Category: Sentinel-NBS Opinion

  • Jacqueline A. Delapenha

    Ms. Delapenha, of East Brunswick, died Feb. 12, 2008, at home. Prior to her retirement in 2005, she was employed as a keypunch operator with Lock Box, a division of Wachovia, East Brunswick, where she worked for many years. Surviving is a sister, Annette Tchelka of West Haven, Conn. Cremation was private. Arrangements were under…

  • Catherine M. Roberts

    Ms. Roberts, 47, of Old Bridge, died Feb. 4, 2008, at home. She was predeceased by her parents, Mary and George Roberts, and by a sister, Georgia Uren. Surviving are a brother, John, and his wife, Lisa, of the Laurence Harbor section of Old Bridge; and her fiancé, Daniel Quinn, of Old Bridge. Services were…

  • Benjamin F. Dobrzynski

    Mr. Dobrzynski, 87, of East Brunswick, died Feb. 11, 2008, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to his retirement in 1982, he was a truck driver with Herman Forwarding, North Brunswick, where he worked for more than 50 years. His wife, Cecilia, died in 2003. Surviving are a daughter, Joan Kraussman, and…

  • OSHA ignoring tobacco smoke in workplace

    Thousands of American workers are dying every year from heart disease and lung cancer caused by secondhand smoke that they were exposed to at work. Where is OSHA when we really need it? When a small number of popcorn workers got bronchiolitis obliterans, both OSHA and the media were all over it! But we continue…

  • Catherine Previte Romeo Federico

    Mrs. Federico, 85, of North Brunswick, died Feb. 15, 2008, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. She was a retired office manager at H.F. Bosenberg and Son, North Brunswick. She was predeceased by two sisters, Anita Iacouzze and Grace Boutwell; and a brother, Joseph Previte. She is survived by two sons and daughters-in-law,…

  • Switch in grant recipient is a political move

    The recent suspension of a $425,000 grant to the Hispanic Directors Association of New Jersey (HDANJ) and the subsequent denial of an appeal by the state Department of Human Services to reinstate the funds smacks of power politics emanating from the New Jersey Department of Human Services. The Hispanic Directors Association, with 32 member agencies…

  • Victoria Chmielewski Kielian

    Mrs. Kielian, 87, of Sayreville, died Feb. 3, 2008, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. Prior to her retirement in 1983, she was employed with Reliable Nesco Inc. (United Steel Container), North Brunswick, where she worked for 14 years. Her husband, Steven Kielian, died in 2001, and a son-in-law, Walter Olszewski, died in…

  • Nicholas Maltese Jr.

    Mr. Maltese, 89, of North Brunswick, died Feb. 11, 2008, at Robert wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was a retired ironworker at N.Maltese and Sons IronWorks, North Brunswick, where he was employed 40 years. He is survived by two sisters, Frances Maltese of North Brunswick, and Malta Recine of Commerce, Ga.; two brothers,…

  • Brunswick area on track for a rail line

    Two rail lines are being proposed in North and South Brunswick. The Northeast Corridor line could make a stop in North Brunswick along Route 1 if a proposed station and transit village are approved, and the Monmouth-Ocean-Middlesex (MOM) line could run through the Monmouth Junction section of South Brunswick. Each is being evaluated for its…