Category: Suburban Opinion

  • There’s just no market for used, gas-guzzling pickups

    GREG BEAN Coda When some people get to my age and tap their memory banks, they say they often associate important events in their lives with songs.   For one female friend of my acquaintance, DaveMason’s big hit from1977, "We Just Disagree," takes her back to the tumultuous breakup of her first marriage, and Eric…

  • Family overwhelmed by support of youngster and friends

    I just want to say thank you, and those two words don’t say enough. You turn on the television, read the newspaper or click on the Internet, and you cannot find a feel-good story like the one that happened this past Friday in Sayreville. My daughter, Alexis Vanore, is 5 years old and has been…

  • Sam considered money kept from government a big win

    DAVE SIMPSON & GREG BEAN Red State/Blue State A political discussion between Red State conservative Dave Simpson – a former reporter, editor, publisher and columnist – and Greg Bean, Blue Stater and executive editor of GreaterMedia Newspapers. Let us know what you think. Dear Greg: This talk about a federal gasoline tax holiday brings back…

  • County should keep the ‘sex,’ forget about the ‘Middle’

    I would like to thank Taj Ahmad of the Parlin section of Sayreville for his impassioned plea to our "lawmakers, senators and other politicians" ("Suggests Taking the ‘Sex’ Out of ‘Middlesex County,’ " Suburban, May 8) to divert their attention away from the less-pressing issues of violent crime, homeland security, universal health care and global…

  • Robert Beaudoin

    Mr. Beaudoin, 71, of Spotswood, died May 7, 2008, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. Surviving are his wife, Camille Beaudoin; a son and daughter-in-law, Robert and Jill Beaudoin of Howell; a daughter and son-in-law, Christine and Mike Ducane of Spotswood; a brother, John Sardina of Brooklyn, N.Y.; a sister, Marie DaPonte of…

  • Anne Marie Merce Rogan

    Mrs. Rogan, 60, of Murfreesboro, Tenn., formerly of North Brunswick, died May 9, 2008. She was predeceased by her parents, Russell and Leona Mae Berry Merce. Surviving are her husband, Bruce Rogan; four brothers, Ira Merce, and his wife, Jane, and Donald Merce, and his wife, Carol, all of Lakeland, Fla., William Merce, and his…

  • John W. Smith Jr.

    Mr. Smith, 81, of Sayreville, died May 7, 2008, in Care One at Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy division. Prior to his retirement in 1991, he was employed in the maintenance department at Bristol-Myers Squibb, North Brunswick, where he worked for 23 years. Before that, he was employed for 23 years with Sayer and…

  • Jeanette Bolene Edick

    Mrs. Edick, 76, of Old Bridge, died May 5, 2008, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy division. She was employed for many years in the accounting department at Larter and Sons, Laurence Harbor section of Old Bridge. Surviving are her husband, Charles Edick; a son, Andrew Edick, and his wife, Valerie, of Old Bridge;…

  • Ella Dunn Murphy

    Mrs. Murphy, 77, of the Cliffwood Beach section of Old Bridge, died April 23, 2008, in Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. Her husband, John, died in 2007. Surviving are two sisters, Marie Novak of Wayne and Claire Bocchino of Belleville; and a brother and sisterin law, James and Dina Dunn of Belleville. A Mass was offered…