Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • State leads in services for disabled adults

    T his letter is in response to the letter to the editor regarding the lack of services for disabled adults within Spotswood that appeared in the Sept. 4 issue of the Sentinel. There are services provided for disabled adults within Middlesex County and throughout the state of New Jersey. In fact, New Jersey is a…

  • Clara McGarry

    Mrs. McGarry, 79, of Old Bridge, died Aug. 22, 2008, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. Prior to her retirement in 1994, she worked for J.C. Penney Co., East Brunswick. She was predeceased by her husband, Michael J. Sr. Surviving are three sons, Michael J. McGarry Jr. of Monroe, Dennis Mc- Garry of…

  • Coda

    For Mr. James Wasser, the fat lady is singing GREG BEAN When my brothers and I were young, our mom was our greatest supporter, but she never let us get too big for our britches. When one of us was trying to impress someone with the knowledge we’d learned in school, and being show-offy about…

  • Food-allergic kids long to have normal days

    With the impending arrival of school comes numerous rituals: back-to-school shopping and well-child exams, with perhaps a few vaccinations thrown in, and maybe a last series of family day trips while the weather is still warm. For nearly 85,000 food-allergic New Jersey students and their families, the routine also includes the filling of epinephrine prescriptions…

  • Alice M. Mulhall Corcoran Wollmann

    Mrs. Wollmann, 86, died Aug. 25, 2008, in Reformed Church Home, Old Bridge. She was predeceased by her first husband, Raymond Corcoran Sr., who died in 1966; her second husband, Leonard Wollmann, who died in 1998; and by a son, Raymond Corcoran. Surviving are three sons, Frank Corcoran, and his wife, Barbara, of East Brunswick,…

  • Patricia E. Watts

    Mrs. Watts, 67, of East Brunswick, formerly of South River, died Sept. 2, 2008, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. She was employed as a registered nurse for 40 years, most recently at Princeton Health Behavioral Center. Surviving are two sons, Thomas, and his wife, Gwen, of Myrtle Beach, S.C., and James, and his…

  • Patricia A. Tully Fraass

    Mrs. Fraass, 76, of Monroe, formerly of Jackson, died Sept. 1, 2008, at home. Surviving are four sons, Edward Fraass Jr., and his wife, Lynn, of the Monmouth Junction section of South Brunswick, Jack Fraass, and his wife of Lincoln, Del., Timothy Fraass, and his wife, Michelle, of South Amboy and Michael Fraass of Old…

  • Martin Anthony Keane

    Mr. Keane, 54, of Monroe, died Aug. 20, 2008, in Sunrise Assisted Living, East Brunswick. Prior to his retirement earlier this year, he was employed as a purchasing agent with BMI Educational Services, Dayton section of South Brunswick, where he worked for 20 years. He was predeceased by his parents, Daniel Graham Keane and Veronica…

  • Sgt. Coleman S. Bean

    U.S. Army Sgt. Coleman S. Bean, 25, of East Brunswick died Sept. 6, 2008. Born in Wyoming, he was the son of Gregory and Linda Bean of East Brunswick. As a child, he lived with his family in Wyoming, Illinois and Massachusetts. The family moved to East Brunswick in 1993. He attended East Brunswick Public…