Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • Emily Gaccione Edwards

    Mrs. Edwards, 94, of East Brunswick, died Feb. 27, 2011, in Reformed Church Home, Old Bridge. She was a former school aide at Bowne- Munro and Warnsdorfer schools, both East Brunswick. She was predeceased by her husband, Harold; a son, Joseph; two brothers, Ralph Gaccione and Angelo Gaccione; and a sister, Christine Gaccione Kelly. Surviving…

  • Drivers ignore law, make dangerous left

    I read the article in the March 10 issue of the Sentinel about the red light camera at Route 18 and Tices Lane in East Brunswick. There was no mention of people receiving tickets if they turn left at that light. There are three signs at that intersection alerting motorists that no left turn is…

  • Mary Bongiovanni Pucciarello

    Mrs. Pucciarello, 87, of Sayreville, died March 15, 2011, in CareOne at East Brunswick. Prior to her retirement, she was the co-owner and secretary of J&P Fabricators, Sayreville. She was predeceased by her husband, Joseph Pucciarello; a daughter, Jo Ann Pucciarello; two sisters, Louise Accamando and Phyllis Coppola; and four brothers, John, Charles, Louis and…

  • All New Jersey should share quality health care, costs

    I n the letter to the editor “Focus on Quality, Affordable Health Care forAll” on March 10, Jennifer DeAngelis wrote that all of us should have access to affordable health care, thus making the argument “You have something I don’t have, and because I don’t, you shouldn’t either,” to one in which we should all…

  • Nancy L. Wiederkehr

    Ms. Wiederkehr, 66, of Engelhard, N.C., formerly of East Brunswick, died Feb. 28, 2011, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to her retirement in 2009, she worked as a registered nurse. She was predeceased by a brother, Eugene, and a nephew, Craig. Surviving are several cousins and close friends. AMass was offered…

  • Short-term decision good for some, very bad for others

    CODA GREG BEAN Was anyone surprised by the news last week that the teachers’ union in South Brunswick, the South Brunswick EducationAssociation, after “careful consideration” rejected a proposed wage freeze for the 2011-12 school year? If they had accepted the freeze, the number of full-time-position cuts in the district would have been reduced from 60…

  • Anna Marie Durr Keane

    Mrs. Keane, 75, of Monroe, formerly of East Brunswick, died March 17, 2011, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Surviving are her husband, John Keane; three sons, Patrick Keane of Davie, Fla., Kevin Keane of Monroe and Brian Keane, and his wife, Holly, of East Brunswick; a daughter, Margaret Westfall, and her husband,…

  • Spotswood’s IC Theatre kids ready to stage Disney classic

    SPOTSWOOD — The IC Theater Group at Immaculate Conception School will perform Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast Jr.” This year’s group includes 54 cast members and 14 stage crew members. Students range from fourth through eighth grade. The 10 eighth-graders in the cast include the two leads, Jackie Bove as Belle and Nicholas Andrus as…

  • Spotswood students seek gowns to be donated to those in need

    SPOTSWOOD — Two students at Spotswood High School are organizing a prom gown collection in order to help girls who can’t afford their own. Jessica Corrente and Emily Johnson decided to help others their age after reading a magazine article about Ashley Greene’s mission. The “Twilight” actress is the spokeswoman of DonateMyDress.org, a national campaign…