Tag: U.S. Navy
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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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Hazlet sailor serves aboard Navy warship homeported in Pearl Harbor
A Hazlet native and 2012 St. John Vianney High School graduate is serving in the U.S. Navy aboard the guided-missile destroyer, USS John Paul Jones. Seaman Edward Pullis is a culinary specialist aboard the guided-missile destroyer operating out of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. A Navy culinary specialist is responsible for providing meals to the crew aboard…
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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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James McDivitt Elementary School celebrates 50 years with visit from astronaut
OLD BRIDGE — Students at James McDivitt Elementary School got a chance to meet a real-life astronaut, a longtime friend of their school’s namesake, in celebration of the school’s 50th anniversary. “I met James McDivitt in 1978,” Captain Jon A. McBride, a veteran National Aeronautics and Space Administration astronaut, said during a special visit on…
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North Brunswick veteran uses his voice to help others
NORTH BRUNSWICK – Dennis Anthony Penny Jr. is using a new chapter in his life to pay it forward. The 35-year-old North Brunswick resident said he got into some trouble around his 17th birthday, and was enrolled in a pre-trial intervention program: either go into the military or go to jail, he said. He said…
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Sailor from Sayreville renders honors during morning colors
PHOTO COURTESY OF MASS COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST 2ND CLASS KYLE CARLSTROM Master Chief Quartermaster Stephanie Kortatis, right, of Sayreville, and Quartermaster 1st Class Matthew Lenerville, of North Dakota, render honors during morning colors aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) prior to the ship’s departure from Sasebo, Japan, on Jan. 23. Bonhomme Richard…
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Grandfather inspires teen to collect items for troops
NORTH BRUNSWICK – Inspired by her Vietnam War veteran grandfather, a young girl is trying to change the lives of military personnel around the world. Chloe Rossmann read an announcement in her grandmother Sheral’s “Woman’s World” magazine about a call for supplies for troops. To honor her grandfather Harry, she decided to hold two collections…
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Lifelong residents of North Brunswick honored with street signs bearing their names
NORTH BRUNSWICK – Three street naming ceremonies were held on Oct. 2 to honor local veterans. Parillo Way bears a sign at the intersection of Orchard Street and Princess Drive for the late John Dominick Parillo. Schembri Way was marked at the intersection of Edwin Street and Truman Place for the late Angelo Schembri. Smith…