Category: Suburban Opinion

  • Marion Strunk Garrigan

    Mrs. Garrigan, 77, of Brick Township and formerly Holmdel, died Dec. 10, 2009. Before her retirement, she was an actress and model in Las Vegas and New York, and appeared on TV in “The Steve Allen Show,” “The Perry Como Show” and “The Martha Rae Show.” She was also voted Mrs. New Jersey and was…

  • Global warming is just a ‘dash’ of hot sauce away

    Coda • GREG BEAN The office holiday party was last week, and to everyone’s pleasure, it was potluck. Attendees were encouraged to bring their favorite dishes and, man, did they come through. There was a whole cubicle filled with hot, maincourse dishes. Another was filled with salads. Another was crammed with desserts. Lots of the…

  • James R. Gordon

    Mr. Gordon, 57, of Keyport, died Dec. 4, 2009, at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. He resided in the Cliffwood Beach section of Old Bridge, prior to relocating to Keyport. Mr. Gordon was a social worker with the State of New Jersey, Division of Youth and Family Services, Red Bank, for 28 years, retiring in 2007,…

  • Senator invites contributions to website

    New Jerseyans are connected like never before. We can read up-to-theminute news on our computers, receive text messages from our children’s school telling us there is a snow day, and watch videos on our mobile devices. As a member of the U.S. Senate, I recently launched a redesigned website that is meant to cater to…

  • Dorothy A. Jameson

    Mrs. Jameson, 89, of Aberdeen, died Dec. 2, 2009, at her daughter’s home in Keyport. She was a homemaker. Mrs. Jameson was predeceased by her husband, Charles Jameson, in 1988; a brother, James Bennett; and a sister, Catherine Bilotti. Surviving are a daughter and son-in-law, Veronica and John Kirkpatrick of Keyport; a son and daughter-in-law,…

  • Pauline Syslo Dopieralski

    Mrs. Dopieralski, 92, of Warwick, R.I., formerly of South River, died Dec. 8, 2009, in Kent Hospital, Warwick. Prior to her retirement, she was employed for many years as an aide and server at Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick. Her husband, Sigmund, died in 1969. She also was predeceased by four sisters, Balbina Skwira, Cecilia…

  • Group urges passage of Right to Repair Act

    The Tire Industry Association strongly urges Congress to pass the Motor Vehicle Owners’ Right to Repair Act (HR 2057) to ensure that car owners and their trusted repair shops have the same access to safety alerts and repair information as the franchised new car dealer network. Please visit www.righttorepair. org to send a letter to…

  • Maydelle G. Trambarulo

    Mrs. Trambarulo, 79, of Monroe, died Dec. 5, 2009, at home. She resided in Red Bank for more than 40 years, prior to relocating to Monroe. She was a Realtor for several years. She is survived by her husband of 53 years, Ralph; three daughters and two sons-in-law, Anne and John Haines, Alice Wright and…

  • Funding needed for women’s health centers

    I’m writing about community health centers such as Planned Parenthood (PPH), which serve as trusted entry points for women’s essential health care. At PPH women receive contraceptive care, Pap tests, pelvic exams, counseling, and testing and treatment for HIV and STIs. But in the current health care reformdiscussions, there are deliberate attempts by some groups…