Category: Independent Opinion

  • Eleanor Grace Pfersick Witek

    Mrs. Witek, 85, died June 10, 2008, at The Willows in Holmdel. She resided in Wayne, and Whiting, prior to relocating to The Willows. She was a retired executive secretary atAFIAInsurance Co., Wayne, and Westinghouse, New York City, prior to that. She was predeceased by her husband, Chester F. Witek, in 2001. She is survived…

  • M-A schools must rise above state test averages

    I read with interest the June 4 article in the Independent that the Matawan-Aberdeen School District aims to raise the high school test scores. I commend Superintendent Richard O’Malley and principal Michelle Ruscavage for addressing this problem, and not sweeping it under the carpet. In the 2006-07 New Jersey School Report Card HSPA, Matawan-Aberdeen scored…

  • Betty Jones

    Mrs. Jones, 81, ofHazlet, died June 12, 2008, at home. She was employed in the export department at International Flavors&Fragrances, Hazlet, for more than 20 years. She is survived by her husband of 55 years,HaroldM. Jones; two sons and one daughter-in-law, H. Michael and Virginia Jones ofWhitehouse Station, and Daniel P. Jones ofWestHartford, Conn.; a…

  • Bridge construction is a tragedy waiting to happen

    With the north-side sidewalk across the bridge nowclosed, the ped/bike pathway to the beach from the north-side sidewalk of the highway nowconsists of a sign directing people to go down the hill, under the bridge (where they are chopping away concrete above your head!), and up the other side to the south-side sidewalk, which takes…

  • Dorothy Mae Staats McClain

    Mrs. McClain of Matawan, died June 12, 2008, at Raritan BayMedical Center,Old Bridge. She was an administrative secretary of social services at St. Francis Hospital, Jersey City, for 25 years, retiring in 1990. She was predeceased by her husband, Edward; and a grandson, Christopher Miller. She is survived by two daughters,Arleen Lofstrom and PatriciaMiller; a…

  • Public urged to press for passage of Lyme research bill

    As president of LymeQuest Support Group & Advocacy Project, I have watched with sadness as Lyme disease has devastated our communities and our state, disabled countless victims, and destroyed lives. Many innocent children suffer and lose their childhood from the ravages of this disease, which can cause cardiac, neurological, musculo-skeletal and psychiatric manifestations. Many adults…

  • Stephen W. Winzalevitch

    Mr.Winzalevitch, 66, ofHazlet, died June 13, 2008, at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. He was a factory worker for 42 years, retiring in 2007. During retirement, he was a crossing guard for Hazlet School System. He is survived by his wife, Marie T. CirincioneWinzalevitch ofHazlet; two daughters and sons-in-law, Audra and Brian Goggins of Hazlet, and…

  • Vivian Macioce Sabin

    Mrs. Sabin, 57, ofHazlet, died June 10, 2008, at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. She is survived by her husband, Kenneth Sabin; a son and daughter-in-law, James and Tonya Sabin of Morgantown, W. Va.; two daughters, Anissa Schindler and Cheryl Sabin, both of Hazlet; and five grandchildren. Arrangements were by Day Funeral Home, Keyport.

  • James M. Jacob

    Mr. Jacob, 70, of the West Keansburg section of Hazlet, died June 13, 2008, at home. He was a maintenance supervisor at American Continental Properties Rockland County, N.Y. He is survived by his children and their spouses, Jeannine andWayne Kolodziej ofWest Keansburg, Jana and Sgt. Jason Prevost of Fort Stuart, Ga., Eddie and Diane Waldorf…