Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • After campaign season, we have cauliflower ears

    Coda • GREG BEAN Dear President Obama: I’m sorry I hung up when you called the other night. That was rude, I know, especially from a supporter, but it was your recorded voice, and it was the dinner hour, and I had just put a couple of thick pork chops in the pan and they…

  • Frederick R. Skurka

    Mr. Skurka, 79, of Sayreville, died Oct. 19, 2009, in CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Prior to his retirement in 1990, he was employed as a sheet-metal worker with Middlesex Sheet Metal, Jamesburg. His wife, Jean LaVerne Rampacek Skurka, died in 1997. He also was predeceased by three brothers, Aloysius, John and Walter Skurka. Surviving…

  • Town volunteers should not be used as pawns

    This letter comes with emotions ranging from disappointment to disgust. The Milltown Borough Council election campaigns continue on, and it becomes very sad when the volunteers in our town are pulled into them for political gain. I have watched the Council Forum and read through the mailed literature only to find flatout lies and deception…

  • Theresa Kelliher

    Mrs. Kelliher, of Monroe, formerly of East Brunswick, died Oct. 20, 2009, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Her husband, Denis Kelliher, died in 1981. Surviving are a daughter, Tracy Kelliher of Metuchen; four sons, Scott Kelliher, and his wife, Robin, and Gary Kelliher, and his wife, Lisa, all of East Brunswick, Robert…

  • Successful council candidate grateful to residents

    On Nov. 3 residents of East Brunswick elected me to serve as a member of our Township Council. I thank them for placing their trust in me to fully represent them in township affairs. My election would not have been possible without the help of many people: those who contributed monetary support; those who put…

  • Helen A. Wytyshyn Armstrong

    Mrs. Armstrong, 75, of Bridgewater, formerly of South River, died Nov. 2, 2009, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. Her husband, Wallace S. Armstrong, died in 2007, and a son, Ron Mazur, died in 1987. Surviving are a daughter, Robin D. Horvath, and her husband, Robert, of South River; three sons, Richard A. Mazur…

  • Councilman-elect will work hard

    Iwould like to extend my thanks and appreciation to the voters in Monroe Township’s Ward 3 for electing me to the Township Council on Nov. 3. I am also appreciative of Mayor Richard Pucci’s and the council’s congratulations to me at last Wednesday’s council meeting, where the winners of the election were formally recognized. I…

  • Helen G. Zahradnik Juba

    Mrs. Juba, 89, of East Brunswick, died Oct. 25, 2009, in Reformed Church Home, Old Bridge. Her husband, Walter, died in 1984, and a grandson, Nicholas Breunig, died in 1992. Surviving are two sons, Edward, and his wife, Margaret, of Helmetta and Ronald, and his wife, Gail, of the Toms River section of Dover; a…

  • Officials vow to continue to work for betterment of boro

    We would like to thank all the South River citizens who voted for us. We promise to keep up the good work that the governing body is doing. To those voters who did not vote for us, we ask that you give us a chance to win you over. We will continue to work for…