Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion
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Efforts show that ordinary people can do remarkable things
After reading that the East Brunswick school budget was defeated by less than 32 votes, I was in total disbelief. Rather than send in my tirade about the indifference of the masses, I decided to share a story about a family that demonstrates the power of one and is making a difference in this world.…
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Ernest H. Jacobs
Mr. Jacobs, 91, of Monroe, formerly of Spotswood, died April 12, 2008, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. Prior to his retirement in 1984, he was employed with Continental Can Co., Milltown. His wife, Wilma, died in 1993. Surviving are a daughter, Mary Majewski, and her husband, Raymond, of Monroe; a son, Ernest…
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Time wasted on team prayer issue
I am now totally convinced that the lunatics are running the asylum. The East Brunswick Board of Education has won the case forbidding football coach Marcus Borden from any type of observance of the team’s before-game prayers. Just great. While these clowns are wasting their time on harmless things like team prayers, our property taxes…
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Eileen Murphy Perdoni
Mrs. Perdoni, 78, of Helmetta, formerly of Jamesburg, died April 12, 2008, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. She was predeceased by a son, John Perdoni III. Surviving are her husband, John Perdoni Jr.; two daughters, Eileen Dalrymple, and her husband, Richard, of Phillipsburg and Kathleen McDermott, and her husband, Hugh, of Monroe;…
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If gov. really wants to help residents, let him cut taxes
I could not believe my eyes when I saw Edna Gordon’s letter to the editor titled "Governor’s Actions Show Him To Be a Man of Great Courage" (Sentinel, April 17). She actually called our governor courageous. Is it courageous to threaten our children with closing state parks? Is it courageous to threaten New Jersey drivers…
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Salvatore Scavone Jr.
Mr. Scavone, 61, of Sayreville, formerly of Edison, died April 13, 2008, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. He and his wife co-owned Bridge Liquors, Sayreville, for 27 years, retiring in 2003. He was predeceased by a brother-in-law, Ronald Gaboury. Surviving are his wife, Betty Pauley Scavone; two sons and daughters-in-law, David and…
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Vada J. Smith
Mrs. Smith, 73, of the Morganville section of Marlboro, formerly of Spotswood, died April 17, 2008, in CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Prior to her retirement in 1976, she was an assembly-line worker with Grief Brothers, Spotswood. Surviving are two sons, Jesse Robert Newell of Morganville and Nile Robert Smith ofNevada; five daughters, Starr Juraska…
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Irene Sitkowski Smykaj
Mrs. Smykaj, 77, of South River, died April 15, 2008, at home. Prior to her retirement, she was employed as a film inspector and operator with E.I. DuPont Photo Products, Parlin section of Sayreville, where she worked for five years. Her husband, Stanley J. Smykaj, died inMarch. Surviving are four children, Karen Smykaj- Kiczula, and…
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Helen Swersky Mukin
Mrs.Mukin, 93, of South River, died April 12, 2008, in Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. She worked as a seamstress for many years through the International Ladies GarmentWorkers Union. Her husband, Michael S.Mukin, died in 1996; a daughter, Eleanor, died din 1990; and a daughter-in-law, SandraMukin, died in 2007. Surviving are a son, JamesMukin,…
