• Bombers bowling teams off to fast starts this year

    SAYREVILLE WAR MEMORIAL By WARREN RAPPLEYEA Sayreville War Memorial High School’s boys and girls bowling teams are both off to fast starts this season. The boys look to head into the holiday break with their undefeated record intact, and the girls have suffered just one loss so far. Sayreville’s boys lost four of their five…

  • Contested shot

    SCOTT FRIEDMAN Sayreville War Memorial High School’s Corey Taite (right) attempts a shot while J.P. Stevens High School’s Nick Dooley defends during a game between the Bombers and Hawks on Dec. 20 at Sayreville. The Bombers won the game, 63-52.

  • Planetarium features holiday and winter shows

    The Robert J. Novins Planetarium, on the Ocean County College (OCC) Main Campus, College Drive, Toms River, is offering a variety of holiday, children’s, laser and seasonal shows through Feb. 1. Children’s shows “One World, One Sky: Big Bird’s Adventure,” for children age 10 and under. Sesame Street’s Big Bird and Elmo explore the night…

  • Wojciech “Voytek” Piekarewicz

    Mr. Piekarewicz, 44, of Old Bridge, died Dec. 11, 2013 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was employed as a manager for MTP Investment Group of New York City for 20 years. He was predeceased by his father, Stanislaw Piekarewicz, in 2007. He is survived by his wife, Iwona Piekarewicz; his daughters,…

  • Diane Dolores Hartman Gambino

    Mrs. Gambino, 75, of Old Bridge, formerly of East Brunswick, died on Dec. 17, 2013 at Roosevelt Care Center, Old Bridge. She is survived by her children, Donna Onuski and her husband, George, of New York, Jack Gambino and his wife, Jeannie, of Pennsylvania, and Floyd Gambino and his wife, Terry, of East Brunswick; her…

  • Marie Manganaro

    Mrs. Manganaro, 95, of East Brunswick, died Nov. 12, 2013, in CareOne at East Brunswick. She was predeceased by her husband, Umberto Manganaro, and by a son, Gene Manganaro. Surviving are a daughter, Theresa Manganaro, of East Brunswick; four grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren. A blessing was held at Crabiel Home for Funerals, Milltown.…

  • Ronald T. Johnson

    Mr. Johnson, 83, of South River, died Dec. 8, 2013, in Reformed Church Home, Old Bridge. He was predeceased by a brother, Richard Johnson. Surviving are his wife, Victoria Zampella Johnson; four children and their spouses, Ronald and Edna Johnson Jr., of Old Bridge, Michael and Marie Johnson of Monroe, Victoria and Timothy Brockup of…

  • Virginia Marie Hudson

    Mrs. Hudson, 60, of Old Bridge, died Dec. 8, 2013. Surviving are her husband, Phillip; two sons, Daniel and his girlfriend, Veronica, and Timothy and his wife, Kariann; two sisters, Anita Campbell and Frances Schlenk; several nieces and nephews; and several great-nieces and great-nephews. Arrangements were under the direction of Old Bridge Funeral Home. A…

  • Joseph M. Ambrosio

    Mr. Ambrosio, 34, of Sayreville, died Dec. 7, 2013, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy division. He was predeceased by his grandparents, William Hanlon and Serevino and Lillian Ambrosio. Surviving are his parents, Joseph P. and Diane Ambrosio; a sister, Kristin Braine and her husband, Michael; his grandmother, Dorothy Hanlon; a nephew and a…

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