Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion
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Find solutions that make sense for older Americans
There is much to feel encouraged about regarding the president’s State of the Union address, but the president and Congress have their work cut out for them. Millions of older Americans face enormous challenges, many of whom work very hard to build nest eggs only to see them crack due to soaring health care costs.…
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Harry Farrell
Mr. Farrell, 79, of Spotswood, formerly of East Brunswick, died Feb. 4, 2010, at home. Prior to his retirement, he worked as a ranger at the Rossmoor Golf Club, Monroe. He was predeceased by a brother, John, and a sister, Isabel. Surviving are two sons, Patrick of Hallwood, Va., and Michael of Chincoteague, Va.; a…
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After storm column, some readers ask, ‘Where funny?’
Coda • GREG BEAN I’ll say this for myself: when I make a mistake, it’s a doozy. Regular readers will remember that last week, I spent a lot of time making fun of the hysterical media build-up to the storm they were calling the “Snowpocalypse,” which turned out to be kind of a dud, at…
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Helen T. Fabyian Grygo
Mrs. Grygo, 91, of South River, died Feb. 8, 2010, in Barbara E. Cheung Memorial Hospice, Edison. Prior to her retirement, she was employed as a seamstress with Berman Clothing, South River, where she worked for more than 30 years. Her husband, Chester E. Grygo, died in 1985. She also was predeceased by two sisters,…
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William T. Smith Jr.
Mr. Smith, 67, of Milltown, died Feb. 6, 2010. Prior to his retirement, he worked for 12 years with the U.S. Postal Service, Milltown. Surviving are a daughter, Tamilyn Smith of South River; a son, William Smith of Milltown; a brother and sister-in-law, Robert and Judi Smith of the Monmouth Junction section of South Brunswick;…
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Anthony G. Cacoso
Mr. Cacoso, 79, of East Brunswick, died Feb. 9, 2010, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to his retirement in 1990, he was employed as a chemical engineer with Johnson & Johnson, North Brunswick, where he received the Johnson Medal for Research and Development. Surviving are his wife, Margaret Okerson Cacoso; two sons,…
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John M. Sweeney
Mr. Sweeney, 69, of the Parlin section of Sayreville, died Feb. 2, 2010, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. His wife, Liselotte “Lilo” Dietle Sweeney, died in 2006. He also was predeceased by a brother, Richard Sweeney, and by a sister, Florence Juhass. Surviving are two sons, James Sweeney, and his wife, Nancy,…
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Patricia F. Cowan Luttman
Mrs. Luttman, 85, of Spotswood, died Feb. 10, 2010, at home. She was a past member and president of the Spotswood Board of Education. She was predeceased by two grandchildren, Thomas and Kathleen Fetch. Surviving are her husband, Robert W. Luttman; four sons, Robert, and his wife, Darlene, of Dallas, Paul of Richmond, Ind., Thomas…
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Abbott District concept must be eliminated
In our state of New Jersey to my knowledge there are about 650 individual municipalities that are funded with school aid by the state of New Jersey to offset the burden of property taxes everyone has to pay as residents and taxpayers of the state. For many years now, again to the best of my…
