Tag: Roosevelt Care Center
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Len Roseman retires in Metuchen
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer METUCHEN — For more than 60 years, Leonard Roseman served the residents of Metuchen and Middlesex County as a whole in the various hats he assumed. That’s why when Roseman announced he was retiring; it was hard to believe for the many that worked with him. “They tell me that…
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Metuchen graduates 152 students
METUCHEN — Just as her brother was named three years ago, Siri Uppuluri was named valedictorian of her Metuchen High School class. “It is an honor,” she said. “My brother [Aditya] was valedictorian in 2014. It’s nice to keep the legacy.” Siri was named valedictorian and Siya Zhang was named salutatorian during a convocation held…
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Crochet instructor helps Edison stroke survivor regain abilities
EDISON – Two years ago, life as Theresa Kilijansk knew it changed when a stroke robbed her dominant right hand of all function. The once mundane daily activities, like dressing, writing, eating and cooking, suddenly became a struggle, and in some cases, an insurmountable obstacle for Kilijansk, now 85 years old, according to a statement…
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Old Bridge resident recalls when women were first allowed to vote
OLD BRIDGE – Mary Baumann was born in Cleveland in the summer of 1919, a little more than a year before women were constitutionally granted the right to vote. Almost a lifetime later, the 97-year-old a resident at Roosevelt Care Center at Old Bridge casted her ballot for the Hillary Clinton, the first female presidential candidate. “I’ve…
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Historic Roosevelt Hospital to transform into senior housing
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — Leonard J. Roseman, chairman of the Middlesex County Improvement Authority, said President Franklin D. Roosevelt would be proud of the developments of the Roosevelt Care Center. In a year, the historic Roosevelt Care Center, which was built as a tuberculosis hospital on 13 acres in 1937, will transform…