Category: Tri-Town Opinion

  • Catherine Rider

    Mrs. Rider, 82, of Old Bridge, died March 15, 2008, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. A daughter, Mary Chojnacki, died in 2004. Surviving are her husband, Robert; a son and daughter-in-law, Robert and Denise of Marlboro; three daughters and sonsin law, Ellen and Larry Harris of Manalapan, Rita and Thomas Birardi of…

  • Longtime acquaintance offers support for Tilis in school election

    This letter is somewhat out of character in that elected officials in one community do not typically offer praise and support for candidates for school board in another community. My family has known the Tilis family for a long time. As a matter of fact, Dr. Howard Tilis presented me with my high school diploma.…

  • Alice B. Arbaczawski

    Mrs. Arbaczawski, 92, of Howell Township, died March 17, 2008, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. She was born in Minneapolis and lived in Freehold before moving to Howell 36 years ago. Mrs. Arbaczawski was a member of the ILGWU, Local No. 130, New York City. She was predeceased by her husband, John R. Arbaczawski…

  • Howell’s Township Council must prune new municipal budget

    The Howell Township Council is now in the process of reviewing the yearly budget. The one thought the council should consider when examining the budget is that “difficult times require difficult measures.” The Howell taxpayer needs the council to scrutinize the budget at greater depth and extract greater efficiencies from each department. After reviewing the…

  • Ida E. Germann

    Mrs. Germann, 91, of Freehold Township, died March 20, 2008, at CareOne in Jackson. During World War II she was a welder at the naval base in Seattle, and later owned and operated the Roost Luncheonette in Cliffwood Beach with her husband, Stephen. Mrs. Germann was predeceased by her husband in 1992; three brothers, Irvin,…

  • Leonard Mandelbaum

    Dr. Mandelbaum, 77, of Lakewood, died March 2, 2008, atMeridian Subacute Care Center, Wall Township. Formerly of Paramus, he received a master’s degree from New York University and a doctorate from William Paterson University, Wayne. Before his retirement, Dr. Mandelbaum was supervisor of the Industrial Arts Department for the Paterson Board of Education. He is…

  • Albert Toth

    Mr. Toth, 88, of Lakewood died March 5, 2008, at KimballMedical Center, Lakewood. He lived in Woodbridge for 40 years before moving to Lakewood 10 years ago. Mr. Toth was a bus operator for NJ Transit, New Brunswick, for over 30 years, retiring in the 1970s. He was predeceased by two brothers, Frank and Stephen.…

  • Anita “Penny” Lieberman

    Mrs. Lieberman, 70, of Winding Ways in Jackson, died March 9, 2008, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., she moved to Manalapan in 1966 and then to Jackson in 1996. Mrs. Lieberman was a graduate of the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City, and worked as a designer of children’s…

  • State Senate bill merits serious attention

    Annuities which guarantee buyers regular income after a long-term investment can be useful tools for retirement planning. Unfortunately, the annuities market is also ripe for fraud. For instance, most annuities do not provide any returns for 10 years or more. They are inappropriate for most people in their 80s and yet self-described experts advertise them…