Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • Glen Joseph McHose

    Mr. McHose, 49, formerly of East Brunswick, died Jan. 12, 2009, in Metropolitan Healthcare Center, Marietta, Ga. He was predeceased by a sister, Heather Evinger. Surviving are his parents, Danie Bothem-Huizenga of Gulfport, Fla., and Joseph McHose of Monroe; two sisters, Devon Moore of Smyrna, Ga., and Beth Lynn McHose of New Jersey; several aunts…

  • Joseph P. Sweeney Sr.

    Mr. Sweeney, 81, formerly of Milltown, died Dec. 31, 2008, in the Gardens at Monroe. Prior to his retirement in 1989, he was employed as an electrician at Permacel Tape, Milltown, where he worked for 23 years. He was predeceased by three wives, Dolores, Susan and Dorothy. Surviving are three sons and their wives; three…

  • Customer service: a truly radical approach to sales

    Coda • GREG BEAN The results for the 2008 holiday shopping season are almost in from the nation’s major retailers, and it looks like it was worse than anyone could have predicted. Business was so bad at places like KB Toys and Sharper Image that it’s possible those companies won’t survive the coming year. Circuit…

  • Frank “Rocky” Castellano Jr.

    Mr. Castellano, 65, of Spotswood, formerly of the Morgan section of Sayreville, died Jan. 2, 2009, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was predeceased by his parents, Frank P. and Grace E. Griffin Castellano. Surviving are his wife, Mary Ann Totka Castellano; a son, Frank Castellano III, and his wife, Lana, of…

  • Fund research before pot is used medically

    New Jersey is on the verge of being the next state to grant medical authority to its legislators by enacting legislation to allow our citizens to smoke pot and call it medicine. Besides the obvious contradiction that even the most addicted smoker knows that smoking is medically harmful, both the American Medical Association and Food…

  • Arthur Frank Johnson

    Mr. Johnson, 84, of Spotswood, died Dec. 24, 2008, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. He served for many years as a deacon at First Baptist Church of New Brunswick. Surviving are his wife, MaryAlice Longcor Johnson; two sons, Eric Frank Johnson, and his wife, Lori, of New Lebanon, N.Y., and Carl Arthur…

  • James P. Larkin Sr.

    Mr. Larkin, 66, of East Brunswick, died Jan. 1, 2009, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Surviving are his wife, Marion Pfeiffer Larkin; a son, James P. Larkin Jr., and his wife, Julie, of Monroe; a daughter, Mary Elizabeth Luehrs, and her husband, Doug, of Cherry Hill; two brothers, Jack and Tom Larkin;…

  • Town should be able to keep summer pickups, still save money

    While going to once-aweek garbage pickups in East Brunswick will lead to a substantial savings, there are other things at stake here. Quality of life is an issue. While garbage left out at this time of year for a week or even two (if you miss a pickup) is no major problem, June, July and…

  • Jean Tunison Visokay

    Mrs. Visokay, 74, of Milltown, died Jan. 1, 2009, at home. She was a childcare provider in Milltown for more than 20 years. Surviving are her husband, John J. Visokay; a son and daughter in-law, John J. and Chantay Visokay of the Lanoka Harbor section of Lacey; a daughter and son-in-law, Patricia and Kevin Parillo…