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John J. “Popeye” Wojcik
Mr. Wojcik, 79, of Sayreville, died Feb. 26, 2009, in JFK Haven Hospice, Edison. Prior to his retirement in 1985, he was employed as a foreman with E.I. Du Pont Photo Products, Parlin section of Sayreville, where he worked for 30 years. He served on the Sayreville Recreation Committee. Surviving are his wife, Jean Kupsch…
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For the Record
The Monroe Township High School varsity softball team was victorious in its season opener against Carteret. The girls won by a score of 12-8 in a hard-fought game on the road. The game’s outcome was incorrect in a story published April 9 in the Sentinel.
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Sports Shorts
The Sayreville Leprechauns Football and Cheering Association is holding registration for the 2009 season from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 18 and 25 at the Mickey Sedlak Civic Center on Dolan Street. Registration is open for all children ages 5-15. The fee is $75 for the first child, $125 for two or more children…
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SHRS returns four seniors to golf team
BY JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent South River High School golf Coach Jim Mackiewicz is refreshingly candid when he talks about the makeup of his team. He understands that many local residents haven’t traditionally embraced the sport like, for instance, football. As a consequence, it’s a good bet that when Mackiewicz greets the players who come out…
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Sayreville optimistic after slow start to ’09
BY WARREN RAPPLEYEA Staff Writer With just five games in the books, it’s shaping up as a season of streaks for the Sayreville War Memorial High School softball team. The Bombers are looking to climb past the .500 mark after finishing 9-14 a year ago. PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Above: Sayreville pitcher Alexa Baldasare…
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Responds to criticism regarding high school construction
Barbara Kilcomons’ letter to the editor in the April 9 issue of the Suburban (“Council, Board of Ed Must Pull Tightly on Budget Reins”) takes issue with virtually every level of Sayreville government and inaccurately attributes problems with the high school construction project to my leadership. And she fails to acknowledge that I actually stepped…
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Nuclear a safe, dependable energy source
I take issue with your cartoonist’s slant on nuclear energy in New Jersey (Suburban, April 9). We have an administration that is openly allied with the liberal green parties that refuse to consider building new reactors. Oyster Creek has shown that nuclear energy is a safe technology and would solve our need for a dependable…
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Residents already paying for boro’s TV station
This is in response to Donald Gallagher’s comments concerning Sayreville televising its Borough Council meetings (“Televising Meetings Won’t Affect Democracy,” Letters to the Editor, Suburban, April 9). As a volunteer for Piscataway, East Brunswick and Woodbridge’s access television stations, a former Sayreville Cable Advisory Board member, a founding member of the Jersey Access Group (www.jagonline.org)…
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In tough economy, it’s time for the perfect tax
Coda Coda • GREG BEAN I was in the convenience store this week, listening to smokers gripe about the new 62- cent per-pack tax the federal government has imposed on cigarettes. That means the feds now get $1.01 per package of smokes, or $10.10 per carton. In New Jersey, where they add on $2.57…
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