Category: Suburban Opinion
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Adult responsibilities cannot always be measured by a person’s age
This letter is in response to Deborah C. Gumpper’s letter to the editor (“Adult Enough to Go to War but Not to Have a Drink”) in the Dec. 11, 2008, issue of the Suburban. Ms. Gumpper pointed out some of the legal inconsistencies in using 21 as the legal age for alcohol consumption while using…
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Mildred A. Meissner
Ms. Meissner, 100, died Dec. 14, 2008, in Old Bridge Manor. Prior to her retirement in 1973, she was employed by DuPont, Parlin section of Sayreville, where she worked for 35 years. She was predeceased by four brothers, Charles, Howard, Edwin and Frank Meissner, and by a sister, Gertrude Jessen. Surviving are a niece, Carolyn…
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Proposal simply means higher cost in future
The plan to defer payments into employees’ pension systems on the local and county level and in the school system is currently in the state Senate budget committee. Proposed by Gov. Jon Corzine as a way to help avoid property-tax increases, it is a plan that will bring future headaches larger than those we now…
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U.S. must redouble peacekeeping in Darfur
The crisis in Darfur, Sudan, has been devastating, and civilians are suffering from the violence. Armed combatants in Darfur — including Sudanese government forces, the pro-government Janjawid militia and rebel groups — have subjected women and girls to sexual violence and other brutal assaults. According to Amnesty International, on Sept. 5 alone, five women and…
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Carmine Piccora
Mr. Piccora, 78, of Manchester, formerly of the Parlin section of Sayreville, died Dec. 8, 2008, in Kimball Medical Center, Lakewood. His wife, Rosemary G. Antonucci Piccora, died in 1994. Surviving are four children and their spouses, Robert and Myrna Piccora of Westchester, N.Y., Michael and Rose Piccora of Kennett Square, Pa., Lorraine and Lenny…
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Use the $20 million to aid borough improvements, not developer
Kudos to Greg Remaud, conservation director of NY/NJ Baykeeper, and to Robert Spiegel, executive director of Edison Wetlands, for their “Your Turn” guest column, “Sayreville Plan Is Bad for Taxpayers, Bad for Environment,” in the Dec. 4 issue of the Suburban. I can remember the “infamous stench and glowing chemical lagoons” of National Lead, Sayreville,…
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Ruth St. John Le Van
Mrs. Le Van, 83, of the Leisure Village section of Lakewood, died Dec. 5, 2008, at home. Before her retirement in 1985, she was employed by Equitable Life Insurance Co. in New York City, where she worked as a computer programmer for 25 years. Mrs. Le Van was predeceased by her husband, Wayne Le Van,…
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No room for stereotyping in America … or the library
“Raise your hand and point your finger. On the map, just let it linger. Anywhere you point your finger to, There’s someone with the same type blood as you.” — Hebrew Union College, 1950s With the election of Barack Obama to the U.S. presidency, I am looking forward to our country putting behind many of…
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Joseph R. Arcaro
Mr. Arcaro, 92, of the Parlin section of Sayreville, died Dec. 10, 2008, at home. His wife, Anne Pasquale Arcaro, died in 2001. Surviving are four children and their spouses, Joseph and Janice Arcaro of Scotch Plains, Thomas and Susan Arcaro of Passaic Park, Clairanne Arcaro, and her partner, Abby Christmann, of Hackettstown, and Judithanne…
