Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • ‘The Challenge’

    The academic team from the Wardlaw-Hardridge School of Edison will face Morristown- Beard School in the first round competition of MSG Varsity’s “The Challenge,” airing Feb. 18 at 6:30 p.m. on MSG Varsity on Cablevision’s iO Channel 14. Pictured are academic advisers Rhona Eserner and Jim O’Halloran, Saheela Ibraheem, team captain Charles Kennedy, host Jared…

  • Rose Laface Merlo

    Mrs. Merlo, 87, of the Parlin section of Sayreville, died Feb. 2, 2010, in JFK Medical Center, Edison. Surviving are her husband, Nicholas V. Merlo; a son, Nicholas Merlo of Parlin; a daughter, Sandra Wulster, and her husband, Gregory, of South River; a sister and brother, Mary Craft and Carl Laface, both of Norwalk, Ohio;…

  • Mary Kulesa Wistuba

    Mrs. Wistuba, 88, of Sayreville, died Jan. 17, 2010, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. Prior to her retirement, she was employed as a seamstress at Maco Dress, South River. She was predeceased by her husband, Carl, and by a grandson, Kenneth P. Graf Jr. Surviving are five children, Alice Swecanski of South…

  • Farm purchase would be investment

    Iwould like to comment on the Middlesex County Open Space Committee’s recommendation to help the township fund the acquisition of the Foerter Farm. Not only would it serve as green space that protects our environment, it would be an investment in our future generations’ health and well-being. The possibilities of adding an open-space classroom and…

  • William F. “Chip” Wright

    Mr. Wright, 82, of North Brunswick, died Jan. 18, 2010, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was chief financial officer for North Brunswick Township, for 25 years, retiring in 1990. He was also custodian of school funds for the North Brunswick Township Board of Education during that time period. He was predeceased…

  • Pedestrians need not misinterpret law

    Iwould like to respond to the letter to the editor from Enrique Gonzalez Jr., “Drivers Must Yield Right of Way to Pedestrians” (Sentinel, Feb. 4). While I did not see the original letter that prompted Mr. Gonzalez’s response, I agree with him that, by law, drivers must yield to pedestrians in a crosswalk. The problem…

  • Marion Conforti Corvo

    Mrs. Corvo, 87, of South River, formerly of East Brunswick, died Jan. 21, 2010, in JFK Medical Center, Edison. She was predeceased by her husband, Joseph Corvo, and by 12 brothers and sisters. Surviving are four daughters and their spouses, Frances and Thomas Kosloski of Edison, Maria and Richard Johnson of Hillsboro, Josephine Silk of…

  • Helen Pogroshefski Siemons

    Mrs. Siemons, 87, of New Brunswick, died Jan. 28, 2010, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Her husband, August J. Siemons, died in 2000. Surviving are a daughter, Pam Kish, and her husband, Gary, of Spotswood; a son, Douglas Siemons, and his wife, Monique, of Monroe; and four grandchildren. Services were held at…

  • Frank N. Jacheo

    Mr. Jacheo, 74, of the Parlin section of Sayreville, died Jan. 18, 2010, at home. Surviving are his wife, Jane Bieksha Jacheo; three children and their spouses, Debra and James Gargione of East Brunswick, and Frank J. Jacheo and Rebecca and Lenny Smith, all of Parlin; and two grandchildren. Services were held at Carmen F.…