opportunities…

  • How high must taxes go before officials cut spending?

    While testifying before the Assembly Budget Committee, state Treasurer David Rousseau was asked the direct question, “Are New Jerseyans overtaxed?” He responded with a simple one-word answer: “No.” When Gov. Jon Corzine was asked whether he agreed with that response, he declined to directly answer. He said he wouldn’t have answered that way and pointed…

  • Derail redevelopment project, lose jobs

    These are serious times to be in the construction industry. The local building trades that serve Sayreville are underemployed, with roughly 35 percent of the membership currently without steady work. Because of the current situation, I am deeply concerned that an environmental group in Edison is trying to block the redevelopment of the former National…

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