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O.B. school budget has no tax increase
Public hearing to be held March 31 on $136M tab BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer Despite a loss of more than a halfmillion dollars in state aid, the Old Bridge Board of Education is proposing a school budget that holds the line on taxes for the second straight year. The board’s operating budget for 2009-…
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Major in Iraq virtually present for b-day party
Celebrates with his children and classmates in Old Bridge BY MARY ANNE ROSS Correspondent Birthdays can be lonely affairs for servicemen and -women far away from their families and friends. JEFF GRANIT staff Anna Orzol talks to her husband, Maj. John Orzol, on a live video call from Iraq during his birthday party last week…
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Joseph V. Dockiewicz
Mr. Dockiewicz, 91, of New Brunswick, died March 16, 2009, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was predeceased by three sisters, Helen Roskowski, Ann Prusarczyk and Patronela Suchowiecki, and by two brothers, Paul and John Dockiewicz. Surviving are two sisters, Adele Wrobel of Sayreville and Charlotte Gutkowski of Monroe; and many nieces and…
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Albert DeSantis
Mr. DeSantis, 87, of Sparta, formerly of Old Bridge, died March 10, 2009, in St. Clare’s Hospital, Denville. His wife, Julia DeSantis, died in 1995. Surviving are two sons, Albert, and his wife, Renee, of Randolph and Gary, and his wife, Jaime, of Sparta; a sister, Ida Gawlak of Florida; three grandchildren; and many nieces…
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Clara Koscinski Uscenski
Mrs. Uscenski, 83, of South River, died March 6, 2009, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. Her husband, Edward J. Uscenski, died in 2008. Surviving are three brothers, Walter Koscinski, and his wife, Barbara, of Sayreville, Anthony Koscinski, and his wife, Elaine, of Point Pleasant Beach and Edwin Koscinski of Spotswood; a sisterin…
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George R. Searle
Mr. Searle, 81, of East Brunswick, died March 17, 2009, at home. The owner/operator of several businesses, he was known for having purchased the Staten Island ferry, The Mary Murray, which has rested on the banks of the Raritan River for more than 25 years. Surviving are his wife, Irma Gebhardt Searle; three children, Georgann…
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Clarence S. “Bucky” Wentzel
Mr. Wentzel, 66, of Lebanon, formerly of East Brunswick and the Parlin section of Sayreville, died Feb. 20, 2009, in Newark Beth Israel Medical Center. He worked as a chemist and was the owner/operator of Arnel Inc. (now known as Perkin Elmer), Parlin, for 27 years. Surviving are his wife, Joan Reed Wentzel; two sons,…
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Dominick J. D’Arpa
Mr. D’Arpa, 50, of Bonifay, Fla., formerly of the Parlin section of Sayreville, died March 14, 2009, as the result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident. His father, Louis D’Arpa, died in 1983. Surviving are his mother, Josephine D’Arpa; three sisters, Christine Barlett, Marie V. D’Arpa- Hopkins and Ellen Rose Jewell; four brothers, Ricardo…
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Richard T. Geipel
Mr. Geipel, 81, of Old Bridge, died March 6, 2009, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was predeceased by two sons-inlaw, Kevin Costigan and John Sengstack. Surviving are his wife, Irene Malkiewicz Geipel; three daughters, Karen Sengstack and Patricia Costigan, both of Sayreville, and Jo-Anne Fallon of South River; two brothers, Robert Geipel…
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