Category: Suburban Opinion

  • Roberta Smith

    Ms. Smith, 82, of Monroe, formerly of East Brunswick, died Sept. 23, 2009, in The Elms at Cranbury. She was the housekeeper for 34 years at St. Bartholomew’s Church, East Brunswick. Surviving are many friends, including her adopted family, the Rebeles of East Brunswick. A Mass was offered at St. Bartholomew’s Church. Entombment was in…

  • Assemblyman rates praise for legislation

    I am a Korean War-era veteran. When veterans of World War II returned home from the war, our government provided a number of programs that helped them to assimilate back into everyday life. Today, veterans returning from war also are offered a host of programs including financial assistance to help them obtain a college degree.…

  • David Alexander Kizlinski

    Mr. Kizlinski, 41, of South River, died Sept. 22, 2009, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. He worked as an electrician and also did fire restoration. Surviving are his parents, Ella and Alex Kizlinski of South River; a brother, Bob Kizlinski, and his wife, Lisa, and a sister, Maggie Laptosh, and her husband,…

  • Former GOP official has no dispute with mayor

    The Suburban recently published two stories (“GOP Officials, Council Candidate Step Down,” July 2, and “Republicans Select New Candidate for Council,” Sept. 3) concerning the Sayreville Republican Party and this year’s Borough Council election. The stories mention the resignation of Ron Green as chairman and Ken Olchaskey deciding to take a less active role in…

  • Joseph Edward Moschetti

    Mr. Moschetti, 81, of Old Bridge, died Sept. 28, 2009, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. Prior to his retirement in 1990, he was employed as a maintenance supervisor with the Old Bridge Township Board of Education, where he worked for 19 years. Surviving are his wife, Irene M. Bonk Moschetti; seven children,…

  • Lack of logic in claims regarding success, benefit of TNR programs

    Comments by Kathryn Gabrielescu in her letter to the editor, “Seeks To Set Record Straight on TNR” (Suburban, Aug. 27), require a response. Ms. Gabrielescu is correct in saying that a neutered cat cannot reproduce, but TNR (trap-neuterrelease) does not take place in a vacuum. This method takes place in an open system in which…

  • Gloria J. Arcaro

    Ms. Arcaro, 62, of Old Bridge, died Sept. 18, 2009, in Haven Hospice at JFK Medical Center, Edison. She was employed as an informationtechnology manager at Rhodia, Cranbury. She was predeceased by her parents, Joseph and Jane Arcaro. Surviving are a son, Jason De Luca, and a daughter, Jessica De Luca; and a brother, Robert…

  • Edward A. Pelszynski

    Mr. Pelszynski, 78, of the Parlin section of Sayreville, died Sept. 30, 2009, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy division. Prior to his retirement in 1992, he was employed as a powerhouse engineer with Johnson & Johnson Personal Products Division, North Brunswick, where he worked for 25 years. Surviving are his wife, Patricia Sullivan…

  • A new day is dawning in a place called Bizarreland

    Coda • GREG BEAN You’ll have to excuse me for a moment while I dab the drops of blood that are running down my cheeks. My eyeballs have been bleeding nonstop since the other night when I saw indicted former Republican Rep. Tom “The Hammer” DeLay cutting a rug on “Dancing With the Stars.” I…