Category: Sentinel-NBS Opinion

  • We’ll be giving you credit, whether you want it or not

    Coda • GREG BEAN If you believe the evening news (which I don’t always), you’ve learned that one effect of the national economic meltdown is that it’s darned near impossible to get credit these days. We’re told that you can’t get credit to buy a car, get a mortgage or pick up a new bass…

  • Alexander Kish

    Mr. Kish, 89, of the Dayton section of South Brunswick, died Nov. 26, 2008, at Pavilions at Forestal, Plainsboro. He was predeceased by his wife, Theresa V. Kish; and a brother, John Kish. He is survived by two sons and daughters-in-law, Alexander and Susan Kish, and Michael and Mary Kish; a brother, Julius Kish; and…

  • Bernard F. Downey

    Mr. Downey, 87, of South Brunswick, died Nov. 27, 2008, at Buckingham Place, South Brunswick. He was a librarian at Rutgers University Institute of Management and Labor Relations, New Brunswick, for 29 years, retiring in 1987. He was a faculty member at the university’s library school, and co-authored a book on library sciences. He was…

  • Judson D. Beacham

    Mr. Beacham, 88, of Monroe Township, died Nov. 23, 2008, at Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. He resided in North Brunswick, prior to relocating to Monroe Township 11 years ago. He was a chemical engineer at E.R. Squibb and Sons, New Brunswick, for 39 years, retiring in 1985. He was predeceased by a brother,…

  • Michele C. Szapucki Sturn

    Mrs. Sturn, 54, of the Kendall Park section of South Brunswick, died Nov. 27, 2008, at home. She was a cashier at Home Depot, South Brunswick, the past three years. Prior to that, she was employed in the food service department of South Brunswick Schools. She is survived by her husband, Stephen M. Sturn; a…

  • Sue Marion

    Mrs. Marion, 47, of North Brunswick, died Dec. 3, 2008, at Robert Wood Johnson University Medical Center, New Brunswick, following a lengthy battle with cancer. She was head of the state tax audit department at Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, since 2004. Prior to that, she was employed at L’Oreal USA since 1984. She served…

  • SBHS concert choir performs at Carnegie Hall

    SBHS concert BY MICHAEL ACKER The South Brunswick High School concert choir frequently performs for large audiences, but Nov. 23 was a first for the students. PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff Above: Bianca Newman (l), a 16-year-old junior at South Brunswick High School, rehearses for upcoming winter concerts with the school’s concert choir last week.…

  • SBHS grad starts chapter of the Gordie Foundation

    Founded for Brett Griffin, who died of alcohol poisoning BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK — One South Brunswick High School alumna is hoping to curtail incidents of alcohol poisoning like the one that recently took the life of fellow class of 2008 graduate Brett Griffin. Griffin died of alcohol poisoning at the age…

  • Teacher tries to get his students on ‘track’ by running

    William Ojeda ran one mile in honor of each of his students BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Photo Courtesy Of Elisa DePasquale William Ojeda, a social studies teacher at the North Brunswick Township High School, recently ran 120 miles, one mile for each of his students. NORTH BRUNSWICK — William Ojeda’s motto this past month…