• This trick would even make the Dog Whisperer jealous

    Coda • GREG BEAN One of my favorite shows on television these days is “The Dog Whisperer” with Cesar Millan. Millan is a dog trainer and psychologist who has an uncanny ability to get inside a dog’s head and figure out what’s making him or her dysfunctional. And once he figures it out, he instinctively…

  • Assocation thanks legislators for health care effort

    The New Jersey Primary Care Association (NJPCA) is pleased to offer our thoughts on national health care reform, and we also wish to thank our key legislators in Washington, D.C., for their good work in moving us even closer to final passage. Special thanks must go to Sen. Robert Menendez and Congressman Frank Pallone for…

  • Call for a law against exotic animal pets

    Charla Nash, the woman who was profoundly disfigured after being attacked by her friend’s “pet” chimpanzee, has experienced unimaginable pain and suffering and will suffer for the rest of her life. Around the United States, countless people have been maimed, seriously injured, or killed by tigers, primates, reptiles, bears, and other exotic species kept as…

  • Support education without using property tax

    In response to the story “S. Bruns. Looks Toward Cuts to Deal With Slash in State Aid,” March 11 Sentinel: No arguing. We are not fairly supporting our schools with the limited N.J. State funds from the progressive N.J. income tax, plus the somewhat less progressive half penny of our broad-based N.J. sales tax. To…

  • Alice E. Ehler Fox

    Mrs. Fox, 93, died March 2, 2010, at the Parker Home in New Brunswick. Born in New York, N.Y., she had resided in this area since 1952. Mrs. Fox worked for Johnson & Johnson in New Brunswick for 30 years before she retired. She was predeceased her husband, Thomas Fox, who died in 1972. Surviving…

  • John “Lefty” Carroll Sr.

    Mr. Carroll, 84, died Feb. 27, 2010, at his home in North Brunswick. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., he moved to North Brunswick in 1935. Mr. Carroll was superintendent at Van Liew Cemetery in North Brunswick where he had worked for 67 years. He and his wife were named the North Brunswick Grandparents of the Year…

  • Russell J. Boettigheimer Jr.

    Mr. Boettigheimer, 85, of South River, died March 7, 2010, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Born in New Brunswick, he had resided in Florida before moving to South River 19 years ago. Prior to retiring in 2000, he was a salesman for Sears, New Brunswick, where he worked for 10 years. Mr.…

  • Leo Volpicella

    Mr. Volpicella, 87, died Feb. 20, 2010, in Lanoka Harbor. Born in Newark, he was a longtime resident of East Orange before retiring to Lanoka Harbor. He was a self-employed building contractor and a building maintenance supervisor for New England Motor Freight in Elizabeth for over 20 years before retiring in 1990. He served his…

  • Frank J. Sipos

    Mr. Sipos, 75, of Milltown, died Feb. 19, 2010, at home. Prior to his retirement, he was a machinist for Continental Baking, East Brunswick, where he worked for more than 25 years. His wife, Olga Battyanyi Sipos, died in 1983. Surviving are two sons and one daughterin law, Frank and Susan Sipos of Montgomery and…

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