Category: Sentinel-NBS Opinion

  • Frederick J. Tormino

    Mr. Tormino, 70, of North Brunswick, died Nov. 29, 2008, at The Gardens at Monroe Township. He was a retired employee at Triangle Conduit and Cable Co., New Brunswick, where he was employed several years. He was also a gemologist. He was predeceased by a brother, Anthony. He is survived by several cousins. Entombment was…

  • Pamela S. Pleva

    Miss Pleva, 59, of South Brunswick, died Dec. 9, 2008, at Gardens at Monroe, Monroe Township. She resided in East Brunswick, prior to relocating to South Brunswick, in 1960. She was predeceased by her parents, Steve E. and Helen E. Rostkowski Pleva. She is survived by a cousin, Sophie Grossweiler of Sayreville. Interment was at…

  • Dawn Smith

    Mrs. Smith, 53, of the Monmouth Junction section of South Brunswick, died Dec. 16, 2008, at the University Medical Center at Princeton. She was an administrator at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, for more than 31 years. She was the former chair for the South Brunswick Republican Party. She was predeceased by her parents, Wilden “Bud”…

  • Laura E. Scarpa

    Mrs. Scarpa, 66, of the Toms River section of Dover, formerly of East Brunswick, Milltown and Edison, died Nov. 14, 2008, at home. Prior to her retirement, she was employed by the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Officer, New Brunswick, where she worked for 25 years. Surviving are her husband, Walter Dembitzki; three daughters, Madeline Contini of…

  • Honorable George J. Nicola

    The Honorable George J. Nicola, 78, Cranbury, died Dec. 10, 2008, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. He resided in North Brunswick, prior to relocating to Cranbury 34 years ago. He was admitted to the New Jersey Bar in 1959, and was appointed municipal court judge of North Brunswick, Jamesburg and Piscataway, from…

  • Francisco J. Sanchez Sr.

    Mr. Sanchez, 81, of East Brunswick, died Dec. 11, 2008, at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital, New Brunswick. He was a steel worker at Jersey Aluminum, New Brunswick, for 20 years, retiring in 1990. He is survived by his wife of 45 years, Marta Rodriguez Sanchez; two sons and one daughter-in-law, Francisco J. and Lisa Sanchez…

  • Patrina Arena

    Mrs. Arena, 89, of North Brunswick, died Dec. 5, 2008, at Gardens of Monroe. She and her late husband owned Arena’s Bakery, New Brunswick. She was predeceased by her husband, Joseph Arena, in 1982; and a son, Lawrence, in 2004. She is survived by four sons and three daughters-in-law, Joseph of Spring Hill, Fla., Andres…

  • A gift for the man who has too much — a manscaper

    Coda • GREG BEAN My friend Butchie Rawlins may have been the hairiest human being in the history of the world. For starters, he had a full head of thick, curly, black hair, but that was only the beginning of the wonder. His beard began coming in when he was 13, and it started high…

  • Drinking age protects students

    As a senior at Rutgers University, I am appalled by the Amethyst Initiative, the proposal of over 100 college presidents to commence conversation on lowering the drinking age to 18. I wholly agree with Mothers Against Drunk Drivers that this plan is a mere ploy designed to enable college presidents to circumvent both the legal…