Category: Suburban Opinion
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Leo R. Krempecki
Mr. Krempecki, 85, of Stamford, Conn., formerly of South River, died Dec. 30, 2007, at home. Surviving are a sister, Lee Walter of Monroe; a nephew, Richard Krempecki, and his wife, Liberty, of East Brunswick; a niece, Lisa Frascino of Aberdeen; three great-nieces; and five great-great-nieces and great-greatnephews. A Mass was offered at St. Bartholomew’s…
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Mary Jane Morris Marvel
Mrs.Marvel, 75, of East Brunswick, died Dec. 20, 2007, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital,NewBrunswick. She had held positions as a staff nurse at the University of Wisconsin Hospital, as the company nurse at Bamberger’s (now Macy’s) and as an office nurse for the late Dr. Leon Silverman of North Brunswick. Surviving are her husband,…
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Evelyn M. Lewis
Mrs. Lewis, 82, ofHowell, formerly of the Parlin section of Sayreville and the Laurence Harbor section of Old Bridge, died Jan. 4, 2008, at home. She was predeceased by her husband, Dayton E. Lewis, in December. Surviving are a son and daughter-in-law, Dayton E. and Barbara Lewis ofHowell; a sister, Carol Superak of Staten Island,…
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Future of NL site will dictate quality of life
Guest Column ROBERT SPIEGEL AND GREG REMAUD The Sayreville Economic Redevelopment Agency’s selection of O’Neill Properties as the designated redeveloper for the National Lead (NL) site will not benefit residents of Sayreville and Middlesex County unless O’Neill is truly committed to a balanced redevelopment. Time and again in this region, we have seen developers paving…
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Michael J. Nowicki
Mr. Nowicki, 60, of South Amboy, formerly of Old Bridge, South River and Manalapan, died Dec. 30, 2007, at the Plainsboro home of his companion, Janie (Sydney) Hostetler. He was employed as an agent with the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office, New Brunswick, for the past seven years. His wife, Carol T. Malinowski Nowicki, died in…
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Education shouldn’t be funded by ZIP code
Gov. Jon Corzine has a plan to revamp education funding. It appears to be just more smoke and mirrors. The sales pitch is “the current model leaves too many children out of luck simply because they live in the wrong ZIP code.” Pithy, but meaningless as far as the overburdened property taxpayer is concerned. Two…
