Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • Frank “Buddy” Mayham

    Mr. Mayham, 87, of East Brunswick, died July 27, 2008, in the Elms of Cranbury. He was a former security guard for Johnson and Johnson, New Brunswick. His wife, Mary Ellen Keane Mayham, died in 2005. Surviving are three nephews, Hugh, Bruce and Frank Irvine. A Mass was offered at St. Bartholomew’s Church, East Brunswick.…

  • Public must be protected from gas-price gougers

    Iwant to make residents aware what is happening right in our own neighborhoods. Last week I went to a local gas station, where they were selling unleaded regular gas for $3.85 per gallon (cash price). I gave the attendant $40 cash for the unleaded, and when the transaction was complete my gas tank had taken…

  • Yetta Newman

    Mrs. Newman, 99, of Monroe, died July 9, 2008, in CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. She was a former resident of Pine Brook Care Center, Englishtown, and the Residence at Forsgate, Monroe. She was predeceased by her husband, Leonard. Surviving are a son and daughter-in-law, Irwin and Marsha Newman; two granddaughters, Beth Goldstein and Sheryl…

  • Thomas J. Kennedy

    Mr. Kennedy, 46, of South River, formerly of East Brunswick and Sayreville, died July 30, 2008, at home. He was the owner of T. Kennedy and Son Masons, South River, for 20 years. He was predeceased by a son, Timothy; his mother, Frances Skoronski Kennedy; and a sister, Christine Siarniak. Surviving are his wife, Theresa…

  • Mary J. Ippolito Zinna

    Mrs. Zinna, 95, of Sayreville, formerly of Florida, died July 29, 2008, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to her retirement in 1978, she was employed as a meatpacker with ShopRite of East Brunswick, where she worked for 25 years. She was predeceased by her husband, Edward Zinna; a daughter, Sophie “Honey” Churpakovich;…

  • Hot summer dreams keep rolling through my mind

    GREG BEAN Coda I’m sitting out on the deck looking over my backyard in the dark of a hot summer night. The air is thick and close, and if I close my eyes, I can almost imagine I’ve been transported to an earlier, almost antediluvian time. The canopy of leaves on the big trees in…

  • John J. Sidelko

    Mr. Sidelko, 92, of Old Bridge, died July 27, 2008, in Reformed Church Home, Old Bridge. Prior to his retirement in 1986, he was employed as a machine operator with Okanite Cable Co., New Brunswick, where he worked for 40 years. Surviving is his wife, Agnes Mana Sidelko. Services were held at Maliszewski Funeral Home,…

  • Angele Azar

    Mrs. Azar, 70, of the Kendall Park section of South Brunswick, died July 26, 2008, at Regency Health Care, Somerset. She resided in North Brunswick, prior to relocating to Kendall Park two years ago. She was predeceased by her father, George Shehade. She is survived by her husband, Khalil Azar; her mother, Anne Shehade; three…

  • Harvey E. Winant

    Mr. Winant, 89, of East Brunswick, died July 23, 2008, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to his retirement, he was employed as a milkman with Forsgate Farms, Monroe, and then as an appraiser for the Department of Transportation. He also was the owner/operator of Winant Agency Real Estate, Old Bridge. He was…