Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • Leonard F. Zdep

    Mr. Zdep, 56, of South River, died May 30, 2010, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was predeceased by his parents, Frank and Laura Zdep, and by his wife, Susan. Surviving are three children, Sandra Chen, and her husband, Charles, of East Windsor, and Steven Zdep, and his wife, Jennifer, and Lindsay Zdep,…

  • Couple asks assistance in recovering stolen statue

    On May 20 our outdoor gnome statue, 3 feet high, all cement and weighing about 300 pounds, was stolen from our lawn next to our driveway. The gnome has a dark brown hat, full white beard and black smoking pipe. He sports a bright red overcoat, beige legs and large brown shoes, sitting on a…

  • John Flanagan III

    Mr. Flanagan, 55, of the Madison Park section of Old Bridge, died May 31, 2010, in Manalapan. Prior to his retirement, he was employed as a dock worker with Yellow Freight, East Brunswick. His father, John Flanagan Jr., died in 1999. Surviving are a daughter, Alice Flanagan of the Parlin section of Sayreville; a stepson,…

  • Carl Frederick Schwarz

    Mr. Schwarz, 79, of St. George, Utah, formerly of South River, died May 14, 2010, at home. Surviving are his wife, Germaine Henckler Schwarz; a son and daughter-inlaw, Arthur and Susan of Germantown, Md.; two daughters, Sharon and Cynthia, both of the Somerset section of Franklin; a stepson and daughter-in-law, David Ganima and Mary Menna…

  • Two local schools advance to N.J. finals of ‘Challenge’

    The academic teams from two area high schools have dominated every school they’ve faced, and now viewers of “The Challenge” can see which one is New Jersey’s best. East Brunswick High School will compete against John P. Stevens High School of Edison in the New Jersey Finals match of MSG Varsity’s academic quiz show when…

  • Dorothy Williams Holliday

    Ms. Holliday, 49, of Sayreville, died May 18, 2010, in Briarwood Care Center, Sayreville. She was employed as a school bus driver. Her mother, Dorothy Reynolds Holliday, died in 1994. Surviving is her father, Richard “Doc” Holliday of South River. Services were held at Carmen F. Spezzi Funeral Home, Parlin section of Sayreville. Interment was…

  • Local music academy staff member sets evening of opera

    SPOTSWOOD — Lyric soprano Annamaria Stefanelli, a professional opera singer who teaches at the Academy of Music on Main Street, will perform with tenor Rory Angelicola in “An Evening of Italian Opera” June 11 at the Montclair Art Museum. The program, to begin at 8 p.m., will feature favorite operatic arias and duets by such…

  • Victoria Kosciolek Slavinski

    Mrs. Slavinski, 82, of Monroe, died May 29, 2010, in McCarrick Care Center, Somerset section of Franklin. Her husband, Edward Slavinski, died in 2006. Surviving are two daughters, Joanne Caladie, and her husband, Rich, of Monroe and Regina Diverio, and her husband, James, of Andover; a sister, Tessie Smith of Linden; and two grandchildren. A…

  • John M. Jarusiewicz

    Mr. Jarusiewicz, 67, of Old Bridge, died June 3, 2010, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to his retirement in April, he was employed as a van driver with Middlesex County Transportation. Before that, he worked at DuPont, Parlin section of Sayreville, for 29 years until 1993. He was predeceased by his…