Category: Suburban Opinion

  • RCA issue addressed out of courts

    Over the past week we have heard many predictions of destruction and doom with calls for resistance from towns vowing to fight the recent legislative action to ban Regional Contribution Agreements – the loophole in our fair housing law that for two decades allowed New Jersey’s wealthiest towns to pay poor communities to take their…

  • Joseph M. Brzychcy

    Mr. Brzychcy, 57, of the Parlin section of Sayreville, died July 13, 2008, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was predeceased by his parents, Helen and Joseph Brzychcy. Surviving are a sister, Mary Ellen Brzychcy; and many aunts, uncles and cousins. A Mass was offered at St. Bernadette’s Church, Parlin section of…

  • Pallone criticized for not addressing Lyme epidemic

    Thank you for your thorough article on Congressman Frank Pallone and his refusal to bring H.R. 741 to a vote or hearing (May 22, Suburban). The Lyme and Tick-borne Disease Prevention, Education and Research Act is an extreme emergency not only for Frank Pallone’s constituents but for people across the nation. People from across the…

  • Sylvia M. Boyce Houzell

    Mrs. Houzell, 75, of East Brunswick, died July 15, 2008, in Barbara E. Cheung Hospice, Edison. Surviving are two daughters, Sharon Houzell and Adrienne Houzell Bailey, both of East Brunswick; two sons, Carlton Houzell of Brooklyn, N.Y., and Donald Houzell of Queens, N.Y.; a sister, Lorraine Estes of Mount Pocono, Pa.; six grandchildren; and two…

  • Dorothy A. Robinson

    Mrs. Robinson, 94, of the Ocean Beach section of Dover, formerly of South River and New Brunswick, died July 17, 2008, at home. She was a seamstress in New Brunswick, Highland Park and South River for many years. Her husband, Bert E. Robinson, died in 1985, and a grandson, Brian Buthy, died in 2000. Surviving…

  • Anna R. Paprota Wasielewski

    Mrs. Wasielewski, 83, of Sayreville, died July 16, 2008, in Briarwood Care Center, Sayreville. Prior to her retirement in 1983, she was employed as a seamstress at Woronowicz Handkerchief Factory, South River, where she worked for 20 years. Her husband, Edward F. Wasielewski, died in 1986. Surviving are a son, Edward Wasielewski, and his wife,…

  • Robert Drake

    Mr. Drake, 81, of Old Bridge, died July 17, 2008, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was predeceased by a son, Robert, and by a grandson, Scott. Surviving are his wife, Charlotte Beam Drake; a daughter, Nancy Schnitzerling, and her husband, Bill, of Old Bridge; three sons, William, and his wife, Patty,…

  • Camille Battista Makara

    Mrs. Makara, 68, of the Parlin section of Sayreville, died July 15, 2008, at home. She was predeceased by her parents, Beatrice and John Battista. Surviving are her husband, Joseph Makara; a daughter, Antoinette Makara of Sayreville; a son, Andrew Makara, and his wife, Jennifer, of Old Bridge; a brother, Anthony Battista, and a sister,…

  • Boyd M. Nash

    Mr. Nash, 77, of Harrogate, Tenn., formerly of Old Bridge, died July 7, 2008, in Claiborn County Hospital, Tazewell, Tenn. Prior to his retirement in 1985, he was employed as an Old Bridge police officer for 30 years. His wife, Janice S. Behun Nash, died in 1995; a son, Gary L. Nash, died in 1985;…