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FAMILY FITNESS – Advertorial
by Gloria Averbuch Advertorial FAMILY FITNESS The family that plays together, gets fit together. Working out as a unit-including everything from casual family activities to sports and exercise-is an excellent, proven vehicle for practicing healthy habits and developing social and emotional bonds. Particularly in relation to children, research has shown that the number one influence…
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Advocates seek safe homes for racehorses
BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer Barbara Luna of Long Branch has a mission: Placing racehorses in safe adoptive homes or retirement organizations. If a racehorse trained by a Philadelphia Park trainer is found at an auction where the horse is in danger of being sold to a dealer who in turn sells to socalled “kill…
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ReRun betters odds for a horse’s new life
Monroe woman runs adoption program for former racehorses BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer Her father was a jockey, and the family made their living from racehorses. PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Above: Laurie Condurso Lane of Monroe, president of ReRun Inc., gets some affection from Saintly Sir (l) and Devil’s Crab at the Reindancer Riding…
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Field of five seek seats in So. River
Voters to choose from three incumbents, two newcomers BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Five candidates are vying for the three available three-year terms on the Board of Education. Kelly Cruz Voters will choose from the field during the April 21 school election, when they will also vote on the tax levy to support the $29.3…
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Support from home makes service easier
Sergeant in Iraq says she misses family, friends, shopping BY MARY ANNE ROSS Correspondent When Stefanie Simi announced she was joining the National Guard, her family was surprised, and more than a little worried. Stefanie Simi is pictured at a sendoff ceremony at Fort Dix with her father, Greg. A 2001 graduate of East Brunswick…
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SCOTT FRIEDMAN Linda Fischer and daughter Tiffany, 4, of South River, have some fun during the annual Spring Egg Hunt sponsored by South River Parks & Recreation Saturday at Varga Park.
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Michael J. Maclennan
Mr. Maclennan, 36, of Sayreville, died Feb. 21, 2009, at home. He was employed as a manager at Quick Chek, Hazlet. Surviving are his fiancée, Stephanie Leonard; two children, Kaeleigh Shay and Michael Christopher; his parents, James and Vivian Maclennan of Sayreville; and two brothers, Jason and Matthew, also of Sayreville. Services were held at…
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James R. Robba
Mr. Robba 81, of East Brunswick, formerly of Edison, died March 31, 2009, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Surviving are his wife, Ida Sewell-Robba; three daughters, Dolores Ordille, and her husband, Robert, and Barbara Dipierro, and her husband, William Jr., all of Monroe, and Patricia Nugent, and her husband, Don, of the…
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Patricia Scala Iwanski
Mrs. Iwanski, 65, of Perth Amboy, died March 27, 2009, at her uncle’s home in South River. Prior to her retirement, she was employed as a dietary assistant at Roosevelt Care Center, Edison, where she worked for 27 years. Surviving are two brothers, Anthony Scala of the Cliffwood Beach section of Old Bridge and Joseph…
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