• Filming of meetings has council divided

    Some officials, residents say stop spending on system BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer Sayreville’s plan to broadcast public meetings on cable TV has become the subject of debate among officials and residents. The borough spent $17,000 three years ago on hardware and software that allows it to post information on the local cable access channel.…

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    JEFF GRANIT staff Sayreville police officer Matt Kurtz puts up a shot as firefighter Dan Narkiewicz goes for the block during Our Lady of Victories’ Athletic Association’s second annual charity basketball game March 26. The game was held in memory of John “Popeye” Wojcik, a longtime coach and supporter of OLV and its athletic program.

  • Alma S. Stray Meyer

    Mrs. Meyer, 80, of Helmetta, died March 23, 2009, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy division. She taught confirmation classes for more than 30 years at the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, Old Bridge. Her husband, Gustave O. Meyer, died in 1981, and a daughter, Christianne Meyer, died in 1954. Surviving are four…

  • Josephine M. Fortunato Peterson

    Mrs. Peterson, 81, of East Brunswick, died March 17, 2009, in The Elms, Cranbury. Prior to her retirement in 1999, she was an auditor with J.C. Penney, East Brunswick, where she worked for 24 years. Her husband, Kenneth A. Peterson, died in 1978. Surviving are a daughter, LuAnn Goglia, and her husband, Richard, of Spotswood;…

  • Maryann “Traci” Facchini

    Mrs. Facchini, 59, of North Brunswick, died March 22, 2009, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, following a battle with diabetes. She resided in the Fords section of Woodbridge, and New Brunswick, prior to relocating to North Brunswick in 1986. She was the president of Happy Time Inc., a family owned real estate…

  • John F. Letts

    Mr. Letts, 90, of Sayreville, died March 14, 2009, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to his retirement, he was employed in finance for more than 40 years, working as president of First National Bank of Sayreville, then Heritage Bank North, then Midlantic National Bank, and then PNC Bank, East Brunswick. Surviving…

  • David M. Mahoney

    Mr. Mahoney, 70, of the Laurence Harbor section of Old Bridge, died March 21, 2009, in Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. Surviving are his wife, Judith Selinga Mahoney; a son, David M. Mahoney of Laurence Harbor; two daughters, Joanne Mehal of South Amboy and Carol Card of Sayreville; a sister, Dorothy McLaughlin of the Somerset section…

  • Mary Malanowski Durovich

    Mrs. Durovich, 82, of South River, died March 24, 2009, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. Surviving are her husband, Harry Durovich; two sons, Robert Durovich, and his wife, Karen, of Chapel Hill, N.C., and John Durovich of the Monmouth Junction section of South Brunswick; two sisters, Jennie Nowicki of Sayreville and Helen Strach…

  • Charles P. Cole

    Mr. Cole, 78, of East Brunswick, died March 10, 2009, in East Brunswick. He was the owner of Pirate’s Den, Sayreville, for several years. A son, Keith Patrick, died in 1958. Surviving are his wife, Ethel Lifgren Cole; three daughters, Karen Lifgren of Veazie, Maine, Kris Cole, and her husband, Gerald Pocock, of Westford, Mass.,…

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