• Chabad’s Passover Seder April 8, 9

    Chabad Jewish Center of South Brunswick, 1 Riva Ave., South Brunswick, will host a public Passover Seder 7:30 p.m. April 8 and 8 p.m. April 9. All Jews are encouraged to participate. The event will include matzah, four cups of wine and a Kosher Passover meal. For reservations call Goldie Azimov at 732-398-9492 or email…

  • Author to sign copies of book April 5 in N.B.

    Author Nick Katsoris will sign copies of and give a reading from his new book, “Loukoumi’s Good Deeds,” 11 a.m. April 5 at Barnes & Noble, 869 Route 1, North Brunswick. The children’s book includes a bonus CD narrated by Jennifer Aniston, Gloria Gaynor, Olympia Dukakis and others, with $2 from the sale of each…

  • Gloria M. Pizzaia Krupa

    Mrs. Krupa, 79, of Toms River, died March 26, 2009, at home. She resided in Milltown, and South Brunswick for 38 years, prior to relocating to Toms River in 2008. She was a retired nurse at Marlboro Psychiatric Center, and Woodbridge Developmental Center. She was predeceased by her husband, Frank, in 2004. She is survived…

  • Nicholas F. Saladino

    Mr. Saladino, 81, of North Brunswick, died March 25, 2009, at home. He was a petroleum procurer for 46 years at Cities Service Oil Corp. at various locations in the United States. Following retirement, he was a consultant at Cromwell Corp. for five years. He is survived by his wife, Michele of North Brunswick; two…

  • Kathleen R. Lauzon

    Mrs. Lauzon, 59, of South Brunswick, died March 25, 2009, at the Center for Hope, Scotch Plains. She was employed at East Brunswick School District for 30 years, 22 of which was as librarian at Frost Elementary School, retiring in 2005. She was predeceased by her husband, William K. Lauzon. She is survived by three…

  • Michael Szymanski

    Mr. Szymanski, 99, of the Dayton section of South Brunswick, died March 8, 2009. He worked in the personal products division at Johnson and Johnson, New Brunswick, where he was employed 25 years. Prior to that, he was a cutter and pattern maker in the garment district in New York City. He was predeceased by…

  • 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…

  • Leave driver’s license suspensions up to judges

    I agree with the well-written strong opposition to Senate Bill S-2504 set forth by the Middlesex County Bar Association. This legislation would require the motor vehicle commission (MVC) to immediately suspend the driver’s license of any person who has committed certain traffic violations as a probationary driver or which result in the serious bodily injury…

  • The cycle of domestic violence can be broken

    Police reports filed after Rihanna’s reported beating at the hands of Chris Brown paint a vivid picture of what happens when the “cycle of violence” is allowed to run its course. Unfortunately, the acts that landed the famous couple in the news are going on among “regular” people every day. The pattern takes on a…

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