Category: Suburban Opinion

  • John M. Murano

    Mr. Murano, 89, of the Parlin section of Sayreville, died March 9, 2009, at home. His wife, Gloria Smith Murano, died in 2002. Surviving are three sons and their wives, Christopher and Lana Murano of Long Island, N.Y., and Robert and Paula Duffy Murano and Matthew and Diane Murano, all of Sayreville; a sister, Maggie…

  • James G. Vaughan

    Mr. Vaughan, 79, of Somers Point, died March 3, 2009. Surviving are a sister, Eileen Dalton of Edison; a brother, Raymond K. Vaughan of Old Bridge; 21 nieces and nephews; and 26 great-nieces and great-nephews. A Mass was offered at St. Thomas the Apostle Church, Old Bridge. Interment was in Brig. Gen. William C. Doyle…

  • Patricia A. Haining-DaRin

    Mrs. Haining-DaRin, 41, of Old Bridge, died March 4, 2009, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. Her father, George Haining, died in 2006. Surviving are her husband, Robert DaRin; a daughter, Deana DaRin; her mother, Connie Haining; and a sister, Theresa Fogarty. A Mass was offered at St. Ambrose Church, Old Bridge. Interment was…

  • Antonia Padovano

    Mrs. Padovano, 84, of the Morganville section of Marlboro, died March 4, 2009, in CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Her husband, Arsenio, died in 1986. Surviving are her children, Joseph and Claire Padovano, Matteo and Oksana Padovano, and Concetta and Sam Patruno; a brother, Carmelo Colao of Italy; and seven grandchildren. A Mass was offered…

  • Patricia J. Sowder Boganski

    Mrs. Boganski, 60, of Sayreville, died March 2, 2009, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy division. She was predeceased by a son, Robert Foy, and by her mother, Veronica Sowder. Surviving are her husband, Joseph; a son, Joseph Jr., and a daughter, Deanna Marie Smarro, and her husband, John Joseph; her father, Lindsay Sowder;…

  • Michael A. Villare Jr.

    Mr. Villare, 43, of Monroe, died recently in Staten Island, N.Y. Surviving are his wife, Nicole; two sons, Christopher and Peter, and a daughter, Olivia; his mother, Jacqueline; and a brother, Robert. A liturgy was offered at Immaculate Conception Church, Spotswood. Interment was private. Arrangements were under the direction of Freeman Manalapan-Marlboro Funeral Home, Manalapan.…

  • On economic effect of open space programs

    Considering the open-space programs being conducted by New Jersey cities, I wonder what effect these programs have on the local economy. Take, for example, East Brunswick’s purchase of Heavenly Farms at a cost of $12 million for “open space.” What would have happened if this purchase wasn’t made? I understand the developer would have built…

  • New Wal-Mart will create more problems

    This letter is regarding the new Wal-Mart store that is proposed for Old Bridge. We have enough stores — we do not need another Wal-Mart. There is a Wal-Mart just 10 minutes from where the new one would be built. We have enough traffic in this town — we do not need more. A new…

  • Mayor’s removal from SERA put progress before partisan politics

    Iam writing this in response to the letter from Republican Mayor Kennedy O’Brien about the Sayreville Economic Redevelopment Agency (SERA) and his removal from that agency (Letters to the Editor, Suburban, March 5). I have been a SERA commissioner for eight years and was first appointed by Mayor O’Brien. The mayor is just spouting sour…