Category: Suburban Opinion

  • John E. Skorka

    Mr. Skorka, 84, a lifelong resident of Sayreville, died Oct. 19, 2008, at Raritan Bay Medical Center in Old Bridge. He was employed by Jersey Central Power & Light for 46 years, retiring as manager-generation maintenance for the Sayreville facility in 1987. Mr. Skorka was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II and a…

  • George R. Karlowitz

    Mr. Karlowitz, 46, of Boulder, Colo., died Oct. 20, 2008, at home. Born in New Brunswick, he resided in Sayreville prior to moving to Boulder two years ago. He was employed as an accountant for 10 years by Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick. His parents, John and Alma Karlowtiz, predeceased him. Surviving are his children,…

  • O.B. must work to preserve Cottrell Farm

    The average size of a Wal- Mart store is 100,000 square feet. This is 50,000 square feet less than the proposed retail center at the Cottrell Farm site on Route 516 and Cottrell Road. The proposal to build a huge commercial complex at that site was ill conceived from the beginning. Just imagine a Wal-Mart…

  • Ursula Andrade

    Mrs. Andrade, 74, of Easton, Pa., and formerly of Old Bridge, died Oct. 20, 2008, at home. She was predeceased by her husband, Neil J. Andrade, in 2005; a daughter, Ursula Kochick; and a son, Clifford Andrade. Surviving are five daughters, Petra Ragucci of Browns Mills, Michelle and her husband, Dennis Samoilis, of Fair Lawn,…

  • Town would see many benefits from a community garden

    (An open letter to the Old Bridge Mayor James Phillips; Open Space Committee members Sam Rizzo, Edward Testino, Lucille Panos and Colleen McGurk; and Parks, Recreation and Social Services Director W. Thomas Badcock.) My name in Nataliya Gosselin and I would like you to consider and discuss my proposition for a community garden in our…

  • Adele Pistorino Maliszewski

    Mrs. Maliszewski, 59, of Sayreville, died Oct. 13, 2008, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. She was an ordained minister for the past 10 years in the Society of Novus Spiritus in Campbell, Calif., prior to which she was employed by Merchants Bank in New York City. Mrs. Maliszewski was a former…

  • America must focus on most pressing needs

    America is not just white, black, red or brown. America is a great country where people of all nations and all colors of the world live with pride. This is also the year of presidential elections where we choose the leader of this great country four the next four years. As a citizen, I suspect…

  • Eilene R. Pushkin

    Mrs. Pushkin, 60, of the Parlin section of Sayreville, died Oct. 22, 2008, at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. Her father, Harry Kaplan, predeceased her. Surviving are two daughters, Tara Pushkin and Michelle Gianna and her husband, Fedele, all of North Brunswick; her mother, Goldy Kaplan, of Old Bridge; a brother, Howard Kaplan, of Old Bridge;…

  • Toll hikes unfair to overburdened commuters

    While I recognize that additional revenue would be required for expansion or possibly maintenance of the current toll roads including the New Jersey Turnpike, commuters that use these three roads should not be considered a bottomless pit at the ready to fund any and all projects. Commuters that use these three roads already pay gasoline…