Category: Suburban Opinion

  • Ronald J. Kalafor Sr.

    Mr. Kalafor, 64, of Spring Hill, Fla., formerly of Sayreville, died Oct. 30, 2009, in Oak Hill Hospital, Brooksville, Fla. Surviving are his wife, Laverne Kalafor; two sons, Ronald Kalafor Jr. and Gary Kalafor; a daughter, Lena Marie Kalafor; and three grandchildren. Services were held at Brunswick Memorial Home, East Brunswick. Interment was in St.…

  • Thanks to all who made Her Night Out a success

    Avanti Day Resort’s “Her Night Out” campaign on Oct. 19 was a huge success. We were able to raise $2,350, which was donated to CancerCare, the National Breast Cancer Foundation, and our featured guest, Tina Tinervia. Tina and her 6-year-old daughter, Ashlee, enjoyed their girls’ night out, while bringing attention to her fight against cancer.…

  • Another race where we picked the lesser evil

    Coda • GREG BEAN In my home state of Wyoming at the dawn of the 20th century, there was a surfeit of what were politely referred to as “bachelor cowboys.” It wasn’t that these old boys didn’t like women; in fact, they loved them, every chance they got. The problem was that there just weren’t…

  • Tom Ash

    Mr. Ash, 57, of Old Bridge, died Oct. 20, 2009, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was a framer with EKR General Contractors, Old Bridge. Surviving are his wife, Patricia Kushner Ash; a son, George Marc-Aurele of Hoboken; a daughter, Lauren Penizotto of Furlong, Pa.; three brothers, Ed Ash, and his wife,…

  • Many contributed to success of Bark in the Park

    The Sayreville Recreation AdvisoryB oardw ould like to say thank you to all the participants at our third annual ResponsibleDogOwnershipDay, Bark in the Park. The reason that we have the day is to help bring attention to our shelter, the Sayreville Pet Adoption Center, and we hope that the day helped raise awareness of it…

  • Joseph Francis Tammany

    Mr. Tammany, 81, of Old Bridge, died Oct. 8, 2009, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. He was predeceased by three children, Thomas Tammany, Patricia Weitz and Nancy Falcon, and by a sister, Margaret Harvey. Surviving are his wife, Patricia Ann Joyce Tammany; two daughters, Donna Taylor, and her husband, Kevin, of Vermont…

  • Responsible cat neutering means less and less feral colonies

    Iwas a resident of South River for most of my life, then moved to Manchester and more recently to Ohio. Everywhere, it is the same story — ignorant people do not have their cats neutered and then let the cats outside to reproduce, to the point that a feral colony ensues. Whose fault is that?…

  • Joseph J. Boka Sr.

    Mr. Boka, 79, of North Brunswick, died Oct. 30, 2009, at Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was a warehouseman at Bristol-Myers Squibb, Cranbury, for 23 years, retiring in 1996. He was predeceased by two daughters, Ann Marie and Marian Boka; and two brothers, John and Laszlo Boka. He is survived by his wife…

  • Frederick R. Skurka

    Mr. Skurka, 79, of Sayreville, died Oct. 19, 2009, in CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Prior to his retirement in 1990, he was employed as a sheet-metal worker with Middlesex Sheet Metal, Jamesburg. His wife, Jean LaVerne Rampacek Skurka, died in 1997. He also was predeceased by three brothers, Aloysius, John and Walter Skurka. Surviving…