Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • Donald P. Witkowski

    Mr. Witkowski, 71, of Monroe, formerly of Marlboro and Hightstown, died May 17, 2010, at home. Prior to his retirement in 1987, he was a printer and computer technician with IBM, Dayton section of South Brunswick, where he worked for 27 years. Surviving are his wife, Helen McCann Witkowski; two sons and daughters-in-law, Donald and…

  • Eleanor T. Giordano De Luca

    Mrs. De Luca, 83, of the Parlin section of Sayreville, died May 31, 2010, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to her retirement, she was employed with Sunshine Biscuit Co., Sayreville, where she worked for 23 years. Her husband, Arthur C. De Luca, died in 1996. Surviving are two daughters, Laura and…

  • Margaret Anne Johnson

    Mrs. Johnson, 91, of East Brunswick, died June 1, 2010, in Golden Living Center, Old Bridge. Surviving are a daughter, Jacqueline Lopardo, and her husband, Richard, of the Forked River section of Lacey; a sister, Rosemary Esposito, and her husband, Donald, of Tucson, Ariz.; two brothers, Peter Johnson, and his wife, Jean, of Levittown, N.Y.,…

  • Helen M. Rosenberg Harmis

    Mrs. Harmis, 90, of East Brunswick, died June 11, 2010, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Surviving are her husband, Frank; a son, Keith, and his wife, Stacey, of Metuchen; a daughter, Harlene Chomko, and her husband, Nicholas, of Old Bridge; three grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. Services were held…

  • Robert P. Schuler Sr.

    Mr. Schuler, 81, of Monroe, died June 8, 2010, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to his retirement, he was employed as a computer operator with Ford Motor Co., Edison, where he worked for 29 years. Surviving are his wife, Eleanor Klinger Schuler; a son, Robert Schuler Jr., and his wife, Kim, of…

  • Readers weigh in on column on teachers’ union issues

    When I wrote a column critical of the state’s teachers’ unions a few weeks ago, I girded my loins for what I expected would be the usual backlash to columns like that — notes from readers angry that I was bashing noble teachers and programs “for the kids.” My readers got the point that I…

  • Students elevated by survivors’ courage, love

    Recently, I was reminded of a statement about the power of human compassion made by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: “We will wear them down with our capacity for love.” This reminder came during the 29th annual Colloquium hosted by the Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights Education Center at Brookdale Community College, Lincroft…

  • Elimination of family-planning funding will hurt community

    Gov. Chris Christie’s FY11 state budget proposes the complete elimination of state funding for family-planning services. These programs provide basic health care to New Jersey women and men, many of whom have recently lost their jobs and/or their health insurance. Restoring the funds for family planning makes sense because: • for every $1 spent on…