Category: Suburban Opinion

  • Cut jeopardizes access to home health care

    Iam a home-care nurse from Monroe with the Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey, and I recently returned from a trip to Capitol Hill with nurses from every state in America. We were there on behalf of our patients to help preserve access to home care and hospice services amid $13 billion in suggested cuts…

  • Winifred R. Gleason

    Mrs. Gleason, 80, of Hazlet, died June 16, 2009, at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. She resided in the Cliffwood Beach section of Old Bridge for 58 years, prior to relocating to Hazlet 19 years ago. She was a cafeteria cook at St. Joseph School, Keyport. Prior to that, she was employed on the assembly line…

  • Kathryn E. Dymkowski

    76, of Matawan Kathryn E. Dymkowski Kathryn E. Dymkowski, 76, of Matawan, passed away on Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at Applewood Estates in Freehold Township, NJ. Mrs. Dymkowski was born in Union City, NJ and had lived in Jersey City and Old Bridge before moving to Matawan 25 years ago. She worked at Sunshine Biscuit…

  • Realty Transfer Fee is too much for sellers

    Irecently read a letter to the editor pointing out that many people are unaware of the sales tax on homes. I read it with intense interest because I’d love to sell my home and move away from New Jersey … move far away. But now the times do not favor sellers — prices have dropped…

  • Michael J. Malkowski

    Mr. Malkowski, 38, of the Laurence Harbor section of Old Bridge, died June 8, 2009, at Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack. He was a cook for Mara’s Deli and Restaurant, Nazareth, Pa. He was predeceased by his maternal grandparents, Sally and Theodore Barton; his paternal grandparents, Joseph and Anita Malkowski; an uncle, Theodore Barton; and…

  • Hyman Merson

    Mr. Merson, 91, a lifelong resident of East Brunswick, died June 3, 2009, at Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. He had worked for Two Guys Discount Store for 10 years and was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving during World War II. Mr. Merson was predeceased by his wife, Ruth (Werfel) in March;…

  • Reinstate funding for deaf-blind services

    Recently, the Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired (CBVI) refused to renew the contract for the New Jersey Association of the Deaf- Blind (NJADB) and thus cut off major funding for NJADB, which will result in its closing on July 1 NJADB provides such services for adult deaf-blind as transportation, support for medical appointments,…

  • Mary Renda Celona

    Mrs. Celona, 84, of North Brunswick, died June 11, 2009, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. She was employed at E.R. Squibb & Son, New Brunswick, for nine years, retiring in 1982. Prior to that, she was a crossing guard for North Brunswick Township. She was predeceased by two daughters, Mary Frances Celona-Nikovics…

  • Nathan Dubester

    Mr. Dubester, 90, a former elected commissioner of Spotswood from 1967-75, died June 2, 2009, in Arlington, Va. Before moving to Maryland in 1980, he was the director of the Land Acquisition Department of Middlesex County. He also previously served as senior negotiator for the New Jersey Department of Conservation and Economic Development under the…