Category: Suburban Opinion

  • Adele Pistorino Maliszewski

    Mrs. Maliszewski, 59, of Sayreville, died Oct. 13, 2008, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. She was an ordained minister for the past 10 years in the Society of Novus Spiritus in Campbell, Calif., prior to which she was employed by Merchants Bank in New York City. Mrs. Maliszewski was a former…

  • Junior racing series was fun and rewarding

    Old Bridge Township Raceway Park finished its points series for Junior Dragsters on Sept. 21. I would like to thank everyone there for a safe and fun-filled season. The entire staff has been exceptional. Junior Drag Racing teaches children responsibility, good sportsmanship and how to pay attention to detail. It is a sport that can…

  • Betty C. Mericle Jones

    Mrs. Jones, 76, a resident of Sayreville since 1955, died Oct. 14, 2008, at Briarwood Care Center, Sayreville. She was predeceased by her brothers, Richard, Paul and Robert Mericle. Surviving are her husband of 57 years, Evan “Bud” Jones; two sons, Evan Thomas Jones Jr. and his wife Wanda of Elkton, Md., and Russell R.…

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    ERIC SUCAR staff Fourth-graders at the Samsel Upper Elementary School, Sayreville, shovel rocks into a drainage system during the PTO-sponsored Fall Beautification Day Oct. 10, when students, staff, parents and employees from the Home Depot of South Brunswick built a garden block wall and corrected a drainage problem.

  • Grateful for help of many with Dog Ownership Day

    We would like to thank Jerry Ust, recreation director, his office staff and the Sayreville Recreation Advisory Board for their full support and help with Sayreville Recreation’s second annual Responsible Dog Ownership Day on Oct. 5, 2008. We would also like to say thank you to the parks department employees who set up the equipment…

  • Francis E. Schneider

    Mr. Schneider, 88, a resident of Marlboro for 27 years, died Oct. 14,, 2008, at CentraState Medical Center in Freehold Township. He was an auditor and assistant comptroller for Union Carbide Inc., in Manhattan for 35 years before retiring in 1978. He was predeceased by his wife, Dorothy, in 2006. Mr. Schneider is survived by…

  • Battle of the marching bands comes to SWMHS

    BY ZACH LEVINE Correspondent SAYREVILLE — Normally a lot of attention goes to sporting events, and not what many consider to be the halftime show. On Sunday, the marching bands will take the spotlight. Forty-nine of them will descend upon Sayreville War Memorial High School for what could be the biggest event of the year…

  • Drinking age debate important to future of young lives

    Behind the fusillade of faulty arguments proffered by the Amethyst Initiative in support of lowering the minimum legal drinking age to 18 lurks an inconvenient truth: doing so would only exacerbate the current epidemic of underage drinking, further jeopardizing young lives at a critical juncture in their physical, social, and emotional development. What we know…

  • New Jersey politicians hurting, not helping middle class

    Politicians say: “We’re for the middle class, we feel your pain, vote for us and we will solve your problems.” Politicians from both of the major parties have the best interests of the middle class as their top priorities. Or do they? Most, if not all, wellknown players in the political arena are multi-millionaires. I’m…