Category: Suburban Opinion

  • Obituaries

    Ralph J. DeBlasio Jr. Mr. DeBlasio, 70, of the Parlin section of Sayreville, died Sept. 17 in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. He was a mechanic for the Sayreville Board of Education for the past seven years. Surviving are his wife, Michelle Becker DeBlasio; three sons, Sgt. 1st Class Ralph D., U.S. Army…

  • Letters

    Residents urged to take part in Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of women. According to the American Heart Association, a woman is 10 times as likely to die from heart disease as from breast cancer. Nearly 500,000 women die each year in our country due to cardiovascular disease, including almost 15,000 New Jersey…

  • It’s safe to smoke but only in your dreams

    Coda Greg Bean After many years as an ex-smoker, I took the habit up again this week, and I’m enjoying it immensely. The news that I’m smoking again initially horrified my wife, and it will probably horrify my friends as well. I lost both of my parents to lung cancer, and I’d been a two-pack-a-day…

  • Obituaries

    Grace C. Mack Edel Mrs. Edel, 74, of the Laurence Harbor section of Old Bridge, died Aug. 31 in CentraState Medical Center, Freehold. She was predeceased by her husband, Donald Edel. Surviving are two sons, Joseph Edel of Laurence Harbor and Donald Edel of the Morganville section of Marlboro; a daughter, Bonnie Muniz of the…

  • Obituaries

    Rose Russo D’Amore Mrs. D’Amore, 85, of Sayreville, died Aug. 30 in Kimball Medical Center, Lakewood. Her husband, Ben D’Amore, died in 1992, and a son, Louis D’Amore, died in 1989. Surviving are a daughter, Marie Cardone and her husband Leonard of Jackson; a daughter-in-law, Marianne D’Amore of Carlstadt; a sister, Virginia Carchio of Sayreville;…

  • Fund-raisers

    Sept. 9 • Uniform Sale, sponsored by the Raritan Bay Medical Center Old Bridge Auxiliary, 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., in Auxiliary Hall B and C, lower level of the Medical Arts Building, adjacent to the hospital’s Old Bridge division, off Ferry Road, between routes 9 and 18. (732) 324-5006. Sept. 9 & 10 •…

  • Letters

    Focus on strengthening EMS via education New York City’s recent release of more 9/11 tapes hopefully makes the public aware of what we in the emergency medical services (EMS) community already knew: EMS responders — volunteers included — played a much more vital role in the day’s events than reported until now. The overall feeling…

  • Water tower designed to meet greater demands

    BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE — A new water storage tank that is up and soon to be running near Route 9 is designed to keep the township safer. The elevated tank, located just off the state highway in Old Bridge’s Sayrewoods section, should be ready to go this…