Category: Suburban Opinion

  • Restoring tax is not answer to school-aid woes

    In his recent letter to the editor, “Renew ‘Millionarie’s Tax,’ Save Aid to Schools” (Suburban, May 6), William Flynn, chairman of the Old Bridge Democratic Party, espouses a method of taxation, the so-called “millionaire’s tax,” that recalls the expression popularized by Karl Marx, “From each according to his ability, to each according to his need.”…

  • Why punish those who work hard, make money?

    Iam writing in response to William Flynn’s letter to the editor, “Renew ‘Millionaire’s Tax,’ Save Aid to Schools,” that appeared in the May 6 issue of the Suburban. I will begin by writing that I do not claim to have loyalties to the Republican or the Democratic Party. My opinions are based on my feelings…

  • Joseph M. Villanti

    Mr. Villanti, 50, of the Laurence Harbor section of Old Bridge, died May 12, 2010, at home. He was employed as an equipment operator with the Department of Transportation, Metuchen, where he worked for the past nine years. He was predeceased by his mother and father, Eileen Kafka Villanti and Joseph Villanti. Surviving are his…

  • Mary Travaglini Placco

    Mrs. Placco, 88, of East Brunswick, formerly of South River and Monroe, died May 11, 2010, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital New Brunswick. She was predeceased by her husband, Vincent D. Placco, and by four siblings, Thomas, Santa, Theresa and Celia. Surviving are a son, Vincent Placco Jr., and his wife, Sherri, of Flemington;…

  • Lynne C. Koch

    Ms. Koch, 29, of East Brunswick, died May 6, 2010, at home. She was predeceased by a brother, Cpl. Steven R. Koch, and by her grandfathers, William Koch Sr. and Robert Glassen. Surviving are her parents, William Koch Jr. and Christine Glassen Koch of East Brunswick; a brother, William Koch III of the Somerset section…

  • George V. Mosher

    Mr. Mosher, 78, of the Morgan section of Sayreville, died May 9, 2010, at home. He was predeceased by his wife, Angela Scucci Mosher, and by four brothers, Thomas, Arthur, Richard and Robert Mosher. Surviving are two sons and their wives, Dale Mosher and Susan Thierry of Morgan and Mark and Carol Mosher of North…

  • Margaret Pignataro Deegan

    Mrs. Deegan, 86, of Monroe, formerly of East Brunswick and Shrewsbury, died May 2, 2010, in Cranbury Care Center, Monroe. Prior to her retirement in 1992, she and her late husband, the Rev. Dr. John Deegan, ministered for 23 years at the East Brunswick Assembly of God Church. Surviving are three sons, Dr. John Deegan…

  • Fred Rivetti

    Mr. Rivetti, 87, of Old Bridge, died April 28, 2010, at his daughter’s home in Old Bridge. He was predeceased by his wife, Julia; two brothers, Frank and Anthony; and a sister, Mary. Surviving are a daughter, Claudia Cusati, and her husband, Anthony; a son, Louis, and his wife, Gail of Wall; two grandchildren and…

  • When fear is your traveling companion

    GIRL TALK CLARE MARIE CELANO “The greatest difficulty of travel is that one is forced to take oneself along.” Alain de Botton I’m a runner. Not the kind that burns off a million calories during the heart pumping and the clapping of feet against pavement, but the kind that exhibits all the physical manifestations without…