Category: Independent Opinion

  • Good Samaritan law needs to be improved

    On March 8, 2008, I had a heart attack while picking up my youngest daughter from Girl Scouts. While I was unconscious and not breathing on the side of the road, calls were placed to 911, but no one initially attempted CPR. I was lucky, however. A good Samaritan — a teenager certified in CPR…

  • Thank goodness for school boards

    Few people question the need for their local planning board or their town council. Yet some people believe school boards somehow represent an archaic form of government – – that they don’t matter and might even be expendable. Heaven forbid! In this age when state and federal officials seem increasingly insulated from hometown concerns, school…

  • Donald D. Bailey

    Mr. Bailey, 59, of Keyport, died Feb. 28, 2009, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. He was a custodian at Little Silver Board of Education for the past five years, and a warehouseman at Twin County Grocery, Edison. He was predeceased by his wife, Linda Leahy Bailey, Jan. 27, 2009; and his mother, Barbara Amberg…

  • Marian Gilroy

    Ms. Gilroy, 81, of New York City, died Feb. 23, 2009, at Beth Israel Medical Center, New York City. She was a secretary at Sperry Rand, New York City, for 35 years, retiring in 1987. She is survived by two sisters and one brother-inlaw, Gertrude and William Brown of Hazlet, and Rita Maynes of Middletown;…

  • Robert B. Ramos

    Mr. Ramos, of Middletown, died Feb. 24, 2009. He was employed with the U.S. Army for 20 years. Following retirement as a U.S. Army Major in 1967, he was employed at Parks Sausage Company for more than 30 years. He was predeceased by his first wife, Marion Ramos, in 1956; and his wife, Roberta Ramos,…

  • Josephine Vesneski Rosenzweig

    Mrs. Rosenzweig, 94, of Middletown, died Feb. 20, 2009, at Riverview Hospital, Red Bank. She was predeceased by her husband of 68 years, Abraham; a daughter, Helen La Prete Feindt; three sisters; and six brothers. She is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Shirley and Robert Corcoran of Middletown, with whom she lived; a son-in-law,…

  • Joseph W. Brown

    Mr. Brown, 75, of Whiting, died Feb. 25, 2009, at Van Dyke Hospice, Community Medical Center, Toms River. He was an assistant manager at London Town Cars, Long Island City, N.Y., retiring at age 62. Prior to that, he was a Hilo operator at Helena Rubenstein, Roselyn, N.Y. He was predeceased by three brothers; and…

  • Mary C. Kavanagh Tymon

    Mrs. Tymon, 81, of Atlantic Highlands, died Feb. 21, 2009, at her daughter’s home. She was a registered nurse at Mission of the Immaculate Virgin, Staten Island, N.Y., for 10 years, retiring in 1989. Prior to that, she was a nurse at Mount Vernon Hospital, New York City, during WWII. She was predeceased by her…

  • John J. Caliendo Sr.

    Mr. Caliendo, 94, of Morganville, died Feb. 24, 2009, at Meridian Nursing and Rehabilitation, Shrewsbury. He resided in Matawan for 25 years, prior to relocating to Morganville. He was the proprietor of Rural Auto Body, Old Bridge, for 41 years, retiring in 1989. Prior to that, he was a welder at Kearny Shipyards, and worked…