Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • Jerzy Naglik

    Mr. Naglik, 57, of South River, died Oct. 3, 2009, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. Prior to his retirement in 2004, he was employed as a warehouseman at Schweitzer- Maudit, Spotswood, where he worked for 24 years. He was predeceased by a son, Piotr A. Naglik, and by his parents, Mieczyslaw and…

  • Calling for mandatory house-pet laws

    This is in response to Frank Spiecker’s letter to the editor, “TNR Is a Misguided Attempt at Controlling Overpopulation” (Sentinel, Aug. 27). I’ve been practicing TNR (trap-neuter-return) since 1998. The colonies that I’ve TNRd have all shown a decrease in population numbers. Frank states many things that can be proven false while he quotes statistics…

  • Zina Barraco Pugliesi

    Mrs. Pugliesi, 74, of Spotswood, died Oct. 3, 2009, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. Surviving are her husband, Richard Pugliesi; three daughters, Lorraine Jones of Spotswood, Linda Ellison, and her husband, William, of Jackson and Patricia Wei, and her husband, George, of Colts Neck; a sister, Benita Battista of the Toms River…

  • Wants mayor to know that new garbage schedule has no merit

    Bravo, Mayor David Stahl. Thanks to your once-aweek garbage pickup in East Brunswick, my garage looks and smells like the Edgeboro landfill, and families of mice are happily eating my rotting leftovers. In case you haven’t been outdoors since Labor Day, the daytime temps have hovered around 65-75 degrees (until very recently). To me, that…

  • Josephine Batko Sokolowski

    Mrs. Sokolowski, 94, of Sayreville, died Oct. 5, 2009, in Barbara E. Cheung Memorial Hospice, Edison. Her husband, Victor Sokolowski, died in 1964. Surviving are a daughter, Sandra Riggio, with whom she lived; a son, Dennis Sokolowski of Helmetta; a sister, Stella Kurdyla of Sayreville; five brothers, Michael Batko of Twin City, Minn., John, Walter…

  • Funding needed for women’s health centers

    I’m writing about community health centers such as Planned Parenthood (PPH), which serve as trusted entry points for women’s essential health care. At PPH women receive contraceptive care, Pap tests, pelvic exams, counseling, and testing and treatment for HIV and STIs. But in the current health care reform discussions, there are deliberate attempts by some…

  • James D. Schultz Sr.

    Mr. Schultz, 60, of North Brunswick, died Oct. 13, 2009, at Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was a licensed professional engineer at the New Jersey Highway Authority for 12 years, retiring in 1998. Prior to that, he was employed in the engineering department of Middlesex County and was a teacher at Middlesex County…

  • Malgorzata Margaret Skrzypko Halicki

    Mrs. Halicki, 42, of Murfreesboro, Tenn., formerly of South River, died Oct. 10, 2009, in Middle Tennessee Medical Center, Murfreesboro. Her husband, Wieslaw Halicki, died in 2008. She also was predeceased by her parents, Kazimierz and Czeslawa Skrzypko. Surviving are a daughter, Samantha Halicki of Murfreesboro; her in-laws, Jozef and Loretta Halicki of South River…