Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • Carmen Michael Gonnella

    Mr. Gonnella, 43, of Old Bridge, formerly of Spotswood, died May 24, 2009, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to his retirement in 2006, he was employed as a welder with Ford Motor Co., Edison, where he worked for 18 years. His father, Donato Gonnella, died in 1990. Surviving are his wife,…

  • Suburban schools entitled to state aid

    Iwould like to thank the residents of Monroe for taking the time to come out and vote in the last school board election and for helping me win a seat on the Board of Education. While campaigning, I met and spoke with many residents who voiced their opinions on the betterment of education for their…

  • Eileen Buonacore

    Mrs. Buonacore, 66, of South River, died May 13, 2009, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to her retirement, she was employed as a dispatcher with Argix Direct, Jamesburg, where she worked for 11 years. She was predeceased by her parents, Bridget and Alex Barfitt. Surviving are six daughters, Linda Hunter and…

  • Open forts to housing for homeless veterans

    There are about 20 million U.S. military veterans ages 20-90 in the U.S.A. About 500,000 of them are homeless, and who knows how many are unemployed. Congress should consider making surplus government housing available to homeless veterans. Places like Governors Island, Fort Hancock and Fort Monmouth have thousands of housing units that are empty. Veterans…

  • Thomas L. Szepietowski

    Mr. Szepietowski, 87, of South River, died May 18, 2009, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. Prior to his retirement in 1980, he was employed at E.I. DuPont Photo Products, Parlin section of Sayreville, where he worked for more than 30 years. Surviving are a sister, Ann Lapa, and her husband, John, of…

  • Board has worked to keep superintendent search an open enterprise

    This letter is written in response to “Board Being Secretive About Selection Process for Superintendent” (Letters to the Editor, Sentinel, May 21). In the letter, the author wondered, “What is the Spotswood Board of Education up to now?” and then went on to list a number of suppositions that are entirely inaccurate. As we have…

  • Dr. Alan A. Meyerhoff

    Dr. Meyerhoff, 83, of Monroe, formerly of East Brunswick, died May 18, 2009, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to his retirement in 1981, he was an electrical engineer and a math professor at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. Surviving are his wife, Dolores Zinner Meyerhoff; two sons, Robert Meyerhoff, and his wife,…

  • Mark B. Weiner

    Mr. Weiner, 44, of East Brunswick, died May 21, 2009, at home. He was an attorney in practice for the past 17 years with his brother, Jay, in the firm Weiner and Weiner, East Brunswick. Surviving are his wife, Rachel Schrager Weiner; two daughters, Brianna and Sari, both at home; his parents, Jacquelyn and David…

  • Janet Marie Bruhn Palermo

    Mrs. Palermo, 75, of Allentown, Pa., formerly of South River, died May 7, 2009, in Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown. Surviving are two sons, Salvatore, and his wife, Anna, and Robert, and his wife, Renee; a daughter, Roseanne, and her husband, Brad; three sisters, Doris, Elaine and Marilyn; and four grandchildren. A Mass was offered at…