Category: Suburban Opinion
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Annabell Tasco Donnamaria
Mrs. Donnamaria, 73, of the Parlin section of Sayreville, died Oct. 12, 2009, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to her retirement in 2000, she was employed as a bank teller with PNC Bank, Parlin, where she worked for 10 years. Before that, she worked as an assistant dean at Berkeley College,…
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Walker will make seniors’ interests a priority in O.B.
Iam a senior citizen who lives in Cheesequake Village, and I am very concerned about the lack of attention seniors have been given by Mayor Jim Phillips and the Democrat-controlled Township Council. Most of us are living on fixed incomes, and we have seen nothing in the way of tax relief here in Old Bridge.…
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Dorothy M. Hansen Morris
Mrs. Morris, 84, of East Brunswick, died Oct. 13, 2009, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. Prior to her retirement in 1998, she was employed at Civic Center Pharmacy, East Brunswick, where she worked for 16 years. Before that, she worked for 17 years in the cafeteria at East Brunswick High School. Her…
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Need to keep casinos, all public places smoke-free
As a cardiologist and regional president of the American Heart Association in New Jersey, I remain gravely concerned about our state’s safeguards against exposure to second-hand smoke, specifically as this unresolved public health issue lingers in Atlantic City casinos. The link between second-hand smoke and cardiovascular disease is indisputable. According to the American Heart Association,…
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Ann C. Flannery
Mrs. Flannery, 95, of the Parlin section of Sayreville, died Oct. 13, 2009, in Briarwood Care Center, Sayreville. Her husband, William Flannery, died in 1975. Surviving are three children, Sharon Flannery and William Flannery, both of Parlin, and Donald Loyd of Florida; and four grandchildren. Private services were held at Christ Church Cemetery, South Amboy.…
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One more failing grade on the federal math test
Coda • GREG BEAN Iwas in my senior year of college when I got called to the administrator’s office for some bad news. Seems that in almost four years of higher education, I had managed to avoid passing a single math class. Sure, I’d started several but dropped before the failing grade I’d earned counted…
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Prevention of disease can save lives, lower health care costs
As Congress considers health reform, it is crucial that prevention of disease receive as much attention as treatment. We know that prevention can save lives and lower health care costs, and since one out of every six tax dollars is spent on health care, a proactive approach that puts prevention first is long overdue. Consider…
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Alan Theodore Hahn
Mr. Hahn, 58, of Parkville, Md., formerly of South Amboy, died Oct. 14, 2009. He was employed as an independent consultant in the health-care industry. He was predeceased by his parents, Donald J. and Helen Hahn. Surviving are his wife, Maureen Hinke Hahn; four children, Helen, Matthew, Donald and Elizabeth Hahn; a brother, Rep. Chris…
