Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion
-

Let’s hope they spend all of that $100 million wisely
CODA GREG BEAN of that $100 million Like most people, I was impressed last week when I learned about Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s announcement that he would pump up to $100 million into Newark’s troubled schools in a “challenge” grant. When he made the announcement of the grant on “Oprah,” he was accompanied by Newark…
-

Grateful to freeholders for preserving open space
Iwant to thank the members of the Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders for once again stepping up and helping preserve open space. Through the board’s assistance, 63 acres in Old Bridge that were threatened by development will now be preserved for posterity. So often we see land paved over for another shopping center and…
-

Diane E. Dukay
Mrs. Dukay, 68, of South River, formerly of Sayreville, died Sept. 9, 2010, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. Prior to her retirement in 2005, she was employed for eight years at Grant Plumbing Supply, North Brunswick. Before that, she worked in the accounting departments of several area banks. She was predeceased by…
-

Antoinette “Toni” Ivancoe
Ms. Ivancoe, 47, of Old Bridge, died Aug. 25, 2010, at home. Prior to her retirement in 2005, she was employed as a dental technician at the office of Marshall Fleer, D.D.S., East Brunswick, where she worked for 26 years. She was predeceased by her father, Jules Ivancoe. Surviving are her mother, Dorothy Byczkowski Ivancoe;…
-

Roslyn Naiburg
Mrs. Naiburg, 94, of South Brunswick, formerly of East Brunswick, died Sept. 15, 2010, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. She was predeceased by her husband, Irving, and by a son, Robert. Surviving are a son and daughter-in-law, David and Dorothy Naiburg of North Brunswick; two grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Graveside services were held…
-

Patricia F. Donahue LeMay
Mrs. LeMay, 69, of South River, died Aug. 29, 2010, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Her husband, Lawrence LeMay, died in 1986. Surviving are two sons, Robert LeMay, and his wife, Debbi, of Woodbridge, Va., and Patrick LeMay, and his wife, Ann, of Butler, Pa.; three daughters, Michelle LeMay Santiago, and her…
-

Alexander A. Wheeler
Mr. Wheeler, 36, of Union Beach, died Sept. 12, 2010, at home. He was a self-employed painter. Mr. Wheeler is survived by his father, Michael Wheeler Sr. of Jamesburg; his mother, Dianne Scocco Wheeler of Manchester; a son, Alexander M. Wheeler of Keyport; and a brother, Michael Wheeler Jr. of Marlboro. A Mass was celebrated…
-

A pattern of dirty tricks in race for 12th District seat
There’s a pattern of dirty tricks in the race between longtime incumbent Democrat Rush Holt and Tea Party-endorsed Republican challenger Scott Sipprelle in New Jersey’s 12th Congressional District. I’ve been writing about dirty campaign tricks for over 30 years, so I shouldn’t be surprised. But it came as a shock to be the victim of…
-

County Dems should make restitution for ad
The Middlesex County Democratic machine has had a stranglehold on the people of Middlesex County, raising taxes and driving out ratable businesses. Now the county Democratic machine was caught filming a campaign ad using public employees and equipment paid for by the taxpayers. They pulled the political ad after it became public that the Democrats…
