Category: Suburban Opinion

  • Joseph E. Mahoney

    Mr. Mahoney, 81, of Spotswood, died Dec. 3, 2008, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. Surviving are his wife, Doris Sovick Mahoney; two sons, Richard Mahoney, and his wife, Ruth, of the Parlin section of Sayreville and Donald Mahoney, and his wife, Marianne, of Bethel, Conn.; a sister, Gloria Andreski; three grandchildren; and two…

  • Morgan Suzanne Marie Ball

    Miss Ball, 22, a lifelong resident of Englishtown, died Dec. 21, 2008, at CentraState Hospital, Freehold Township. She was a 2005 graduate of Manalapan High School, where she was a four-year varsity soccer player, serving as captain for two years. Miss Ball was a member of the Manalapan Soccer Club. Surviving are her parents, Kevin…

  • Lynn Gaitley Yondolino

    Mrs. Yondolino, 65, of Old Bridge, died Dec. 21, 2008. Born in Hackensack, she had been a resident of Fairlawn for 27 years before moving to Old Bridge nine years ago. She was a self-employed aerobics instructor. A communicant of Most Holy Redeemer Roman Catholic Church, Old Bridge, Mrs. Yondolino was in charge of the…

  • Michael J. Lukacs Jr.

    Mr. Lukacs, 88, of the Madison Park section of Old Bridge, died Dec. 11, 2008, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. His wife, Jennie Kostyal Lukacs, died in 2005. Surviving are his children and their spouses, Laura and Wayne Mindek of Flemington, Karen and Bob Grondin and Michael Lukacs, all of Charlotte, N.C.,…

  • Spirit of the season shines in local towns

    The holiday season is a time of giving, and nowhere is that more apparent than right here in Middlesex County. In the midst of widespread economic turmoil, of cutbacks being made in seemingly every business and household, people still find ways to help others who are going through a harder time than they are. Throughout…

  • Dorothy Palmer

    Mrs. Palmer, 80, of Monroe, formerly of Old Bridge, died Nov. 26, 2008, in Cranbury Center, Monroe. Her husband, David, died in 1991. Surviving are a son, David B. Palmer, and his wife, Meg, of Monroe; and two grandchildren, Ian and Shane Palmer. A memorial service was held at the Lutheran Church of the Good…

  • Dorothy A. Shedlock Hays

    Mrs. Hays, 50, of the Parlin section of Sayreville, died Dec. 16, 2008, at home. She was employed as a bus driver with Wehrle Bus Co., Cliffwood Beach section of Old Bridge. Surviving are two sons, Kenneth Hays, and his wife, Erin, of Sayreville and Dustin Karns of Parlin; her parents, Andrew and Beverly Lewis…

  • Adult responsibilities cannot always be measured by a person’s age

    This letter is in response to Deborah C. Gumpper’s letter to the editor (“Adult Enough to Go to War but Not to Have a Drink”) in the Dec. 11, 2008, issue of the Suburban. Ms. Gumpper pointed out some of the legal inconsistencies in using 21 as the legal age for alcohol consumption while using…