Category: Sentinel-EBS Opinion
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John Douglas Lawson Jr., D.D.S.
Dr. Lawson, 65, of East Brunswick, died Oct. 31, 2007, in NYU Medical Center, New York City. Prior to his retirement in 1991, he was a dentist in private practice as North Brunswick Dental Group. His wife, Carolyn Neimann Lawson, died in March. Surviving are a daughter, Dr. Erika Tapino, and her husband, Dr. Paul…
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Jane J. Nakielny Mixtacki
Mrs. Mixtacki, 86, of South River, died Nov. 1, 2007, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. She was the housekeeper for several years at St. Mary of Ostrabrama Church Rectory, South River. She was predeceased by her husband, Edward Mixtacki. Surviving are her children, the Rev. Gene Mixtacki, Order of Friars Minor (O.F.M.)…
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Shirley Appleby Pratt
Mrs. Pratt, 78, of Seaside Park, died Oct. 29, 2007, at her daughter’s home. Prior to her retirement, she was a teacher for 25 years with Middlesex County Vocational and Technical High Schools. Her husband, Donald A. Pratt, died in 1983, and a daughter, Carole Gettings, died in 2007. Surviving are a son, Donald Pratt,…
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Robert D. Root
Mr. Root, 83, of Staten Island, N.Y., died Nov. 7, 2007, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. A son, Douglas, died in 1986. Surviving are his wife, Anne Babien Root; two daughters, Gail Steier, and her husband, Robert, of East Brunswick and Roberta Trent, and her husband, Robert, of Brunswick, Ga.; and four…
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Grace M. Wilczek
Mrs. Wilczek, 76, of Freehold Township, formerly of Monroe, died Oct. 18, 2007, in The Manor Care Center, Freehold Township. She was predeceased by her husband, Walter Wilczek, in 1966. Surviving are two daughters and a son-in-law, Sandra Amaral of Jackson and Lori and James Vittoritt of Shamong Township; a sister-in-law, Betty Vargo of Columbus,…
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Chester J. Wojcik
Mr. Wojcik, 85, formerly of South River and the East Millstone section of Franklin, died Oct. 18, 2007, in New Jersey Veterans Memorial Home at Menlo Park, Edison. He was predeceased by two sisters, Mary Onka and Genevieve Wojcik, and by a brother, Joseph Wojcik. Surviving are a sister, Angela Ella Trosko of Milltown, and…
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Gertrude Schechter
Mrs. Schechter, 86, of Monroe, died Nov. 1, 2007, in University Medical Center at Princeton. Her husband, Abraham, died in 1986. Surviving are three children, Steven of Tennessee, Susan of Florida and Jodi Schechter, and her husband, Scott Denenberg, of Manalapan; five grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Services were held at Freeman Manalapan- Marlboro Funeral Home,…
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Offers rebuttal to tax-reform proposal
On Oct. 25 Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) introduced his framework for, as he put it, “the mother of all tax reforms.” One of his stated goals is the repeal of the alternative minimum tax (AMT), saving approximately 20 million taxpayers from its diabolical reach. To make up the anticipated revenue shortfall required by Congress’ pay-as-you-go…
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Were residents voting for open space or synthetic turf?
When the voters approved the Middlesex County Open Space Fund, it was intended to be used to purchase lands for recreation and conservation purposes and to balance open space and development. The recent $2.5 million in grants from the Middlesex County Open Space Trust Fund to install synthetic-turf football fields at South River High School…
