Category: Sentinel-NBS Opinion

  • Are We There Yet?

    Only female in house blitzed again by the football season At long last and without further adieu, the football season is upon us, and as the only female in a houseful of football nuts, I’m handling it about as well as a quarterback who just got blitzed. • LORI CLINCH Whatever the heck that means.…

  • Helen Eleanor Mills

    Mrs. Mills, 95, of North Brunswick, died Sept. 15, 2008, at Willow Creek Rehabilitation and Care Center, Somerset. She was predeceased by her husbands, Nicholas Andreozzi, in 1939, John Manetta, in 1968, and Vernon E. Mills, in 1985. She is survived by two daughters and one son-in-law, Adeline Catanese, and Rosalie Catanese and her husband,…

  • John Jaskowski

    Mr. Jaskowski, 87, of Palm Springs, Fla., died Sept. 8, 2008, at Memorial Hospital Central, Colorado Springs, Colo. Born in New Brunswick, he resided in North Brunswick, prior to relocating to Palm Springs 12 years ago. He was an assembly line employee at Ford Motor Company, Edison, for 30 years, retiring in 1979. He was…

  • Ann M. Sweeney Douglas

    Mrs. Douglas, 87, of Spotswood, formerly of East Brunswick, died Sept. 9, 2008, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. She was predeceased by her husband, William, in 1988. Surviving are four sons, William and his wife Lisa of Brick; Paul and his wife Mariam of Martinsville; James and his wife Mary of North…

  • Congress must allow offshore drilling

    Single data analysis is unfair when describing our current gasoline-pricing conundrum. With gas prices soaring toward $5 per gallon, everyone is pointing the finger at who is to blame. Is it the big oil companies, the oil-rich supply nations, speculators, gasoline refiners, politicians, gasoline retailers or those gas-guzzling, nouveau-riche countries forging the future landscape of…

  • Thanks extended to supporters of Rejoice 2008

    On behalf of the South Brunswick Social Services Department, I would like to thank Aaron Rosloff and the Rejoice 2008 committee for their tremendous food donation to our food pantry. The festival was a huge success with thousands attending for a day of music and festivities. The entrance fee was to donate food to our…

  • Coda •

    Big brothers specialize in diabolical pranks • GREG BEAN (Editor’s Note: Greg Bean is taking a temporary sabbatical from writing his column due to the death of his son. This column was originally printed April 26, 2008). Istopped at the pharmacy the day before Easter, and among the customers at the register was a mom…

  • Stephen Switlyk

    Mr. Switlyk, 84, of the Kendall Park section of South Brunswick, died Sept. 5, 2008, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. He had resided in East Brunswick for 48 years before relocating to Kendall Park within the last year. He was employed in data collection at the U.S. Postal Service, Jersey City, for…

  • Olga (Kuzmierski) Sliski

    Mrs. Sliski, 84, died Aug. 24, 2008, at her home in Edison. Born in Poland, she had resided in South River and Sayreville before moving to Edison 10 years ago. She was a communicant of Sts. Peter and Paul Orthodox Church in South River. Mrs. Sliski was predeceased by her husband, Al Sliski, in 1996.…