Tag: U.S. Marines
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U.S. Marine carries on family tradition of police work in North Brunswick
NORTH BRUNSWICK – William Bonura Jr. will continue the legacy his father and uncle began in North Brunswick. A previous employee of the South Brunswick Police Department, Bonura Jr. officially joined the North Brunswick Police Department on June 4 during his administration of oath. Bonura Jr. served with the U.S. Marines from 2009-13, and then…
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Boy Scout Troop 90 pays tribute to fallen U.S. Marine, Eagle Scout
PHOTOS COURTESY OF JOE HOBBS Cub Scout Pack 98 and Boy Scout Troop 90 attended a Memorial Day ceremony at VFW Post 9111 in the Kendall Park section of South Brunswick on May 28. Afterward, members of Troop 90 visited the grave of the late Lance Corporal Sean Estler in the Dayton section of town.…
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Veterans from Operation Iraqi Freedom receive street signs in their honor
NORTH BRUNSWICK – Two young veterans were honored for their fairly recent military service with the designation of two different intersections with secondary street signs bearing their names. On May 21, a sign for Ieva Way was placed at Cranbury Cross Road and Waksman Place, while a marking for Smith Way adorns a post at…
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Metuchen to hold 91st annual Memorial Day parade, ceremony
The Metuchen Area Chamber of Commerce will sponsor the 91st Annual Memorial Day Parade & Ceremony on May 28. The parade will begin on that Monday at 10 a.m. at Edgar School on Brunswick Avenue, then travel north along Main Street to end at the newly finished plaza at the intersection of New and Pearl streets. The ceremony…
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Early experiences in Venezuela shaped U.S. Marine’s career as HR director at casinos, host of WRSU radio show
EAST BRUNSWICK – Donald Buzney’s mission was to break an ambush at daylight and head to the river, sweeping through a hamlet of about 20 homes. It was 1968 in northern I Corps, just below the DMZ in the Cua Viet region of Vietnam. “We didn’t like the assignment because we had to walk across an…
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Metuchen to hold 91st annual Memorial Day parade, ceremony
METUCHEN – The Metuchen Area Chamber of Commerce will sponsor the 91st Annual Memorial Day Parade & Ceremony on Monday, May 28. This year’s theme, “A Century of Service, Honoring our American Legion Post 65 & Boy Scout Troop 14” celebrates that both the local American Legion chapter and its sponsored scout troop are initiating their organizations’ centennial…
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North Brunswick begins veteran street naming program for 2018
NORTH BRUNSWICK – With springtime weather around the corner, North Brunswick began its Veteran Street Sign Program for 2018 with two celebrations on April 9. The late Joseph J. Rosta was born on May 7, 1916, and lived in the New Brunswick area before moving to Stockton Place in North Brunswick in 1951. Stockton Place now…
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Veterans Community Alliance aids Marine who lost both legs
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – The Freehold Township community has continued its tradition of providing assistance to a veteran of America’s armed forces. Scott Nokes, 25, of Neptune Township, was presented with a $20,000 donation from the Veterans Community Alliance (VCA) during a ceremony at Freehold Township Day on July 8 in Michael J. Tighe Park. Nokes…
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Hundreds attend service for Marine from Colts Neck
COLTS NECK – Several hundred people made their way to Colts Neck High School on the overcast morning of July 25 to pay their respects to U.S. Marine Cpl. Daniel I. Baldassare. Baldassare, 20, was among 15 Marines and one Navy sailor who died when the military plane on which they were traveling crashed in…