Category: Suburban Opinion
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Students arrested; one charged with striking school principal
BY JENNIFER BOOTON Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — A 14-year-old male was charged with aggravated assault last week after he allegedly punched the school principal during an altercation at the SayrevilleMiddle School. Police responded to the school on Washington Road at 2:45 p.m. June 2 after the school called to report an altercation, according to Sayreville…
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Urge legislators to restore homestead rebate
AARP believes that taxes should be based on the ability to pay and that property taxes ought to be affordable. Under the proposed state budget for New Jersey, there will be no homestead property tax rebates this year. Approximately 600,000 New Jersey residents will be affected, and for many, the loss of the property-tax rebate…
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Assistance personnel provide important services
On behalf of the Association of Student Assistance Professionals of New Jersey (ASAP-NJ), I am writing to alert you of a potentially catastrophic situation that is occurring in our schools statewide. Due to the devastating effects of massive budget cuts in every school district in the state, we have been notified that numerous school districts,…
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Thanks go out to Elks, riders for support, generosity
Vroom! Vroom! On behalf of Special Projects for Special Children Inc., the nonprofit organization that supports Old Bridge Township’s R.O.B.I.N. (Recreation in Old Bridge for those In Need) therapeutic recreation programs, we would like to thank the many motorcycle riders who participated in the Ray Cola Motorcycle Run at Old Bridge Elks Lodge No. 2229…
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Thomas Kelly
Mr. Kelly, 95, of Holmdel, formerly of Old Bridge and Middletown, died May 24, 2010, in Bayshore Health Care Center, Holmdel. He was predeceased by his wife, Mabel Connelly Kelly, and by a son-in-law, Michael Welstead. Surviving are two daughters, Patricia Ann Byrne, and her husband, John J., of Belle Mead and Joan Ellen Kelly…
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Mildred Kalasin
Mrs. Kalasin, 91, of South River, died May 23, 2010, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. She was predeceased by her husband, Anthony Kalasin; a daughter, Theresa Marie; and a grandson, Angelo Guarrera. Surviving are four daughters, Antoinette Budrow of Easton, Pa., Charlene Subyak, and her husband, Joseph, of Manahawkin, Rosann Weaver, and…
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This is a people problem, and not a dog problem
CODA GREG BEAN The City Council in Garfield has backed off its misguided attempt to impose punitive restrictions on anyone who owns a pit bull. But that does not solve the problems for this misunderstood, and sometimes feared, breed of dogs in our state. The controversy started earlier this spring, when the council introduced an…
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Willetta Reid Linke
Willetta Reid Linke, 79, of Jackson, formerly of Jamesburg and Kingstree, S.C., died May 26, 2010, in Care One at Jackson. She was employed for more than 20 years by Mendoker’s Quality Bakery, Jamesburg. She was predeceased by her husband, Calvin Linke, and by two sons, James and Charles Linke. Surviving are two daughters and…
