• Call for craft vendors at Oct. 20 Octoberfest

    The Monroe Township Recreation Department’s 20th annual Octoberfest is planned for noon-4 p.m. Oct. 20 at the Monroe Township Community Center, 120 Monmouth Road. A few craft-vendor slots are still open. In addition to food, craft and toy vendors, the day will feature entertainment, a petting zoo, pony rides, games, music by a DJ, basketball,…

  • Jazz great shares music history

    By THOMAS CASTLES Staff Writer Herbie Hancock Fifty years of performances, recordings and jam sessions later, Herbie Hancock remains the maverick of the music business he set out to be at the age of 14. It was then that Hancock, already a child prodigy on the piano, witnessed his first jazz performance during a student…

  • Stella Truchan Sczepanik

    Mrs. Sczepanik, 93, of Sayreville, died Sept. 19, 2013, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to her retirement, she was employed as a secretary for Hercules Inc., Parlin section of Sayreville. Before that, she worked for E.I. DuPont, also Parlin. She was predeceased by her husband, Stanley Sczepanik, and by a sister,…

  • Frank J. Gordon

    Mr. Gordon, 89, of Old Bridge, died Sept. 25, 2013, in Madison Center, Old Bridge. Surviving are his wife, Mary Gordon; two sons, Michael Gordon of Naples, Fla., and James Gordon of Old Bridge; three daughters, Kathleen Black and Linda Chamas, both of Old Bridge, and Brenda Gordon of Edison; two brothers, James Gordon of…

  • Richard W. Lumbreyer

    Mr. Lumbreyer, 74, of South River, died Sept. 18, 2013, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. He served on the South River Civil Defense Board and was past president of the South River Board of Health. He was predeceased by his wife, Carol Ann Kalicki Lumbreyer. Surviving are two sons, William and Alann…

  • Ralph Farella Sr.

    Mr. Farella, 84, of North Brunswick, died Sept. 27, 2013, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. He had worked as a code enforcement officer for North Brunswick Township for more than 20 years. Prior to that he was a builder of custom homes in the North Brunswick area. He was predeceased by…

  • Ruby Jane Leksell Territo

    Mrs. Territo, 85, of Old Bridge, formerly of Sagamore, Pa., died Sept. 23, 2013, at Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge. She was predeceased by her husband, Joseph Territo; and nine brothers and sisters. Surviving are two sons, John and his wife, Veronica Territo, of Belvidere, and Ronald and his wife, Linda Herr, of Jamesburg;…

  • Eric L. Eaton

    Mr. Eaton, 59, of Howell, formerly of Glen Cove, N.Y., died Sept. 12, 2013. Surviving are his wife, Rosa; his mother, Juanita W. Eaton, of Exeter, N.H.; a daughter, Jennifer, and her husband, Michael Hier, of Howell; a son, Kevin Eaton, and his wife, Diana, of Howell; two grandchildren; two brothers and sisters-in-law, Geoff and…

  • Anna Travisano

    Mrs. Travisano, 96, of Old Bridge, died Sept. 20, 2013, in CareOne at East Brunswick. She was predeceased by her husband, Louis; a grandson, Andrew; and two sisters, Sophie Scarano and Rose Santos. Surviving are her children and their spouses, Maria and Arthur Riporti of Old Bridge, Theresa Williams of Union, and Louis G. Travisano…

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