Category: Suburban Opinion

  • Deal with cat problem in humane fashion

    Whether you love cats or hate cats, it does not matter. I want to propose a solution to the feral-cat population concern in Old Bridge. A feral cat is not socialized to people. Feral cats originate from lost or abandoned house cats and have grown wild or “feral” and shy away from people. Left unmanaged…

  • Volunteer deserved, did not receive, thanks and praise

    I’m thankful that I have the opportunity to be referred to as an active, involved senior citizen in Sayreville, the community where I have spent my entire life. So once again I feel a moral obligation to exercise my opinion on volunteerism and political-leadership qualities. As far back as I can recall, I sat and…

  • Lawmakers finally show a bit of common sense

    Coda • GREG BEAN My father died a hard death from lung cancer in 1983. From the first diagnosis, about six months before he passed, there was never any real hope, since his type of cancer is nearly always fatal. Still, he tried to beat it with ever-more aggressive chemotherapy treatments that took his hair…

  • Senate commended for passing Serve America Act

    On behalf of our 1.4 million members in the Garden State, AARP New Jersey applauds the Senate for passing the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act. New Jerseyans should know that both Sens. Frank Lautenberg and Robert Menendez voted in favor of the bill. The bill will strengthen and expand civic engagement and volunteer opportunities…

  • Joan R. Roman

    Mrs. Roman, 73, of Metuchen, died May 16, 2009, in JFK Medical Center, Edison. Born in Blakley, Pa., she lived in Dixon City, Pa., before moving to Metuchen 49 years ago. She coowned the Metuchen Craft Shoppe for 17 years. She was a graduate of Easton Hospital School of Nursing, Easton, Pa., where she earned…

  • William E. Kroeger

    Mr. Kroeger, 82, of Sayreville, died April 30, 2009, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to his retirement he was employed as a supervisor with E.I. DuPont Photo Products, Parlin section of Sayreville. His wife, Elizabeth Farley Kroeger, died in 1989. Surviving are two daughters and their husbands, Diane and Frederick Samsel…

  • Michael Zenon Shkolar

    Michael, 16, of Spotswood, died May 12, 2009, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. A sophomore at St. Joseph’s High School, Metuchen, he volunteered at the Spotswood Soup Kitchen one day a week. He was predeceased by his paternal grandfather, Michael Shkolar. Surviving are his parents, Bohdan and Katherine Siryj Shkolar; his grandparents,…

  • Michael C. Hudak

    Mr. Hudak, 87, of Sayreville, died May 11, 2009, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy division. He was predeceased by a son-inlaw, John J. Gorman. Surviving are his wife, Ruth J. Poulsen Hudak; three daughters, Janet Spina, and her husband, John, of Newark, Del., Nancy Gorman of Sayreville and Karen Gorto, and her husband,…

  • Catherine J. Bowie

    Mrs. Bowie, 92, of Sayreville, died May 12, 2009, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. She was predeceased by her husband, James; by two sons, Thomas and James; and by a daughter, Roberta. Surviving are a daughter, Sue Kaprowski, and her husband, Joe, of the Parlin section of Sayreville; seven grandchildren; and 13…