Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • East Brunswick’s spending on newspaper unjustified

    If publishing the East Brunswick Quarterly costs the township $25,000 per year, as Township Councilman David Stahl recently pointed out, then the publication should be scrapped. Stahl and Councilwoman Catherine Diem both favor doing so, but unfortunately they represented a minority voice on the issue during recent discussions. The governing body’s decision to continue funding…

  • Coda

    We don’t need no stinkin’ ethics board around here! GREG BEAN Grab onto your seats, because I’m about to tell you something so absolutely shocking you’ll fall onto the floor with a case of the shivering fantods if you don’t hold tight. The city poobahs in Long Branch – the national poster child for eminent…

  • Warren P. Squire

    Mr. Squire, 84, of Spotswood, died June 20, 2008, at Haven Hospice at JFK Hospital, Edison. He resided in Milltown and in Sebastian, Fla., before relocating to Spotswood three years ago. Mr. Squire was a maintenance machinist at Delco Remy, New Brunswick, for 28 years, retiring in 1978. He served with the U.S. Navy during…

  • Anna Kerzner Bodenstein

    Mrs. Bodenstein, 89, of Monroe, died June 17, 2008, in University Medical Center at Princeton. Her husband, Jerome Irwin Bodenstein, died in 2003. Surviving are three daughters, Harriet Golub, and her husband, Sheldon, of East Brunswick, Joyce Bodenstein of New York City and Barbara Wallack, and her husband, Tom, of the Flanders section of Mount…

  • John H. Charette

    Mr. Charette, 75, of East Brunswick, died May 29, 2008, in Morristown Memorial Hospital. Prior to his retirement, he was a manager at Engelhard Industries, Iselin section of Woodbridge, where he worked for 30 years. Surviving are his wife, Lorraine Birgy Charette; three sons, John P. Charette of West Palm Beach, Fla., William H. Charette…

  • Nancy Lynn Marazo

    Ms. Marazo, 42, of Queens Creek, Ariz., formerly of East Brunswick, died April 3. She was predeceased by her father, August R. Marazo. Surviving are four children, Falecia, Jessica, Amanda and Ashley Rowe of North Brunswick; her mother, Carol Marazo of West Melbourne, Fla.; two sisters, Debbie Powell of Aylett, Va., and Kathleen Manning of…

  • John Donnelly Felton

    Mr. Felton, 74, of East Brunswick, died June 20, 2008, at home. Surviving are his wife, Patricia Hayden Felton; two daughters, Mary Beth Driscoll, and her husband, Christopher, of Summit and Kathleen Felton Seyler of East Brunswick; and five grandchildren. A Mass was offered at St. Bartholomew’s Church, East Brunswick. Entombment was in Holy Cross…

  • Red State/Blue State

    Gimme that old-time religion, or maybe not DAVE SIMPSON & GREG BEAN A political discussion between Red State conservative Dave Simpson – a former reporter, editor, publisher and columnist – and Greg Bean, Blue Stater and executive editor of Greater Media Newspapers. Dear Greg: Now that the dust has settled and the sexists have prevailed…

  • Lew Stahanovich

    Mr. Stahanovich, 81, of New Brunswick, died June 14, 2008, at home. He was predeceased by a brother, Alexander Stahanovich Jr.; a nephew, Alexander Stahanovich III; and a niece, Tamara Stahanovich. Surviving are a sister, Tamara Kolba, and her husband, Alexander, of Tinton Falls; a brother, George Stahanovich, and his wife, Christine, of Piscataway; and…