Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • Judson D. Beacham

    Mr. Beacham, 88, of Monroe Township, died Nov. 23, 2008, at Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. He resided in North Brunswick, prior to relocating to Monroe Township 11 years ago. He was a chemical engineer at E.R. Squibb and Sons, New Brunswick, for 39 years, retiring in 1985. He was predeceased by a brother,…

  • This season, blow up the TV and read a newspaper

    Coda • GREG BEAN This is going to be a strange holiday season indeed. I knew it was off to a weird start when I stopped by the neighborhood liquor store the day before Thanksgiving to buy my annual bottle of Boggs Cranberry Liqueur. I buy one bottle of the stuff every year, and I…

  • Esther Brownstein Stofman

    Mrs. Stofman, 93, of Hunterdon, formerly of East Brunswick, died Nov. 16, 2008, in Hunterdon Medical Center, Flemington. Her husband, Edward, died in 1989. Surviving are a son, Daniel of the Whitehouse Station section of Readington; two daughters, Maida Stofman of East Walpole, Mass., and Paula Andrews, and her husband, Christopher, of Australia; and two…

  • A Red/Blue imbroglio: one cheats, the other freaks

    Red State/ Blue State • DAVE SIMPSON & GREG BEAN Dear Greg: Not far up the interstate from where I live, in a little town you’ve driven through hundreds of times, gasoline was selling for $1.39 a gallon last weekend. Pretty cool, huh? When I heard that, I thought about Peggy Joseph, the woman who…

  • Rosemarie Kristenson Spearnock

    Mrs. Spearnock, 71, of East Brunswick, died Nov. 2, 2008, at home. Her husband, John Spearnock, died in 1997. Surviving are four sons, John Spearnock of East Brunswick, Steven Spearnock of New Brunswick, William Spearnock, and his wife, Sandy, of Levittown, Pa., and Kevin Spearnock, and his wife, Jamie, of Edison; two daughters, Nancy Tenebruso,…

  • Photo

    SCOTT FRIEDMAN Zachery Cocuzzo, 9, a student in Donna Taylor’s third-grade class at Warnsdorfer Elementary School in East Brunswick, carries a stack of cans to be placed in food baskets Nov. 21, so they could be distributed to area families in need. The Student Council, under Taylor’s guidance, organizes the annual food drive.

  • Join the fight for the smallest among us

    Prematurity is the No. 1 killer of newborns, and according to the March of Dimes, each year, 14,293 babies in New Jersey suffer the consequences of being born too soon. Babies who survive an early birth face the risk of serious lifelong health problems, including learning disabilities, cerebral palsy, blindness, hearing loss and chronic conditions…

  • Assessment of Corzine was accurate, insightful, to the point

    This is an open letter to Greg Bean, executive editor, Greater Media Newspapers. I am 52 years old, own a townhome, cannot find work due to the financial disaster that is upon us, and have lived in East Brunswick since August 1987. By way of background, I am a 1977 graduate of the University of…

  • Schools must be prepared to handle terrorist attack

    We need to apply homeland-security funding to our schools. Is it that our school and elected officials are afraid to talk about it as it may generate more fear in our communities? Not addressing the real threat of terrorism in our schools creates more fear among parents and school officials due to lack of information.…