Category: Suburban Opinion

  • Readers weigh in on column on teachers’ union issues

    CODA GREG BEAN When I wrote a column critical of the state’s teachers’ unions a few weeks ago, I girded my loins for what I expected would be the usual backlash to columns like that — notes from readers angry that I was bashing noble teachers and programs “for the kids.” My readers got the…

  • Thinks governor’s plan can begin to lower property taxes

    The Christie Reform Agenda: Cap 2.5 is just what New Jersey needs to get property taxes under control. For far too long we’ve been the state labeled as having the highest property taxes in the nation due to the past decade of astronomical increases of 70 percent. The people of New Jersey can no longer…

  • Senior Property Tax Freeze must be ‘unfrozen’

    New Jersey has the highest property taxes in the nation. Combine these steep property tax rates with a faltering economy and skyrocketing home energy costs, and you’ll discover a real hardship for many older New Jersey residents living on fixed incomes. The Senior Property Tax Freeze is now being, well, frozen, which will affect many…

  • New Route 18 guardrails are waste of taxpayer dollars

    Has anyone noticed the new guardrails in the median along Route 18 below East Brunswick, continuing almost to the Garden State Parkway? It’s a huge waste of money. I have lived in East Brunswick 19 years and don’t ever recall a story of someone being killed or even injured because there was no guardrail there.…

  • Couple asks assistance in recovering stolen statue

    On May 20 our outdoor gnome statue, 3 feet high, all cement and weighing about 300 pounds, was stolen from our lawn next to our driveway. The gnome has a dark brown hat, full white beard and black smoking pipe. He sports a bright red overcoat, beige legs and large brown shoes, sitting on a…

  • Carl Frederick Schwarz

    Mr. Schwarz, 79, of St. George, Utah, formerly of South River, died May 14, 2010, at home. Surviving are his wife, Germaine Henckler Schwarz; a son and daughter-inlaw, Arthur and Susan of Germantown, Md.; two daughters, Sharon and Cynthia, both of the Somerset section of Franklin; a stepson and daughter-in-law, David Ganima and Mary Menna…

  • Automotive students steer way to scholarships

    OBHS juniors third in state in timed auto skills contest BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — The next time NASCAR is in need of a technician or two for its pit crew, the auto-racing juggernaut needs to look no further than Old Bridge High School. Automotive service students Evan Rosencranz and Nicholas Van…

  • Dorothy Williams Holliday

    Ms. Holliday, 49, of Sayreville, died May 18, 2010, in Briarwood Care Center, Sayreville. She was employed as a school bus driver. Her mother, Dorothy Reynolds Holliday, died in 1994. Surviving is her father, Richard “Doc” Holliday of South River. Services were held at Carmen F. Spezzi Funeral Home, Parlin section of Sayreville. Interment was…