Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • One more lost opportunity to avoid looking foolish

    CODA GREG BEAN I wonder if anybody at the New Jersey Education Association took a look at what was happening in Wisconsin last week and said, “Man, as much as we don’t like Chris Christie, things could get a whole lot worse around here.” Last week, the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison looked a lot…

  • Yogesh Patel

    Mr. Patel, 45, of the Matawan/Old Bridge area, died Feb. 6, 2011, in Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. He was the owner of three area stores, Laurel Market and Main Street Deli and Grocery, both Keansburg, and Bray Avenue Deli, Middletown. Surviving are his wife, Teko; a daughter, Ekta; and three brothers and a sister…

  • Anthony McKeon

    Mr. McKeon, 46, of South River, died Feb. 5, 2011, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was employed as a driver and delivery person for the past 18 years at Spitaleri Furniture, South River. He was predeceased by his father, Robert McKeon. Surviving are his mother, Donna McKeon; a sister, Margaret Tarantino;…

  • Victor M. Kasakov

    Mr. Kasakov, 57, of South River, died Feb. 11, 2011, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to his retirement in 1995, he was employed as a chemical operator with E.I. DuPont Photo Products, Parlin section of Sayreville, where he worked for 23 years. He was predeceased by his father, Michael Kasakov. Surviving…

  • John J. Neira Sr.

    Mr. Neira, 86, of the Parlin section of Old Bridge, died Feb. 6, 2011, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. He was predeceased by seven siblings. Surviving are his wife, Jean Marie Varrucci Neira; four children, John Jr., and his wife, Helen, of Chatham, Robert A., and his wife, Tina, of Toms River,…

  • Donald G. Clarkson

    Mr. Clarkson, 61, a resident of the Old Bridge and Jackson areas for 40 years, died Jan. 30, 2011, in Newark Beth Israel Medical Center. He was the owner and operator of The Bagel Shoppe, Monroe, for more than 30 years. Surviving are his fiancée, Lori Goscinski of Jackson; an infant daughter, Kaley Clarkson, at…

  • Gov. must not demean those who serve, protect

    My wife and I have been supporters of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF) since December 1988, the beginning of this very worthy project. To my mind, there is no finer or respectable way to again say, “Goodbye and thank you for your sacrifice and devotion to duty, our fallen brothers and sisters…

  • Frank E. Anderluh

    Mr. Anderluh, 98, of the Lanoka Harbor section of Lacey, formerly of Milltown, died Feb. 4, 2011, in Spring Oaks at Lanoka Harbor. Prior to his retirement, he was employed as a chemical mixer with Technical Tape Corp., Old Bridge, where he worked for more than 40 years. He was predeceased by his wife, Helen,…

  • Help available for young people in abusive relationships

    February brings to mind Valentine’s Day and love. And love brings to mind dating and relationships. But what if a relationship is not based on love, but control and abuse? And what if the person in that relationship is too young or naïve to see what’s happening? Many relationships (too many in fact) fall into…