Category: Suburban Opinion

  • Mary Grabowski Lagoda Mutilitis

    Mrs. Mutilitis, 90, of Sayreville, died Feb. 12, 2009, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. Prior to her retirement, she was the owner and operator of Sayreville Recreation Bar and Bowling (“The Red Top”) for 40 years. She was predeceased by her first husband, Louis Lagoda, and by her second husband, Anthony Mutilitis.…

  • To be effective, SERA must be ‘depoliticized’

    Over the past few weeks this column has been used by former and current Sayreville Borough Council members, as well as a resident, to express their views regarding a conflict that exists between a state statute and borough ordinance that dictates the composition of the Sayreville Economic Redevelopment Agency (SERA). As the mayor of Sayreville,…

  • Genevieve “Jean” Grabowski Synarski

    Mrs. Synarski, 78, of Sayreville, died Feb. 19, 2009, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy division. Her husband, Stanley “Sport” Synarski, died in 2008. Surviving are a son, Stanley “Stash” Synarski, and his wife, Lori, of the Parlin section of Sayreville; three sisters, Theresa Grabowski, Frances Petner and Mary Lis, all of Sayreville; a…

  • Auto industry column struck positive chord with readers

    Coda • GREG BEAN Iget a lot of reader response to this column. Sometimes, I opine about something that rubs some people the wrong way, and I hear about it. Once in a while, though, I write something that strikes a positive chord with readers, and I hear about that, too. That was the case…

  • Thomas G. Tait

    Mr. Tait, 57, of Sayreville, formerly of Barnegat and Florida, died Feb. 18, 2009, at home. He was predeceased by his parents, Thomas E. and Shirley Tait. Surviving are two sons, Thomas, and his wife, Lauren, of the Laurence Harbor section of Old Bridge and Robert A., and his wife, Kristina, of Boones Mill, Va.;…

  • Julius A. Hirsch

    Mr. Hirsch, 83, of Morgantown, Pa., formerly of East Brunswick and New York, died Feb. 14, 2009, in Lititz, Pa. Surviving are his wife, Elizabeth “Betty” Karman Hirsch; one son; four daughters; 11 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. A Mass was offered at St. Benedict’s Church, Mohnton, Pa. Arrangements were under the direction of Stradling Funeral…

  • Aldur Ted Johnson

    Mr. Johnson, 87, of East Brunswick, died Feb. 10, 2009, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Surviving are his wife, Rose Cray Johnson; two daughters, Aileen Johnson of East Brunswick and Karen Forvour, and her husband, Ricky, of Edgewater; a son, Steven Johnson, and his wife, Barbara, of East Brunswick; a sister, Linnea…

  • Eloise “Ella” Conover

    Mrs. Conover, 79, of Jamesburg, died Feb. 12, 2009, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to her retirement in 1994, she was employed as a certified home-health aide at Monroe Village Health Care Center. Her husband, Kenneth V. Conover Sr., died in 1996, and a daughter, Theresa, died in 1997. Surviving are…

  • Joseph Maucione

    Mr. Maucione, 69, of Old Bridge, formerly of the Iselin section of Woodbridge, died Feb. 1, 2009, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. He was employed as an extruder operator with American Metal Moudling, Edison, where he worked for 23 years. Surviving are his wife, Dolores Maucione; a daughter, Christine Hellhake, and her…