Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • Elizabeth “Betty” Demling Genard

    Mrs. Genard, 90, of South River, died April 9, 2008, at home. Prior to her retirement, she worked as a seamstress in South River and later as a factory worker with Johnson and Johnson Personal Products, Milltown. Surviving are two children, Joseph Genard and Mary Ann Bunch, both of South River; three grandchildren, Michael Bunch,…

  • The best local politicians do it for love of their towns

    GREG BEAN Coda I’ve often wondered since I moved to New Jersey why any sane individual would run for most elected offices here. Most of the offices are not full-time positions, so office holders usually have to work a real full-time job in addition to put bread on their family’s table. They are lowpay, high-stress…

  • These guys don’t need no stinkin’ tax relief

    DAVE SIMPSON & GREG BEAN Red State/Blue State 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 GreaterMedia Newspapers. Let us know what you think. Dear Greg: Don’t get me wrong, partner, I don’t begrudge Hillary and…

  • Jacob Rand

    Mr. Rand, 86, of Monroe, and formerly of the Elberon section of Long Branch, died Feb. 29, 2008. He had a private law practice in Long Branch until his retirement.He also served as assistant city attorney for the City of Long Branch and as magistrate judge from 1970 to 1982. Mr. Rand is survived by…

  • Dorothy T. Thibeau Ward

    Mrs. Ward, 84, of East Brunswick, died March 30, 2008, in St. Joseph’s Care Center, Woodbridge. Prior to her retirement, she was a factory worker at Westinghouse, Edison. Her first husband, Robert Rynone, died in 1965, and her second husband, John Ward, died in 1992. Surviving are a son, Robert Rynone, and his wife, Donna,…

  • Ruth Sass Glaser

    Mrs. Glaser, 88, of Monroe, died April 11, 2008, at home. She was predeceased by her first husband, Eric Preuss, and by her second husband, Seymour Glaser. Surviving are two stepdaughters, June Glaser of Brooklyn, N.Y., and Marian Glaser of Auburndale, Mass.; and two cousins, Gladys and Gerda Preuss. Services were held at Mount Sinai…

  • Public urged to press for passage of Lyme bill

    As president of LymeQuest Support Group & Advocacy Project, I have watched with sadness as Lyme disease has devastated our communities and our state, disabled countless victims, and destroyed lives. Many innocent children suffer and lose their childhood from the ravages of this disease, which can cause cardiac, neurological, musculo-skeletal and psychiatric manifestations. Many adults…

  • Zofia Tycner Borysewicz

    Mrs. Borysewicz, 73, of South Amboy, died April 1, 2008, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Her husband, Thomas, died in 2007. Surviving are two daughters, Kathy Collazo, and her husband, John, of South River and Dianna Borysewicz, and her fiancé, Ricardo Perez, of the Somerset section of Franklin; a brother, Zdzislaw Tycner;…

  • Governor’s actions show him to be a man of great courage

    It’s time for New Jersey’s citizens and politicians to face reality. While nobody can be happy about Gov. Jon Corzine’s proposed 2009 budget, he is to be commended for his courage in recognizing that only by calling a halt to the borrow-andspend policies of our elected officials can New Jersey avoid bankruptcy. While our representatives…