Category: Suburban Opinion

  • O.B. police conduct drills in case of school incident

    COURTESY OF OLD BRIDGE POLICE DEPARTMENT Township police officers enter the hallways of Old Bridge High School during a recent training event in which all the department’s officers prepared for the event of a terrorist or other attack on a school building. OLD BRIDGE — School may have been off for a week earlier this…

  • Assessment of Corzine was accurate

    This is an open letter to Greg Bean, executive editor, Greater Media Newspapers. I am 52 years old, own a townhome, cannot find work due to the financial disaster that is upon us, and have lived in East Brunswick since August 1987. By way of background, I am a 1977 graduate of the University of…

  • Passage of Mental Health Parity Act lauded

    Iam sure most of you have been paying very close attention to what’s been happening with our economy. I am also sure that you were riveted, as I was, when the very contentious economic bailout package that started out as a 2 1/2-page proposal had ballooned to about 450 pages. But I was not as…

  • Virginia M. Tietjen

    Mrs. Tietjen, 92, of Cheesequake Village, Old Bridge, died Oct. 24, 2008, at home. She resided in the Colonia section of Woodbridge, prior to relocating to Old Bridge, 23 years ago. She was predeceased by a brother, George Kent; two sisters, Dorothy Schmidt and Elsie Tietjen; a grandson, Kenneth Tietjen Jr.; and a greatgrandson, Michael…

  • Personal tribute, thank you goes out to all veterans

    Our veterans come from all walks of life. They are native and foreign born. They represent many different races, ethnic and religious groups. Yet they share a common bond with the American veterans who have gone before them: They swear an oath of allegiance to defend the Constitution of the United States and to go…

  • Catherine T. Westcott Kraemer

    Mrs. Kraemer, 86, of Old Bridge, died Nov. 5, 2008, in Golden Living Care Center, Old Bridge. She was predeceased by her husband, George; a granddaughter, Valerie Tonne; and son-in-law, Ted Krainski. Surviving are two children, Mary Ellen Krainski of Old Bridge and George A., and his wife, Theresa, of New Brunswick; four grandchildren; and…

  • Coda

    Cabinet position for Corzine would be a huge disaster • GREG BEAN So, the rumor mill is running overtime with speculation that New Jersey Gov. Jon S. Corzine is being considered for a cabinet position on President-elect Barack Obama’s team. Specifically, he’s said to be under consideration for the position of secretary of the Treasury.…

  • Consumers need immediate tax relief

    The New Jersey Restaurant Association supports A- 3327/S-2281, the proposal that would cut the sales tax in half to stimulate spending during the upcoming holiday season. Unfortunately, Gov. Corzine simply dismissed this idea. While some longer-term programs certainly have merit, nothing was proposed to provide immediate help to “Main Street” businesses, including the restaurants that…

  • Margaret W. Drumright

    Mrs. Drumright, 93, of South River, died Nov. 3, 2008, at home. In 1957 she began a 20- year career as a fifth- and sixth-grade teacher at William Campbell School, South River. Her husband, James H. Drumright Jr., died in 2001. Surviving are a daughter, Nancy Drumright, and her husband, Fred Testa, of East Brunswick;…