Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • 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,…

  • Mark Damiani

    Mr. Damiani, 53, of East Brunswick, died July 1, 2009, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was a senior finance manager for Heller Industrial Parks Inc., Edison. Surviving are three brothers, Steven of East Brunswick, John and his wife Donna of Langhorne, Pa., Glenn ad his wife Geri of Forest, Va.; seven…

  • Jennie E. Brozowski Longstreet

    Mrs. Longstreet, 92, of North Brunswick, died Aug. 2, 2009, at University Medical Center at Princeton. She was a secretary for 26 years at the Boy Scouts of America National Headquarters, North Brunswick, retiring in 1980. She was predeceased by her husband, John H. Longstreet, in 1998. She is survived by a daughter, Janine Chiara…

  • For the Record

    A July 23 article inadvertently stated that a volunteer advocate with the Public Advocate Department’s Elder Ombudsman program was serving at the Applegarth Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Monroe. That facility is now called The Gardens at Monroe.

  • Warning: Your computer may be smarter than you

    Coda • GREG BEAN There is a huge debate among some national scientists about whether we should set limits on how smart we allow computers to get so they don’t eventually kill us all and take over the world. Although they all agree we’re a long way from Hal, the evil computer that commandeered the…