Category: Suburban Opinion

  • Signs may be torn down, but support goes on

    When we as a community can’t demonstrate the freedoms we have as a nation, specifically freedom of speech, what kind of example are we setting? When political signs are displayed in support of a party, only to have individuals rip them down, you’re infringing on my freedom of speech. You may tear down my signs,…

  • O’Brien is an honorable man, displays fiscal integrity and responsibility

    We have been reading the Sayreville Democrats’ ads and feel we have to tell the voters the truth. The Democrats are claiming to save open space and stop megadevelopments. What they don’t tell you is that it was Kennedy O’Brien who created the Julian Capik Preserve, preserved our wellfields and created the Open Space Fund.…

  • Obituaries

    Harry Zajac Mr. Zajac, 83, of Englishtown, formerly of Old Bridge, died Sept. 30, 2007, in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was predeceased in 1986 by his wife, Bernice, and in 1995 by a son, Howard. Surviving are a son and daughter-in-law, Jeffrey and Krisanne Zajac of Howell; a sister, Rifka Teitelbaum…

  • Resident thinks mayor has missed too many meetings

    To paraphrase Woody Allen, one of the most important elements of success is showing up. No doubt you’ve got to be involved in order to make things happen. If that is the measure of success, then Republican Mayor Kennedy O’Brien has failed in Sayreville. I would estimate that as mayor of Sayreville for nearly a…

  • O.B. voters should ask questions, keep scorecard on issues

    This year I’m finally going to do it – that is, forget party lines, and in the case of an incumbent, I will vote for his or her opponent. There are too many entrenched officeholders, sometimes with multiple offices, making a career in elective office rather than treating it as a temporary trust. The incumbents…

  • O’Brien, not Democratic council, rates praise

    Ihave received fliers and seen ads in the local papers attributing many of the good things accomplished during Kennedy O’Brien’s tenure as mayor to the Democratic candidates. The people of Sayreville remember that Kennedy fought for the preservation of the wellfields that are now known as the Capik Nature Preserve. He never proposed putting 4,000…

  • Kaiserman displays calm, clear, effective leadership

    Over the past few years it’s been my pleasure to work together with David Kaiserman on a Sayreville community board. David is our president, and we could not have asked for a better leader. During our meetings, I observed as others discussed what direction would be best. David sat and listened calmly to the matters…

  • Vote for those who support animal shelter

    It may be true that good things come to those who wait, but those of us who have been waiting for the groundbreaking on the Old Bridge Animal Shelter addition and renovations are about to lose hope. We have heard nothing but platitudes and promises for months – still the animals wallow in sub-par conditions…

  • A vote for Phillips is a vote for the youth of Old Bridge

    As president of the Raritan Bay Cougars youth football team and cheerleading organization, I want everyone to know what a strong supporter of youth sports Mayor James Phillips is. One can truly know a person by how good he or she is to our youth, and Mayor Phillips has demonstrated time and again how caring…