Category: Suburban Opinion

  • Coda

    The old gal was a woman who was ahead of her time • GREG BEAN My grandmother, who was a competent and rational woman in most regards, had what we thought were some very weird notions about credit and banks. Those ideas were forged in the Great Depression, when the family lost everything but its…

  • Crackdown shows gangs had become prominent

    The dozens of arrests made over the past six months show what many have long known: that street gang activity exists and has become a significant problem in Middlesex County and in New Jersey as a whole. Gang-related crimes have surfaced in several local towns, and it is to the credit of law enforcement officials…

  • Carmela “Millie” Valinoti

    Mrs. Valinoti, 89, of Sayreville, died Oct. 10, 2008, at home. Prior to her retirement, she had been a crossing guard for the Jersey City Police Department. Her husband, Frank C. Valinoti, predeceased her in 1991. Surviving are her children, Robert Valinoti and his wife, JoAnn, Sayreville, and Mary Palermo, Manalapan; six grandchildren; and eleven…

  • Eugene Francis Zamorski

    Mr. Zamorski, 85, of Sayreville, died Oct. 4, 2008, at JFK Hartwyck Estates, Edison. Prior to his retirement in 1986, he was employed for 44 years in the research and development department of E.I. Du Pont Photo Products, Parlin. He was a U.S. Navy Seabee veteran of World War II and the Korean War. Surviving…

  • John T. Taikina

    Mr. Taikina, 69, of Manalapan, formerly of Old Bridge, died Oct. 9, 2008, at home. He served in the U.S. Army and Army Reserve and was honorably discharged in May 1967. A Certified Public Accountant, he worked in a number of management capacities for Halle & Stieglitz, Inc., in Manhattan for more than 20 years,…

  • Red State/ Blue State

    The real lowdown on ‘low-information voters’ DAVE SIMPSON & GREG BEAN Dear Greg: I have a new policy, Old Pal. When I write my half of this column, I listen to Rush Limbaugh on the radio. That way, my feelings aren’t hurt when you’re mean to me in your response. Sort of like last week,…

  • Jo-Ann Murray Janicki

    Mrs. Janicki, 49, of Old Bridge, died Oct. 8, 2008, at the Golden Living Center, Old Bridge. Born in Jersey City, she resided in East Brunswick before moving to Old Bridge 29 years ago. Mrs. Janicki was an assistant tax collector for the township of East Brunswick, where she worked for 26 years. She was…

  • Sophie “Sally” B. Szaber Takacs

    Mrs. Takacs, 82, of South River, died Sept. 13, 2008, at Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. She was predeceased in 2006 by her husband of 52 years, Carl A. Takacs. Surviving are her children, Carl, of South River, and Cindy, of East Windsor; two sisters, Anne B. Shymanski, of Old Bridge, and Cecelia Szaber,…

  • Alfred Joseph Rozanowski

    Mr. Rozanowski, 91, of Marlboro, died Oct. 7, 2008, at home. A U.S. Army veteran of World War II, he was employed as a foreman for Colgate Palmolive in Jersey City for 40 years until his retirement in 1979. His wife, Josephine, died in June, and a grandson, Michael, in 2002. Surviving are two sons…