Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • Pauline B. Baranowski Kokoszka

    Mrs. Kokoszka, 88, died Aug. 12, 2009, at Willow Creek Nursing Home, Somerset. She was born in South River and lived there until moving to Willow Creek in 1983. Prior to her retirement in 1979, Mrs. Kokoszka worked for Brodsky and Sons, South River. She belonged to the International Ladies Garment Workers Union. Mrs. Kokoszka…

  • Anonymous defamers should be very afraid

    Coda • GREG BEAN I’ve mentioned more than once over the last few years that there’s a day of reckoning coming for the cowardly slime-puppies who post anonymous libels on some of the blog sites around here (Are you listening, da Truth Squad?). And it looks like that day might be coming sooner than the…

  • Thanks to fairgoers who helped local charities

    Iwant to thank the fairgoers who attended the 2009 Middlesex County Fair and helped support the 15 local area charities that participated in this year’s Charity Challenge Event. Particularly in these difficult economic times, the fairgoers displayed great generosity contributing in excess of $2,200 to the charities. The winner, Middlesex County Right to Life, garnered…

  • Honora S. Murock

    Mrs. Murock, 83, a resident of South River for 53 years, died Aug. 13, 2009, at the Geraldine L. Thompson Care Center, Allenwood. She was an executive secretary for Bristol-Myers Squibb in Lawrenceville, retiring in 1988. Mrs. Murock is survived by a daughter, Jean Mac- Donald, and her husband, Michael, of Sea Girt; a sister,…

  • Questions Pallone’s refusal to support bill

    Same time last year children and adults with Lyme disease and their families pleaded with Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-6) to support a Lyme and vector-borne illness bill for research, education and prevention of these illnesses. Mr. Pallone refused to sign, which killed the bill. His reason? Mr. Pallone stated that his physician neighbors said…

  • Mary B. Devich

    Mrs. Devich, 90, of Highland Park, died July 26, 2009, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Aug. 29 at Crabiel Home for Funerals, 170 N. Main St., at Riva Avenue, Milltown. Memorial contributions may be made to the Reformed Church Home, 1990 Route 18,…

  • John J. Rusak

    Mr. Rusak, 84, of East Brunswick, died Aug. 19, 2009, at CareOne, East Brunswick. Born and raised in South River, he moved to East Brunswick in 1954, where he lived until moving to Port St. Lucie, Fla., in 1985. In 2000 he returned to East Brunswick. A veteran of the U.S. Army during World War…

  • Urges residents to attend board meeting

    Ihave been pleased to see continuing coverage in the Sentinel of the East Brunswick Planning Board’s consideration of an application for residential development on the Foerter Farm on Riva Avenue. The excellent letter to the editor from Lawrence Brook Watershed Partnership Advocacy Chairman Michael Shakarjian (“Foerter Farm Should Be Protected From Development”) in the Aug.…

  • Sheila Webb O’Halloran

    Mrs. O’Halloran, 87, of North Brunswick, died Aug. 9, 2009, at home. She as a retail security manager at M. Epstein Inc., Morristown, for more than 20 years, retiring in 1988. She was predeceased by her husband, John O’Halloran. She is survived by six sons and daughters-in-law, David and Debra of Milltown; Jim and Carol…