Category: Suburban Opinion

  • Claire L. Pervell

    Mrs. Pervell, 84, of the Parlin section of Sayreville, died July 4, 2010, in Oak Tree Nursing Home, Edison. A Democratic County Committeewoman for more than 35 years, she served on the New Jersey Tercentenary Committee. She founded the Sayreville Arts Council and served as its executive director for 27 years. Surviving are her husband,…

  • Leonard S. Blaszka

    Mr. Blaszka, 68, of Sayreville, died July 1, 2010, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. Prior to his retirement, he was employed by E.I. DuPont Photo Products, Parlin section of Sayreville, where he worked for 30 years in the shipping department. After that, he worked for Middlesex County Courts and Amboy National Bank,…

  • Vera Chrapowicki Nowicki

    Mrs. Nowicki, 91, of Eugene, Ore., formerly of East Brunswick, died July 6, 2010, at home. Prior to her retirement, she was the owner and operator, with her late husband, Mikolai, of European Homemade Provisions, East Brunswick, for more than 35years. Her husband, Mikolai “Michael,” died in 1997. Surviving are two daughters, Alinka Mc Mullen,…

  • Sandra Mae Cruickshanks Mason

    Mrs. Mason, 71, of Holly, Mich., formerly of Monroe, died June 30, 2010, in McLaren Regional Medical Center, Flint, Mich. Prior to her retirement in 1998, she was employed as an administrative assistant with Johnson and Johnson Corp., New Brunswick. She was predeceased by a daughter, Ginger Booth. Surviving are her husband, Charles A. Mason;…

  • John William Grau Sr., D.V.M.

    Dr. Grau, 81, of Old Bridge, died June 7, 2010, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to his retirement in 1997, he practiced small-animal medicine for many years at Aspen Veterinary Clinic, Manalapan. Surviving are his wife, Gloria Erceg Grau; a son, John William Grau Jr., and his wife, Susie, of Millstone;…

  • CODA

    We have another good name for a rock band GREG BEAN Idon’t know why Dave Barry decided to quit writing his weekly column for the Miami Herald in 2005, but that was a dark day for readers and jealous newspaper columnists everywhere. Barry was one of the greats, right up there with Mike Royko, and…

  • Honoring the memory of a dedicated principal

    On Saturday, June 12, 2010, the greater Weathersfield, Vt., community mourned its loss and celebrated the life of school principal Mario Bevacqua, formerly of Bound Brook and East Brunswick, where he previously worked as a schoolteacher for 13 years. While “Mr. B” had battled a number of health challenges over the last 18 months, the…

  • Deer vs. Dear

    Recent bills presented both in the Assembly and Senate of New Jersey, propose reduction of the safety perimeter from which bow hunters may take deadly aim, from 450 feet down to 150 feet. On Tuesday, June 15, testimony from many opposed to this dangerously expedient, lobby-driven attack on the safety of New Jersey’s residents, was…