Category: Suburban Opinion

  • Jeannette Toth

    Mrs. Toth, 77, of Manalapan, died Oct. 31, 2007, at home. Prior to her retirement in 1991, she was employed as a sales clerk at Mendokers’ Bakery, Jamesburg, for more than 20 years. She was predeceased by a daughter, Nancy J. Fitzpatrick, in 2000. Surviving are her husband, Joseph J. Toth; two daughters and sonsin…

  • Eloise J. Branham Marsh

    Mrs. Marsh, 92, of East Brunswick, died Nov. 11, 2007, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. Prior to her retirement, she was employed for 25 years by the former Howard Johnson’s restaurant, New Jersey Turnpike, East Brunswick. Her husband, Ralph E. Marsh, died in 1980. Surviving are a son, Ralph E. Marsh Jr.,…

  • John Edward “Bud” Smith

    Mr. Smith, 81, of the Clearwater community in Spotswood, died Nov. 6, 2007, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. Surviving are his wife, Theresa C. Rosenkranz Smith; two sons, the Rev. William J. Smith of St. Anthony of Padua Church, Port Reading section of Woodbridge, and Edward Smith, and his wife, Arlene, of…

  • Virginia “Terry” Rivers Sabino

    Mrs. Sabino, 61, of North Brunswick, formerly of East Brunswick, died Nov. 10, 2007, in The Elms, Cranbury. She was an accountant at St. Bartholomew’s Church Parish Office, East Brunswick. Prior to that, she was an accountant with several area companies. She was predeceased by two sons, Raymond W. Sabino, in 1990, and William R.…

  • Elizabeth “Betty” J. Ryan Nielsen

    Mrs. Nielsen, 83, of South River, died Nov. 6, 2007, in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to her retirement in 1995, she was employed as a packer with Block Drug, Dayton section of South Brunswick, where she worked for 15 years. Her husband, Harney E., died in 1975, and a son, Richard C.,…

  • Coda

    Savor those magical and special moments in time GREG BEAN Igave up big-game hunting decades ago when I moved away from the state where I was born, a place where most people filled their freezers for the winter and fed their kids from the bounty of the land. And even though it’s been a long…

  • Red State/Blue State

    If you look outside, you might see pigs in flight 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 Greg: In the…

  • 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…