Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • Paul K. Kotarski

    Mr. Kotarski, 59, of the Morgan section of Sayreville, died Aug. 12, 2010, at home. Prior to his retirement in 2008, he was employed as an operator with the Middlesex County Utilities Authority, Sayreville, where he worked for 18 years. His wife, Eileen P. Licinski Kotarski, died in 2005. He also was predeceased by his…

  • Kalman “Kelly” Monek

    Mr. Monek, 89, of South River, died Aug. 3, 2010, at home. Prior to his retirement in 1986, he was employed as a tool and die maker/master mechanic at several companies including Hercules, Sayreville. He was predeceased by his wife, Helen, and by a sister, Mary Toth. Surviving are a son, Richard, and his wife,…

  • Kevin E. Slesinski

    Mr. Slesinski, 46, of Old Bridge, died Aug. 11, 2010, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. He was employed in the maintenance department at Schweitzer-Mauduit, Spotswood, for the past 23 years. He was predeceased by his father, Edward “Sledge” Slesinski. Surviving are two sons, Jason Slesinski of South Amboy and Kevin Slesinski II…

  • No, seriously, we take your complaint verrrry seriously

    CODA GREG BEAN Regular readers might remember the fun we had with Sears a while back because it was impossible to discover what hours their service center on Route 1 in East Brunswick was open without actually driving there to find out. I wanted to drop my lawnmower off for a tune-up, but I found…

  • Josephine Kadubec Ellis

    Mrs. Ellis, 99, of East Brunswick, died Aug.4, 2010, in Care One at East Brunswick. Prior to her retirement, she was employed in housekeeping at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. She was predeceased by her husband, Frank, and by a son, Frank. Surviving are a son, Eugene, and his wife, Edna, of Washington state; two grandsons,…

  • Taxpayers unfairly bear cost of illegal immigrants’ education

    There is one aspect of the crisis in school funding in New Jersey that is often overlooked — specifically, the cost of educating illegal immigrants and their children. According to the Pew Research Center, as many as 9.9 percent of all public school students in New Jersey are the children of illegal immigrants. The state…

  • Marguerite Nelson Sandberg

    Mrs. Sandberg, 79, of Monroe, formerly of South River, died July 16, 2010, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to her retirement in 1995, she was a bank teller with Central Jersey Savings, East Brunswick, where she worked for 20 years. She was predeceased by her husband, Robert Sandberg, and by a…

  • Melinda E. Craig

    Ms. Craig, 49, of Dunellen, formerly of Sayreville, died July 31, 2010, at home. She was previously employed as an assistant manager at Rickels Home Center, East Brunswick. Surviving are two sons, Edward Jordat and Donald Jordat, and three daughters, Michelle Jordat, Amy Talmadge and Ashley Talmadge, all of New Jersey; four grandchildren; her fiancé,…

  • Frances Marie Kostbar

    Mrs. Kostbar, 94, of Manalapan, died May 21, 2010, at home. Prior to her retirement in 1987, she was a school bus driver for the Manalapan Englishtown Regional Schools. She had previously worked as a floor lady in a lamp factory in South River. Mrs. Kostbar was a lifelong self-employed farmer and road stand operator.…