Category: Suburban Opinion

  • Charles C. Cox Sr.

    Mr. Cox, 84, of South River, died Nov. 12, 2007, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was predeceased by two daughters, Christine and Audrey Cox. Surviving are his wife, Dora McLellan Cox; six children, Marjorie Ladd, and her husband, Rod, of Sayreville, Charles Cox Jr., and his wife, Marielise, of Monroe, Marilyn…

  • Red State/Blue State

    Questioning the rule of the unfunny Republican DAVE SIMPSON & GREG BEAN 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 Greater Media Newspapers. Let us know what you think. Dear Gregster: I’m calling you Gregster this…

  • Sterling W. Valentine

    Mr. Valentine, 54, of North Brunswick, died Nov. 22, 2007, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Born in Sleepy Hollow, N.Y., he resided in Highland Park and Pennsylvania before relocating to North Brunswick six years ago. Mr. Valentine was a network engineer at Vonage Inc., Holmdel, the past year. Prior to that he…

  • Phone cards, notes offered soldiers support

    The Veterans Council of Monroe and Jamesburg thanks the residents of Monroe, Jamesburg and the surrounding area for the generous donations of phone cards, which we were able to bring to the soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C., on Oct. 31. We also thank Mayor Richard Pucci and the Monroe Township Council…

  • Henry J. “Hank” Mickiewicz

    Mr. Mickiewicz, 91, the Waretown section of Ocean Township, formerly of Sayreville, died Nov. 2, 2007, at home. Prior to his retirement in 1979, he was employed as a laboratory technician with E.I. DuPont, Parlin section of Sayreville, where he worked for 45 years. He was predeceased by a son, Henry Mickiewicz Jr. Surviving are…

  • The best defense of MRSA is prevention

    If you read the daily paper, chances are good you’ll find a new story of another student diagnosed with methicillinresistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA. Several deaths have been reported, and schools are closing to disinfect their facilities as more cases are diagnosed. MRSA has been around for many years, though it certainly has become increasingly…

  • Donate a bed net, help wipe out malaria

    When I took a trip to Tanzania in 2005, I took malaria pills to make sure that I wouldn’t get malaria. But the natives that I met in Africa don’t have the money for malaria pills. And just like you and me, they are afraid of malaria, too. Malaria infects 500 million people and kills…

  • Barbara E. Thompson

    Ms. Thompson, 56, of Old Bridge, formerly of Woodbridge, died Nov. 2, 2007, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. Surviving are a brother, Kenneth Thompson; and four sisters, Brenda Engram, and her husband, Carl, of Willingboro, Darlene and Ethel Thompson, both of Ohio, and Joyce Thompson of Willingboro. A service was held at…

  • Young families appear to be fleeing from Garden State

    No one said coping with our daily trials or tribulations were easy to handle, but there are many who are saying they have found an answer to their problems. New Jersey residents are leaving our state to seek and find their version of the “American dream.” It had a chilling effect for me since it…