Category: Suburban Opinion

  • Alma S. Stray Meyer

    Mrs. Meyer, 80, of Helmetta, died March 23, 2009, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy division. She taught confirmation classes for more than 30 years at the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, Old Bridge. Her husband, Gustave O. Meyer, died in 1981, and a daughter, Christianne Meyer, died in 1954. Surviving are four…

  • William E. White

    Mr. White, 86, of East Brunswick, died March 17, 2009, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Surviving are his wife, Sophie Krumbine White; a daughter, Lorraine Miller, and her husband, Wayne, of East Brunswick; two sons, William White of East Brunswick and Leslie White, and his companion, Judy Reed, of Old Bridge; and…

  • Patricia Ann Crowley

    Mrs. Crowley, 68, of Sayreville, died March 17, 2009, in Madison Center, Old Bridge. Surviving are her husband, Dennis P. Crowley; three sons, Scott Crowley, Dennis J. Crowley, and his wife, Maria, all of South Amboy, and Christopher Crowley of Sayreville; two brothers, James McDermott of Commack, N.Y., and Timothy McDermott of Huntington, N.Y.; and…

  • Charles P. Cole

    Mr. Cole, 78, of East Brunswick, died March 10, 2009, in East Brunswick. He was the owner of Pirate’s Den, Sayreville, for several years. A son, Keith Patrick, died in 1958. Surviving are his wife, Ethel Lifgren Cole; three daughters, Karen Lifgren of Veazie, Maine, Kris Cole, and her husband, Gerald Pocock, of Westford, Mass.,…

  • They say life is sweeter for Twitterers who Tweet

    Coda • GREG BEAN The email message was enough to make little beads of sweat break out on my forehead and set my heart to thumping with dread. It said one of my brothers had invited me to join Twitter so he and I could Tweet. It’s not easy keeping true to my Luddite philosophies…

  • Mary Malanowski Durovich

    Mrs. Durovich, 82, of South River, died March 24, 2009, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. Surviving are her husband, Harry Durovich; two sons, Robert Durovich, and his wife, Karen, of Chapel Hill, N.C., and John Durovich of the Monmouth Junction section of South Brunswick; two sisters, Jennie Nowicki of Sayreville and Helen Strach…

  • David M. Mahoney

    Mr. Mahoney, 70, of the Laurence Harbor section of Old Bridge, died March 21, 2009, in Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. Surviving are his wife, Judith Selinga Mahoney; a son, David M. Mahoney of Laurence Harbor; two daughters, Joanne Mehal of South Amboy and Carol Card of Sayreville; a sister, Dorothy McLaughlin of the Somerset section…

  • Leave license suspensions up to judges

    I agree with the well-written strong opposition to Senate Bill S-2504 set forth by the Middlesex County Bar Association. This legislation would require the motor vehicle commission (MVC) to immediately suspend the driver’s license of any person who has committed certain traffic violations as a probationary driver or which result in the serious bodily injury…

  • A mother-and-son moment to remember

    Are We There Yet? • LORI CLINCH Spring break. The very mention of the words conjures up images of college kids running amok on beaches, partying in the streets and showing up on “Girls Gone Wild.” It’s enough to cause great apprehension in the hearts of moral-teaching parents worldwide. Luckily enough for us Clinches, our…