Category: Suburban Opinion

  • DRSANA ought to retract accusations, gain respect of community

    Iam appalled by the advertisement featuring an open letter from the Dayalbagh Radhasoami Satsang Association of North America (DRSANA) to President Barack Obama that appeared in the Oct. 24 issue of The New York Times, suggesting outright racism by our Old Bridge Township zoning officials. Falsely raising racism in a zoning application issue hurts the…

  • Church members rate praise for helping neighbors

    Oct. 17 was Help Your Neighbor Day. This idea was started by the members of Sayrewoods Bible Church, Old Bridge. These people, out of the kindness of their hearts, came and did a service for me and other neighbors. They cut down my bushes and also trimmed the trees in my front yard and backyard.…

  • Baker is hard-working, fights for residents

    Ihave known Councilman Bill Baker for many years, ever since we served together on the executive board of the Cheesequake Baseball Association, and I can tell you that there is no harderworking individual who will fight for the interests of the residents of Ward 2 and Old Bridge. I fully support his bid for re-election…

  • Calls for candidate to retract accusation of illegality

    Irecently watched the televised debate between candidates for Township Council in Ward 1, Eleanor “Debbie” Walker and Robert Volkert. In the course of the debate, Mr. Volkert accused the Board of Commissioners, Fire District No. 2, of illegally purchasing a fire truck. It is unfortunate that Mr. Volkert did not have his facts straight before…

  • Panos asks the questions, demands answers and accountability

    With Election Day not far off and candidates appealing to be elected or reelected to the Old Bridge Township Council, I am declaring myself in full support of our current Old Bridge councilwoman, Lucille Panos. Throughout her tenure as our councilwoman, Mrs. Panos has asked the questions and demanded the answers to matters that needed…

  • James D. Schultz Sr.

    Mr. Schultz, 60, of North Brunswick, died Oct. 13, 2009, at Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was a licensed professional engineer at the New Jersey Highway Authority for 12 years, retiring in 1998. Prior to that, he was employed in the engineering department of Middlesex County and was a teacher at Middlesex County…

  • Choosing Column A all the way on Election Day

    In this upcoming election, voters will have a myriad of challenges to ponder prior to casting their ballot, but they will also have clear proven choices to elect. The obvious prudent choice is Column A, from top to bottom. Gov. Jon Corzine inherited a state in crisis, and in four years much has been accomplished…

  • Annabell Tasco Donnamaria

    Mrs. Donnamaria, 73, of the Parlin section of Sayreville, died Oct. 12, 2009, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to her retirement in 2000, she was employed as a bank teller with PNC Bank, Parlin, where she worked for 10 years. Before that, she worked as an assistant dean at Berkeley College,…

  • TNR can work if residents are patient, caregivers responsible

    Let me set the record straight regarding TNR (trap-neuter-release) in South River. There have been various letters to the editor regarding TNR in South River in the newspapers recently. I had the TNR ordinance passed in my town 2 1/2 years ago. I have been practicing TNR in my town for the last 11 years,…