Category: Suburban Opinion

  • S. Amboy school scores donation for cultural arts assemblies

    SOUTH AMBOY — When budget cuts impacted the city’s school system, Maureen Strzykalski and Mary-Anne Lewis did not wait for Superman. Instead, the co-presidents of the South Amboy Education Association immediately got to work on applying for grants to make certain that students were the priority of the local teachers’ association. As a result of…

  • Salary caps could kill gains made in professionalism

    Now that the “silly season” is over, I think that we should get down to the business of good governance. Over the last six months or so, we have seen our public employees pilloried by people with agendas. Certainly, in the short view of budgets, we have some tough hills to climb, but I think…

  • Grace Calderhead DeLucia

    Mrs. DeLucia, 88, of East Brunswick, died Nov. 5, 2010, in Summer Hill Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Old Bridge. She was predeceased by her husband, Carmen, and by a sister, Catherine Arthurs. Surviving are a son, Michael DeLucia, and his wife, Marie, of East Brunswick; a sister, Ella Nelson of Mesa, Ariz.; and two grandchildren.…

  • Geraldine Forlenza Lenz

    Mrs. Lenz, 72, of Hudson, Fla., formerly of Old Bridge and Howell, died Nov. 1, 2010, in Bayonnet Point Medical Center, Hudson. Surviving are her husband, Carl Lenz; a son, Carl Jr., and his wife, Dana, of Howell; three daughters, Catherine Cruz, and her husband, Raymond, of Old Bridge, Geraldine Andreula, and her husband, Joseph,…

  • Robert J. Higgins

    Mr. Higgins, 78, of Old Bridge, died Oct. 31, 2010, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. Prior to his retirement in 1997, he was employed by Chevron, Perth Amboy; Jacobs Engineering, Sayreville; and then Shoor DePalma, Manalapan. He was predeceased by a brother, Howard Higgins. Surviving are his wife, Joyce Wood Higgins; two…

  • Walter G. “Smitty” Schmitt

    Mr. Schmitt, 86, of South River, formerly of East Brunswick, died Nov. 9, 2010, at home. Prior to his retirement in 1986, he was employed as a supervisor with Hercules Inc., Parlin section of Sayreville, where he worked for more than 43 years. Surviving are his wife, Iris Sieber Schmitt; three daughters, Amy Lennert, and…

  • Helen C. Edmonds

    Mrs. Edmonds, 76, of the Parlin section of Sayreville, died Nov. 10, 2010, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. She was predeceased by three sisters, Alice, Kathleen and Josephine. Surviving are her husband, Edward J. Edmonds; two sons, Robert and Daniel Mulholland; and three grandchildren. A Mass was offered at Our Lady of…

  • Eileen Gurskey

    Mrs. Gurskey, 79, of the Four Seasons adult community in Lakewood, formerly of Old Bridge, died Nov. 15, 2010, in Claremont Center, Point Pleasant. Surviving are her husband, John; two daughters, Janice Strassburger, and her husband, Jake, and Barbara, and her boyfriend, Stephen Belfatti; and two grandsons. Arrangements were under the direction of Silverton Memorial…

  • Marjorie Politi

    Mrs. Politi, 81, of Old Bridge, died Nov. 15, 2010, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge. Surviving are two sons, Mark Politi, and his wife, Rayri, of Coconut Creek, Fla., and Anthony Politi, and his wife, Donna, of Old Bridge; a brother, Anthony Tagliavia of Toms River; and four grandchildren. Arrangements were under the…