Category: Suburban Opinion
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Tenure must be on the table in reform talks
CODA GREG BEAN One of the first columns I wrote after coming to work at Greater Media Newspapers was at the request of my youngest son, who was distraught that his favorite teacher had been denied tenure in East Brunswick and was losing his job. My son was angry at the unfairness of the situation…
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Why spend money on unnecessary roadwork?
On Sept. 20, 2010, a repaving of Cottrell Road between routes 516 and 34 was begun. The road has been milled in preparation for the paving. This is a road that I travel every day — it did not have a pothole or a repaired pothole in it. In my opinion it was one of…
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Grateful to freeholders for preserving open space
Iwant to thank the members of the Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders for once again stepping up and helping preserve open space. Through the board’s assistance, 63 acres in Old Bridge that were threatened by development will now be preserved for posterity. So often we see land paved over for another shopping center and…
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Republican Women’s Club has a question for Democrats
The Middlesex County Democratic machine has had a stranglehold on the people of Middlesex County, raising taxes and driving out ratable businesses. Now the Middlesex County Democratic machine was caught filming a campaign ad using public employees and equipment paid for by the taxpayers. They pulled the ad after it became public that the Democrats…
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Marie Rose Squitieri Levendosky
Mrs. Levendosky, 80, of Spotswood, died Sept. 14, 2010, at home. She was predeceased by two brothers, Anthony and Gabriel Squitieri. Surviving are her husband, Edward Levendosky; a daughter, Emily Pekurney, and her husband, William, of Spotswood; a son, Edward J. Levendosky, and his wife, Josette, also of Spotswood; two granddaughters; and a greatgrandson. Services…
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Ronald J. Butler
Mr. Butler, 53, of Old Bridge, died Sept. 14, 2010, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. He was the owner of ARBE Landscaping, Old Bridge, since 1978, and ARBE Gardens and Gifts and Paintball Authority, also Old Bridge. He served as Middlesex County Utility Authority commissioner since 2009. He was predeceased by his…
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Joseph C. Grobleski
Mr. Grobleski, 86, of East Brunswick, died Sept. 19, 2010, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Surviving are his wife, Blanche Shuberda Grobleski; a son, Thomas Grobleski, and his wife, Susan, of Oak Ridge; and two grandchildren. A Mass was offered at Corpus Christi Church, South River. Interment was in St. Mary’s Cemetery,…
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Michael F. Blake
Mr. Blake, 94, of Sayreville, died Sept. 24, 2010, in Barbara E. Cheung Hospice, Edison. His wife, Matilda Leibold Blake, died in July. He also was predeceased by a sister, Margaret Blake. Surviving are a son, Michael, and his wife, Louise, of Brooklyn, N.Y.; three daughters, Maureen Coppola of South Amboy, Joanne White, and her…
