Category: Suburban Opinion

  • Nightly newscast: Be afraid, be very afraid

    Coda • GREG BEAN Whenever someone asked what I did for a living, I never said I’m in “the media.” “I’m a local newspaperman,” I told them. “There’s a big difference.” Fact is, most local newspaper people of my long acquaintance are idealists who really do want to change the world by making a positive…

  • Ralph E. Bailey Jr.

    Mr. Bailey, 38, of the Parlin section of Sayreville, died April 18, 2009, in New Brunswick. He was employed as a chef at his family’s business, Buddies Tavern and Catering, Parlin. His father, Ralph E. Bailey Sr., died in 1980. Surviving are his mother, Kathleen Bailey of Parlin; a daughter, Leane Nicole Bailey; two sisters,…

  • Lottie R. Karney Barkalow

    Mrs. Barkalow, 84, of South River, died April 29, 2009, at home. Prior to her retirement, she was employed as a secretary with the South River Board of Education, where she worked for more than 30 years. Her husband, Joel Barkalow, died in 1998. Surviving are a daughter, Christine Brasno, and her husband, Andrew, and…

  • Environmentalists should support cleanups

    I’m angry to learn of a pending lawsuit from the Edison Wetlands Association that is designed to stop the remediation of more than 400 acres of waterfront property in Sayreville. After all, aren’t environmental groups supposed to support cleanups? Besides my concerns about the self-interest behind this legal action, I don’t think these so-called environmentalists…

  • Michael Edward “Babe” Warnowicz

    Mr. Warnowicz, 90, of South River, died April 27, 2009, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. His wife, Stella Joan Bara Warnowicz, died in 1979. He also was predeceased by a son-in-law, Raymond Mioduszewski. He was the co-owner, with his brothers and two sisters, of J&A Woronowicz & Bros. Inc., a handkerchief and…

  • Make a donation, wear a poppy for veterans

    For more than 70 years, the American Legion Auxiliary has sponsored Poppy Day to remind America that millions have sacrificed their lives and health to keep our nation strong and free. The poppy, which grew wild on the battlefields of Flanders, became, in the minds of the doughboys of World War I, a symbol of…

  • Sylvia A. Braff Teitelbaum

    Mrs. Teitelbaum, 90, of East Brunswick, died April 28, 2009, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Her husband, Simon Teitelbaum, died in 1983, and a grandson, Steven Teitelbaum, died in 2001. Surviving are a son, Ken Teitelbaum, and his wife, Maddy, of Lexington, Mass.; a daughter, Janet Williams, and her husband, Mark, of…

  • Stop budget cuts aimed at centers for independent living

    Iproudly work as a systems-advocacy and social-recreation programcoordinator for the Alliance for Disabled in Action Inc., which is a center for independent living, serving and empowering people with disabilities of all ages in Middlesex, Somerset and Union counties. I have written this letter not only as a staff member of the alliance but also as…

  • Milton F. “Matt” Meade Jr.

    Mr. Meade, 61, of South River, died April 27, 2009, at home. He was employed for the past 10 years by Walters Auto Body, Sayreville. He was predeceased by his parents, Milton F. and Rose Razzano Meade. Surviving are a sister, Roseann Geiger, and her husband, Phillip, of Scottsdale, Ariz.; a brother, Michael Meade, and…