Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion

  • Henry “Sonny” Greber Jr.

    Henry "Sonny" Greber Jr. Mr. Greber, 74, of Spotswood, formerly of BelleMead, died March 3, 2008, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. Surviving are his wife, Pearl M. Grimm Greber; three stepchildren, Janine, Alyee and Anthony; two sisters, Betty and Greer; and a brother, Michael. Private funeral services were under the direction of…

  • The media: the profession everyone loves to hate

    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 Greater Media Newspapers. Dear Greg: Years ago, I was having a walleye dinner inWisconsin with an old friend when I…

  • Mary C. “Midgie” Bonelli Baratta

    Mrs. Baratta, 68, of the Laurence Harbor section of Old Bridge, died March 30, 2008, in Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. Surviving are her husband, Frank J. Baratta; two sons, Robert and Michael, both of Laurence Harbor; three daughters, Joanne Zilinsky of the Parlin section of Sayreville, Natalie Baratta of Spotswood and Linda Colon, and her…

  • Antonina “Nina” Palella

    Mrs. Palella, 78, of North Brunswick, died April 4, 2008, at home. She was a retired seamstress at Bond Clothing, New Brunswick. She was predeceased by two brothers, Concetto and Rosario Saglimbeni; and a sister, Prospera Saglimbeni Palella. She is survived by her husband of 60 years, Carmelo Palella; two sons and daughters-in-law, Dominic and…

  • Leonard H. Haber

    Mr. Haber, 81, of Monroe, died March 28, 2008, in the Medical Center at Princeton. Surviving are his wife, Bessie Haber; a son, Daniel Haber, and his wife, Donna, of Howell; two daughters, Lynn Haber-Mattie, and her husband, Stephen, of Norwell, Mass., and Sharon Morris, and her husband,William, of Staten Island, N.Y.; seven grandchildren; and…

  • Redevelopment can benefit economic interests, restore waterfront

    For thousands of New Jerseyans like me, interaction with the Raritan River is limited to the simple act of driving over it during rush hour. Bridging North Jersey and South Jersey, the Garden State Parkway’s Driscoll Bridge rises high above the Raritan. Many of us remember this location for its infamous legacy – the horrid…

  • Happy to see Neary, Klemp opt out of race

    I read with delight that East Brunswick Mayor William Neary will not be running for re-election. Finally, something to cheer about. Unfortunately, we will still be stuck with him until the end of the year, so he can still continue to screw up the Toll Brothers "Transit City" and also the Heavenly Farms project. Our…

  • Mary Labasik Andolsek

    Mrs. Andolsek, 96, formerly of East Brunswick, died March 24, 2008, in Cranbury Center, Monroe. Her husband, John “Curley” Andolsek, died in 1990. Surviving are a son, Ray Andolsek, and his wife, Jane, of Monroe; two grandchildren, John Andolsek, and his wife, Ellen, of Santa Fe, N.M., and Diane Andolsek, and her partner, Andrea Weatherhead,…

  • John J. Moore

    Mr. Moore, 78, of Spotswood, died March 31, 2008, in Raritan BayMedical Center, Old Bridge division. He was predeceased by a son, John Jr. Surviving are his wife,MadelineMartensMoore; six children, William of Wallington, Madeline of Lawrenceburg, Ind., Thomas of Lodi, James, and his wife, Kathleen, of Middletown, N.Y., Mark of Spotswood and Joseph, and his…