Category: Suburban Opinion

  • Anna V. Diem

    Mrs. Diem, of Spotswood, formerly of South River, died July 29, 2009, at home. Prior to her retirement in 1975, she was employed for many years at Tobin’s Pharmacy, New Brunswick. Her husband, Rolland Diem, died in February. She also was predeceased by two sisters, Mary Haramy and Barbra Brennan, and a brother, John Vulkan.…

  • Word on the Street

    What do you think is the greatest unsolved mystery of all? The greatest unsolved mystery is what genius came up with shrink-wrap and why did he or she think that this was the way to seal packages? The greatest “unsolved” mystery of all is the Isness we call God. The Rev. Diane Cuesta Brick Have…

  • You can use a chainsaw to correct rude behavior

    Coda • GREG BEAN We live in a state where we are regularly witness to, or victims of, rude behavior. And most of us not only tolerate it, we enable it. You know the kind of situation I’m talking about. You’re at the boarding counter at the airport when you’re told your flight to Cleveland…

  • Thanks to fairgoers who helped local charities

    Iwant to thank the fairgoers who attended the 2009 Middlesex County Fair and helped support the 15 local area charities that participated in this year’s Charity Challenge Event. Particularly in these difficult economic times, the fairgoers displayed great generosity contributing in excess of $2,200 to the charities. The winner, Middlesex County Right to Life, garnered…

  • Do you think health care reform is likely?

    Editor’s note: The following response was inadvertently omitted from last week’s Word on the Street column. No, I don’t think health care reform is going to be passed. To me health care is good as it is; it should not be changed. I think there are a few minor changes that need to be done…

  • Joseph F. Ortolano

    Mr. Ortolano, 72, of East Brunswick, died July 31, 2009, at home. Prior to his retirement in 1990, he was employed as a mechanical engineer with Revlon, Edison, where he worked for 25 years. He was predeceased by a sister, Claire Didio. Surviving are his wife, Dianne E. DelMonte Ortolano; two daughters, Teresa Albert, and…

  • Investigate facts about health care

    Fixing our broken health care system is far too important to be derailed by myths and scare tactics perpetuated by special interest groups trying to block progress on health care reform. You may have heard the outrageous claim that health care reform will get rid of Medicare. In fact, for people in Medicare, health care…

  • Marie Schembri

    Mrs. Schembri, 74, of Old Bridge, died Aug. 1, 2009. She was employed at Bell Labs, Holmdel, for a few years before becoming the manager at Suzy Q, Matawan. Surviving are her husband, Charles Schembri; three daughters, Marie Pavelchak, and her husband, Alan, of East Brunswick, Cindy McLavish, and her husband, Dominick, of Howell and…

  • Traffic on Main Street lacks enormity of mess on Ernston Road

    An article published in the July 30 issue of the Suburban (“Advisory Committee Supports Bypass Plan”) indicated that a Sayreville advisory committee recommended that the Main Street Bypass project be pursued. It appears, however, that all is not joy in Sayreville, as residents in several neighborhoods have expressed dismay regarding the disruption to quality of…