Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • Taxing soda not appropriate solution to health care reform

    ‘Sin taxes” seem to be the wave of the future to be used for balancing budgets or paying for new programs — from Congress to local mayors, many politicians are considering a variety of these taxes without thinking about the impact the tax may have on their constituents. For example, as Congress debates health care…

  • Kathryn (Cas) Elizabeth Emens Fee

    Mrs. Fee, 99, formerly of Milltown and South River, died July 27, 2009, in Surprise, Ariz. She lived in South River for over 40 years where she was a Brownie and Girl Scout leader as well as a bookkeeper for her husband’s business. She was predeceased by her husband, Matthew James Fee, and siblings Helen…

  • Austin N. Reilly

    Austin, age 7, died July 31, 2009, in the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. He was a kindergarten student at St. Thomas the Apostle School, Old Bridge. He was predeceased by his maternal grandfather, Thomas Howland, and by his paternal grandfather, Thomas F. Reilly. Surviving are his parents, Vanessa Howland and Nicholas Reilly of Old Bridge;…

  • E.B. Board of ed treating divorced parents unfairly

    Irecently attended a function with other East Brunswick residents and was shown a letter that one of my friends received from the East Brunswick Board of Education. The letter was a notice telling her that the board would no longer be giving dual bus passes for children who have dual households in town. I was…

  • Regina A. DiMarco Jankiewicz

    Mrs. Jankiewicz, 77, of Freehold, formerly of Old Bridge, died July 17, 2009, in Sunrise Assisted Living, East Brunswick. Prior to her retirement in 1997, she was a cashier at Pathmark, Freehold, where she worked for many years. Her husband, Edward, died in 1973. Surviving are two daughters, Jennifer Montano, and her husband, Andrew, of…

  • Medicare benefit can stop costly hospital readmissions

    Our health-care system is clearly in need of reform, and I am heartened that our policymakers are delving into the issues to bring this to fruition this year. As I examine the existing concerns with our health care system, it’s apparent that there could be ways to save money. When people are discharged from the…

  • Helene “Dolly” Rennon Formaniak

    Mrs. Formaniak, 76, of Jamesburg, died July 25, 2009, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. She was predeceased by her husband, Thomas Formaniak Sr., and by a sister, Kathleen Rennon. Surviving are a daughter, Diane Formaniak Zielinski, and her husband, Robert, of Naples, Fla.; a son, Thomas Formaniak Jr., and his wife, Laurie,…

  • ‘Ordinary Americans’ share their extraordinary gifts

    On Feb. 24, 2009, President Barack Obama, addressing a joint session of Congress, said, “As we stand at this crossroads of history, the eyes of all people in all nations are once again upon us — watching to see what we do with this moment; waiting for us to lead. It is a tremendous burden,…

  • Audrey Holborow Lubanski

    Mrs. Lubanski, 78, of East Brunswick, formerly of Spotswood, died Aug. 4, 2009, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to her retirement in 1992, she was the deli manager at Acme, East Brunswick, where she worked for 19 years. She was predeceased by her husband, Basil Lubanski; a son, Jay Lubanski; a brother,…