Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • 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,…

  • 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…

  • 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,…

  • John George Herbstsomer

    Mr. Herbstsomer, 77, of East Brunswick, died July 31, 2010, at Catskill Regional Medical Center, Harris. N.Y. He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. Mr. Herbstsomer was as assistant fund director for National IAM Benefit Trust Fund in Washington, D.C. He was previously employed as vice president of sales and marketing at…

  • Florence J. Lacina

    Mrs. Lacina, 89, of East Brunswick, died July 17, 2010, in Summer Hill Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Old Bridge. Her husband, William J. Lacina, died in 2005. Surviving are seven children, William Lacina of Spotswood, George Lacina, and his wife, Joann, and Leonard Lacina, and his wife, Susan, all of North Brunswick, Carol Mordaga of…

  • Samuel Furmick

    Mr. Furmick, 88, of Milltown, died July 20, 2010, in Regency Heritage Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Somerset section of Franklin. Surviving are his wife, Amy Furmick of Milltown; three daughters, Karen Furmick of Euless, Texas, Joy Furmick of Litchfield Park, Ariz., and Jill Stadtmiller, and her husband, John, of the Colonia section of Woodbridge; a…

  • An ounce of prevention

    AROUND TOWN AMY ROSEN It is my hope that my columns, which are based on my personal experiences, either amuse and entertain my readers, or touch and inspire them to reflect on their own lives. In my last column I wrote about my minor frustrations that paled in comparison to circumstances that others have had…