Category: Suburban Opinion

  • It’s not all about money for Spotswood teachers

    Report shows boro has lowest starting salaries in N.J. BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer “The culture is what keeps people there. It really is a very, very healthy environment. It makes it a nice district to be in.” – Alan Bartlett President Board of Education SPOTSWOOD – Though starting salaries for teachers in the borough…

  • Joyce A. Knoth Tomasello

    Mrs. Tomasello, 61, of Piscataway, formerly of Keyport and the Cliffwood Beach section of Old Bridge, died Dec. 28, 2007, in Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. She was a secretary with the Matawan/Aberdeen school district and the Keyport Board of Education. She was a former member of the Keyport Board of Education. Surviving are her husband,…

  • Fiscal cuts should come from top down

    Mr. Bean, in his column in your last issue, seems to have found the solution to New Jersey’s budget problems. If we take away 8,440 jobs from our state workers and cut down on programs and services, we might solve our problem. Many of us remember [former Gov.] Christie Whitman’s solution. She took money from…

  • Time was right for mental-health parity in New Jersey

    Guest Column PETE TRABUCCO Assembly Bill A-2512 was to be a cost-saving measure and would have been good for the fiscal health of the state budget and the state economy. It was created to reduce current costs, shifting these costs from the private sector to the public sector, thereby saving the state money and expanding…

  • Red State/Blue State

    In Red and Blue states, the times are a changin’ 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: After more than…

  • SWMHS senior earns top spot in Region Orchestra

    Sayreville War Memorial High School seniorMichael Squillace received the top score in the solo clarinet category at last month’s central New Jersey band and orchestra competition. Michael Squillace Students competing for a spot on the Region Orchestra had to demonstrate their competency in scales and sight reading, and perform a professional-level classical solo. This year’s…

  • Newspaper discredited hard-working team

    My sister and many of the members of the Old Bridge High School swim team were very insulted with the article that Warren Rappleyea wrote about the team in the most recent issue of the Suburban (“Old Bridge swim teams trying to stay afloat,” Suburban, Jan. 10). The title of the article, which is the…

  • Council goings-on make for fascinating reading

    It’s always interesting to read the Suburban’s articles on the meetings of the Sayreville Borough Council. Topics have included a proposal to buy a cliff on Washington Road, construction of a parking lot in the tinyMelrose section of the borough, and, most recently, improved security for the Winding Woods apartment complex. Whatever the topic, one…

  • Anna M. Davis Soloway

    Mrs. Soloway, 79, of Old Bridge, died Dec. 31, 2007, in Care One, Perth Amboy. She worked as an aide with the New Jersey Association for Retarded Children, Jersey City, for 20 years. Surviving are two sons, Brian Soloway of Jersey City and Gary Soloway, and his wife, Donna, of Union Beach; and three grandchildren.…