Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion
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New Jersey higher education deserves support
The Lumina Foundation recently released a state-bystate report on the higher educational needs of America, for success in the 21st century. It projects that New Jersey alone will have to successively increase the number of college graduates it produces annually by 5,600 per year, every single year, until 2025, to meet one of President Barack…
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Readers surprised that many of us are criminals in N.J.
CODA GREG BEAN Apparently, I wasn’t the only one surprised, and outraged, by the fact that it’s basically illegal to carry a pocketknife in New Jersey — and that doing so might get you charged with a felony or a misdemeanor fine of nearly $1,000, if the local prosecutor is in a good mood. …
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Harold Elkin
Mr. Elkin, 84, of East Brunswick, died Dec. 12, 2010, at home. He was a produce manager for Red & White Supermarkets, Bronx, N.Y., for 35 years. Surviving are his wife, Rose; two sons, Larry and his wife Linda of Hastings-on- Hudson, N.Y., and Craig and his wife Lisa of Haddam, Conn.; and three granddaughters.…
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Louis Pron Jr.
Mr. Pron, 79, of Monroe, formerly of Iselin, died Dec. 15, 2010, at home. He served as a paratrooper in the U.S. Army, attaining the rank of sergeant first class. Prior to his retirement, he was employed for 30 years with Acme Supermarkets of South Kearney. Mr. Pron was predeceased by two brothers, Phillip and…
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Mette Weissenburger
Mrs. Weissenburger, 97, of Milltown, died Dec. 19, 2010, at home. She was a cancer survivor for over 30 years. Mrs. Weissenburger retired from AT&T, Piscataway, as a CRT operator in 1978. Surviving are a daughter and son-in-law, Mary and Anthony Rossi of East Brunswick; three sons, Don Weissenburger of Monmouth Junction, Ken Weissenburger and…
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Philip Kelton
Mr. Kelton, 79, of East Brunswick, died Dec. 21, 2010, at home. Prior to retiring in 1987, he was a route salesman for Taystee Bread in Newark for 32 years. Surviving are his wife of 56 years, Kathleen Fallon Kelton; two sons, Alan and Scott, both of East Brunswick; a daughter, Karen Falkiner and her…
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Frank R. Kruczynski
Mr. Kruczynski, 90, of Newtown, Pa., formerly of East Brunswick, died Dec. 21, 2010, at the Wynwood of Northampton Manor, Richboro, Pa. Prior to retiring, he was employed as an electrician for Hercules in Parlin for 42 years. He was predeceased by his wife, Catherine Gan, in 2008. Surviving are a son, Ron and his…
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Erna Bronzellino
Mrs. Bronzellino, 78, of Monroe, formerly of Spotswood, died Dec. 21, 2010, at The Residence at Forsgate in Monroe. She was predeceased by her husband, James M. Bronzellino; and two brothers, Martin and William Fester. Surviving are two sons, Robert Bronzellino of Spotswood and Richard Bronzellino and his wife, Lynda, of East Brunswick; and two…
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Blue Ribbon status for E.B.’s Frost
EAST BRUNSWICK — The Robert Frost Elementary School has been named a 2010 Blue Ribbon Lighthouse School. Principal Beth Warren was notified of the school’s award in a letter from Bart Teal, president and CEO of Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence Inc., after representatives of his organization paid site visits to the school, off Summerhill…
