Category: Suburban Opinion

  • Francis J. “Frank” Baratta

    Mr. Baratta, 76, of the Laurence Harbor section of Old Bridge, died Sept. 30, 2009, in Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. Prior to his retirement in 1994, he was employed as a maintenance man with Old Bridge Municipal Utilities Authority, where he worked for 22 years. His wife, Mary Baratta, died in 2008. Surviving…

  • Vote for those who will put residents before special interests

    Once again it’s time for the citizens of Old Bridge to decide on the direction in which they want their town to head. This November we again have a choice on the Township Council members who will represent us and the issues that matter most in our town. In the 6th Ward we have been…

  • Ferris J. George

    Mr. George, 87, of Jupiter, Fla., died Oct. 3, 2009. Born in Danbury, Conn., he had resided in Sayreville and Little Silver before relocating to Jupiter. He was employed at Amerace ESNA, Toronto, Canada, retiring after 32 years. Prior to that, he was employed in his family’s business, George & Sons Furriers, Danbury, Conn. During…

  • Jerzy Naglik

    Mr. Naglik, 57, of South River, died Oct. 3, 2009, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. Prior to his retirement in 2004, he was employed as a warehouseman at Schweitzer-Maudit, Spotswood, where he worked for 24 years. He was predeceased by a son, Piotr A. Naglik, and by his parents, Mieczyslaw and Maria…

  • Corzine, Dems in Sayreville deserve voters’ support

    As the campaign for governor heats up, so do the ads. As I watch and listen to the Christie advertisements, as hard as I try to find something he is actually going to do, I see and hear nothing. Change is good, but change for the sake of change, do not trust. So, in turn,…

  • John Basara

    Mr. Basara, 95, of South River, died Oct. 2, 2009, in Summerhill Nursing Home, Old Bridge. Prior to his retirement in 1989, he was employed as a floorwalker and mechanic in the garment industry for more than 30 years, most recently with R&P Wash Suit, South River. He was predeceased by his wife, Anna Krempecki…

  • Felicia Boliglowa Swiecicki

    Mrs. Swiecicki, 79, of North Brunswick, died Oct. 5, 2009, at her daughter’s home in North Brunswick. She resided in Spotswood, East Brunswick and Piscataway, prior to relocating to North Brunswick in 2004. She was a machine operator at Garry Manufacturing Co., New Brunswick, for more than 40 years, retiring in 1995. She was predeceased…

  • Urges senator to think of residents, plug ‘doughnut hole’

    Iwas very disappointed to hear about Sen. Robert Menendez’s (D-N.J.) vote against an amendment to federal health-reform legislation supported by AARP. The amendment would have righted a big wrong in the prescription-drug coverage gap for people on Medicare. Too many seniors need financial relief on their prescription-drug costs. Falling into the “doughnut hole” year after…

  • Josephine Batko Sokolowski

    Mrs. Sokolowski, 94, of Sayreville, died Oct. 5, 2009, in Barbara E. Cheung Memorial Hospice, Edison. Her husband, Victor Sokolowski, died in 1964. Surviving are a daughter, Sandra Riggio, with whom she lived; a son, Dennis Sokolowski of Helmetta; a sister, Stella Kurdyla of Sayreville; five brothers, Michael Batko of Twin City, Minn., John, Walter…