Category: Suburban Opinion

  • Questions Pallone’s refusal to support bill

    Same time last year children and adults with Lyme disease and their families pleaded with Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-6) to support a Lyme and vector-borne illness bill for research, education and prevention of these illnesses. Mr. Pallone refused to sign, which killed the bill. His reason? Mr. Pallone stated that his physician neighbors said…

  • Margaret “Peg” Matura

    Mrs. Matura, 96, of the Parlin section of Sayreville, died Aug. 19, 2009, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. Prior to her retirement, was co-owner and operator, with her late husband, Joseph, of Beacon Liquors, Avenel section of Woodbridge. Her husband, Joseph Matura, died in 1997. She also was predeceased by three brothers…

  • Anonymous defamers should be very afraid

    Coda • GREG BEAN I’ve mentioned more than once over the last few years that there’s a day of reckoning coming for the cowardly slime-puppies who post anonymous libels on some of the blog sites around here (Are you listening, da Truth Squad?). And it looks like that day might be coming sooner than the…

  • Urges passage of health care reform

    Ihave watched with disgust as nearly all media outlets have concentrated on the disruptions of town halls, to the exclusion of well-run meetings and other news events of interest. Health care reform is needed and as the political will is here, it should be done now. Most people realize things need to be improved, and…

  • Edward H. Jasionowski

    Mr. Jasionowski, 61, of Sayreville, died Aug. 9, 2009, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was a member of the International Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners Local No. 1006, Milltown, and served as the borough of Sayreville construction official 1990-97. Surviving are his wife, Felidelfia “Sandy”; a son, Joseph of Sayreville; his parents,…

  • Seeks to set record straight on TNR

    For months I have read the discussions regarding TNR (trap-neuter-release) and I think it is time to interject a little logic into the discussion. I have been involved with TNR for over 10 years and have personally watched colonies shrink as the cats were no longer creating future generations. I have read the reasons why…

  • Carmella “Millie” Cannata

    Mrs. Cannata, 89, of Spotswood, died Aug. 1, 2009, in Victoria House, Matawan. Her husband, John J. Sr., died in 2007. Surviving are a son, John Jr., and his wife, Peggy, of Stanhope; a daughter, Georgina Moody, and her husband, Clifford, of Melbourne, Fla.; a sister, Lucy Quaglari, and her husband, Julio, of Albany, N.Y.;…

  • Catherine O’Hara Lake

    Mrs. Lake, 78, of Brick, died Aug. 23, 2009, at Ocean Medical Center, Brick. She lived in the Parlin section of Old Bridge for 44 years before moving to Brick in 1999. Mrs. Lake was employed by the Old Bridge Board of Education at Madison Park School as a lunchroom aid for 25 years. Her…

  • Frank Russell Molitor

    Mr. Molitor, 75, of Spotswood and formerly of Old Bridge, died Aug. 13, 2009, at Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. A veteran of the U.S. Army, he was very involved with church activities for most of his life, serving in various positions from treasurer to deacon. Mr. Molitor retired in 1997 after 26 years…