Category: Suburban Opinion
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Donate a bed net, help wipe out malaria
When I took a trip to Tanzania in 2005, I took malaria pills to make sure that I wouldn’t get malaria. But the natives that I met in Africa don’t have the money for malaria pills. And just like you and me, they are afraid of malaria, too. Malaria infects 500 million people and kills…
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OBHS sisters get early start in business world
Senior, sophomore gain leadership skills through FBLA BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer FBLA adviser Dave Morrongiello, Supervisor of Industrial Technology/Business Karen Venezia and Old Bridge High School Principal James Hickey pose with Dedeepya Konuthula and Neeraja Konuthula, who were honored recently by the Board of Education. OLD BRIDGE – Two sisters have made it their…
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Coda
Out with the old, in with the new – and not-so-new GREG BEAN Out with the old, in with the new – and not-so-new There were some complete surprises in last week’s general election around here, and it wasn’t just the incredibly low turnout. First, Freehold Borough’s Democratic Mayor, Michael Wilson, won another fouryear term.…
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Offers rebuttal to tax-reform proposal
On Oct. 25 Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) introduced his framework for, as he put it, “the mother of all tax reforms.” One of his stated goals is the repeal of the alternative minimum tax (AMT), saving approximately 20 million taxpayers from its diabolical reach. To make up the anticipated revenue shortfall required by Congress’ pay-as-you-go…
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Give some potential ratables a chance in Old Bridge
From the day I moved to Madison Township in 1975, the local government was determined to bring ratables to the town in order to reduce real-estate taxes for its citizens. The first election I participated in included a proposal for changing the name from Madison Township to Old Bridge with its ZIP code, so that…
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Councilman-elect thanks supporters
Iwant to express my sincere gratitude to the Old Bridge residents who supported me during this past election. As I traveled throughout Old Bridge and spoke with many of you, the message was consistent – you all spoke of a need for a change. Thank you or giving me the opportunity to effect change. I…
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Mark Ploskin
Mr. Ploskin, 58, of the Parlin section of Sayreville, died Oct. 27, 2007, in Virtua Memorial Hospital, Mount Holly. He was predeceased by his mother, Frances Stader Ploskin, and by a brother, Robert Wojciechowski. Surviving are two sons, Mark Ploskin Jr. of Parlin and Richard Russell of Port Charlotte, Fla.; two sisters, Dolores Kominkiewicz, and…
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Joan K. Healy
Mrs. Healy, 71, of Monroe, formerly of Old Bridge, died Nov. 7, 2007, at home. A journalist, she had been employed with Greater Media Newspapers, Freehold, in its East Brunswick office, and, more recently, with the Home News Tribune, East Brunswick. Prior to beginning a career in journalism, she was a substitute teacher with the…
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Elizabeth “Betty” Anne Krainski
Mrs. Krainski, 57, of Maracopa, Ariz., formerly of Sayreville, died Oct. 28, 2007, at her daughter’s home in Phoenix. Prior to her retirement in 2004, she was co-owner, with her husband, of Krainski’s Tavern, Sayreville. Surviving are her husband, Lawrence “Butch” Krainski; a son, Lawrence Krainski III of San Diego; a daughter, Ann Marie Glover,…
