Category: Suburban Opinion
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Retired administrator steps in for principal
Michael Poll gets warm reception at Sacred Heart BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SOUTH AMBOY — Sacred Heart School is moving ahead in its search for a new principal. The Rev. Joseph Romanoski, pastor of Sacred Heart Church, Washington Avenue, has appointed Michael Poll of Sayreville to the position of temporary administrator. Poll started at the…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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;…
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Highway will bring noise, pollution, hazards
Iam writing to oppose the destruction of my small town American dream — a dream that has children playing on quiet cul-de-sacs with their friends, of people taking strolls along the quiet tree-lined streets with their friends, and of neighbors sitting in their front yards on the first warm spring day. That is the dream…
