Category: Suburban Opinion
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Catherine Richman
Mrs. Richman, 81, of East Brunswick, died April 10, 2009, at home. Prior to her retirement, she was employed as a bookkeeper with her family’s business, Graphic Color Printing, South River. Her husband, Philip Richman, died in 2007. Surviving are a son, Richard of Manalapan; a daughter, Adrienne Rodgers of Denver, Colo.; five grandchildren; and…
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Jay F. Hyland
Mr. Hyland, 86, of the Perrineville section of Millstone, died April 25, 2009, at home. He had lived in Old Bridge and the Robertsville section of Marlboro before moving to Perrineville eight years ago. A veteran of the U.S. Navy during World War II, Mr. Hyland was a pipefitter for more than 35 years, retiring…
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Kenneth A. Weber
Mr. Weber, 82, of Old Bridge, died April 17, 2009, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. His wife, Evelyn, died in 2005. Surviving are several nieces and nephews. Services were held at Michael Hegarty Funeral Home, Old Bridge. Interment was in Chestnut Hill Cemetery, East Brunswick.
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Gee, that candy looks good enough to smoke
Coda • GREG BEAN My favorite line from the recent presidential campaign was Barack Obama explaining his youthful experimentation with mind-altering chemicals. “When I was young and stupid, I was young and stupid,” he said. That resonated with me, in large part because there was plenty of stupidity in my own misspent youth. Here, for…
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Alice Sochotsky Gustimbelli
Mrs. Gustimbelli, 74, of South River, died April 14, 2009, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick, Prior to her retirement in 1984, she was employed as an assistant cafeteria manager for Sperry Univac, Dayton section of North Brunswick, where she worked for 25 years. Surviving are her husband, Amerigo “Ray” Gustimbelli; two daughters, Donna…
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Michael J. Grubniak
Mr. Grubniak, 72, of Old Bridge, died April 19, 2009, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to his retirement, he owned Village Eatery, East Brunswick, for 18 years. Surviving are his wife, Margherita Colasuonno Grubniak; a daughter, Angela Fallon, and her husband, Paul, of East Brunswick; two sons, Anthony of Bradley Beach and…
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John S. Grabowski
Mr. Grabowski, 84, of the Madison Park section of Old Bridge, died April 23, 2009, in Summerhill Nursing Home, Old Bridge. He served as a special policeman for Madison Township (now Old Bridge) 1957-59. Surviving are his wife, Filomena “Dolly” Diangelantonio Grabowski; two daughters, Joan Philips, and her husband, Steve, and Barbara Neary, and her…
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Virginia E. Hetherington
Mrs. Hetherington, 88, of East Brunswick, died April 22, 2009, at home. She was a former parish secretary at Corpus Christi Church, South River, and Immaculate Conception Church, Spotswood. Her husband, James Robert Hetherington, died in 2005. Surviving are two daughters, Barbara Jean Pitzner and Tracy Outcalt, and her husband, John, all of New Jersey;…
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Support bill to mandate license suspensions
Iam writing this letter in response to the recent statement made by attorney Kenneth Vercammen, referring to Senate Bill S-2054 regarding the mandatory immediate suspension of a driver’s motor-vehicle license in certain circumstances (“Leave License Suspensions Up to Judges,” Letters to the Editor, Suburban, April 2). As the grieving mother of a victim of a…
