Category: Suburban Opinion

  • OBHS academic team competes on quiz show

    Faces off against Nutley on News 12 Feb. 23 and 24 The academic team from Old Bridge High School will face Nutley High School in the first-round competition of Cablevision’s “The Challenge.” Pictured are (from left) academic adviser Barbara Hauser, Grittney Tam, team captain Neeraja Konuthula, host Bryan Jenkins, Dedeepya Konuthula, Nidhi Saraiya and team…

  • Officials thanked for having a HEART

    As a survivor of cardiac arrest and triple bypass heart surgery, and as an American Heart Association Go Red for Women survivor ambassador, I am one of the fortunate ones. Heart disease and stroke claim the lives of nearly 14,000 New Jersey women annually. Too many mothers, sisters, daughters and friends die each year from…

  • Keeping Corzine on track

    In a rush to score some political points with Middlesex County officials and residents during a public meeting in that county, Gov. Jon Corzine made a foolish comment. Corzine was in the midst of a series of public meetings around the state, trying to sell his financial restructuring and debt reduction plan. During this tour…

  • Ruth J. Saul Susik

    Mrs. Susik, 82, of Perry Hall, Md., formerly of Old Bridge, died Feb. 8, 2008, at home. Surviving are two daughters, Laurie Demers, and her fiancé, Bryan, of Perry Hall, and Donna Zucker of Princeton; a son, Theodore Susik of Old Bridge; a brother, Franklin Saul of Florida; and a grandson. Services were held at…

  • Message is clear: Remove libraries from cap, don’t cut funding

    Your recent editorial on library funding and municipal-budget caps (“Library Funding Hikes, Budget Caps Don’t Mesh,” Suburban, Jan. 31) gave a balanced assessment of the situation created by having funding for municipal libraries under the new cap legislation. We believe your last statement was absolutely correct – municipal libraries must be removed from the 4…

  • Catherine M. “Kitty” Jayne Serrano

    Mrs. Serrano, 79, of Old Bridge, formerly of the Parlin section of Sayreville, died Feb. 13, 2008. Her husband, Charles T. Serrano, died in 1988, and a son-in-law, Michael Powell, died in 2006. Surviving are two daughters, Janie Powell and Stephanie Vera, and her husband, Diego, all of Old Bridge; two sisters, Sister Therese Jayne,…

  • Coda

    Lions and tigers and coyotes… oh, my! GREG BEAN Ihad to laugh last week when a friend sent me the link to an article that appeared in a local paper out West. It seems that a guy who lives in Hoback Junction, Wyo., went out to the driveway recently to brush the snow off his…

  • Frank Szegeti

    Mr. Szegeti, 83, of South River, died Feb. 5, 2008, at home. His first wife, Arlene Pindrus Szegeti, and a sister, Margaret Benedict, both died in 1983. Surviving are his wife, Elaine Bruhn Szegeti; a son, Robert, and his wife, Linda, of South River; three sisters, Helen Lawnik of South River and Dorothy Grekoski and…

  • Red State/Blue State

    Can we do a better chant? Yes, we can! Yes, we can! DAVE SIMPSON & GREG BEAN A political discussion between Red State conservative Dave Simpson – a former reporter, editor, publisher and columnist – and Greg Bean, Blue Stater and executive editor of GreaterMedia Newspapers. Let us know what you think. Dear Greg: In…