Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • There might be an upside to a government shutdown

    CODA GREG BEAN A s this is being written, it looks like there could be a federal government shutdown as early as this Friday, March 4. Even if there’s a stopgap measure passed to give our representatives and senators more time to come to a meeting of the minds, it would likely only provide the…

  • Students get a figurative kick out of Bedelia author

    Nephew of character’s creator pays visit to Appleby School BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer Herman Parish talks about the experiences of his aunt and Amelia Bedelia creator Peggy Parish during a Feb. 24 visit to the E.R. Appleby Elementary School in Spotswood. SCOTT FRIEDMAN SPOTSWOOD — Put out the lights, change the towels, dust the…

  • Janina Kaminski Traskiewicz

    Mrs. Traskiewicz, 88, of South River, died Feb. 5, 2011, at home. Prior to her retirement in 1988, she was employed as a seamstress for Brodsky and Sons, South River, where she worked for 28 years. She was predeceased by her husband, Konstanty, and by a daughter, Christine Schultz. Surviving are a son, Wesley, and…

  • Anne Zawadsky

    Mrs. Zawadsky, 89, of Port Huron Township, Mich., formerly of Spotswood, died Feb. 19, 2011, in St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Port Huron. She was predeceased by her husband, Peter M. Zawadsky. Surviving are a son, Peter Zawadsky, M.D., of Montgomery Village, Md.; a daughter, Sharon L. Perillo, and her husband, Philip N., of Escondido, Calif.;…

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    Emily Sullivan, a fifth-grader at Our Lady of Lourdes of Milltown, earned first place in the Central Regional Spelling Bee in Kearney on Feb. 26. The event was sponsored by the Central Region of the New Jersey State Federation of Women’s Clubs: Junior Membership. The 24 contestants were invited to compete after placing in the…

  • Harry Russell Tooker

    Mr. Tooker, 83, of East Brunswick, died Feb. 5, 2011, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. He retired in 1989 after more than 30 years with W. Berman Decorating, East Brunswick. He was predeceased by a brother, Frank Tooker, and by a sister, Dorothy Tooker. Surviving are his wife, Frances L. Eakes Tooker;…

  • James W. Mancil Sr.

    Mr. Mancil, 88, of Monroe, formerly of Manalapan, died Feb. 22, 2011, at home. Surviving are his wife, Virginia Cosgrave Mancil; three sons, James W. Mancil Jr., and his wife, Cynthia, of Beaver Dams, N.Y., Robert M. Mancil, and his wife, Leslie, of Jackson and David P. Mancil, and his wife, Stephanie, of Monroe; two…

  • Nicholas A. Russo

    Mr. Russo, 80, of Allentown, formerly of Manalapan and Freehold, died Feb. 20, 2011, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Surviving are his wife, Virginia Russo; a son, Michael Russo, and his wife, Maryann, of Howell; a daughter, Stephanie Marques, and her husband, Tony, of Allentown; a brother, Teddy Russo of Fla.; a sister, Marie…

  • Elsie E. Daskovicz Romeo

    Mrs. Romeo, 88, of South River, died Feb. 21, 2011, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. She was predeceased by her husband, Dominic, and by a brother, Robert Daskovicz. Surviving are two sons, Richard Romeo, and his wife, Linda, of South River and Larry Romeo, and his wife, Ann, of Fairless Hills, Pa.;…