Category: Suburban Opinion

  • Greene and team will fight to curb overdevelopment

    Iurge all Asian-Americans to come forward on Election Day, Nov. 6, and vote for Richard Greene for mayor of Old Bridge and for his entire team in order to lower taxes, cut waste and fight overdevelopment in Old Bridge. Taj Ahmad Old Bridge

  • State band competition on tap at Sayreville H.S.

    BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer The Sayreville War Memorial High School marching band performs during a recent event. SAYREVILLE – More than 40 marching bands will converge on the borough Saturday for a day of performances and the state championship at stake. The Sayreville War Memorial High School Marching Unit will host the U.S. Scholastic…

  • Thinks it’s time to break stranglehold on town’s purse strings

    Itry very hard to resist the urge to add to the “political pollution” that almost chokes us in November, but this year I think there is something too important not to say. I have been a lifelong Democrat and have never voted for a Republican. This year’s local elections in Old Bridge will change that.…

  • Republicans are positive candidates, will be asset to council

    Two candidates for Sayreville Borough Council, David Kaiserman and Paula Siarkiewicz, have been out campaigning, ringing doorbells, introducing themselves, espousing their platform and issues for the coming election. Both candidates are familiar with the needs of the community. They have excellent backgrounds and would be positive candidates and an asset to the council. David Kaiserman…

  • ‘Make, Bake, Rake’

    Members of the Sayreville Middle School Student Council pack health and beauty aids and baby-care products they collected for donation to the Manna House in Cliffwood Beach, a shelter for battered women and their children. On Tuesday, the students participated in a “Make, Bake, Rake” event, where they made seasonal decorations for the shelter, baked…

  • Grateful for Phillips’ help in effort to enhance fields

    After six years of running the Old Bridge Girls Soccer League, I recently retired from the position. With all the negativity I read about with the upcoming elections, I felt it was important that I thank Old Bridge Mayor Jim Phillips for all his time, effort and support in helping the Old Bridge Girls Soccer…

  • There’s no substitute for experience on the road

    GREG BEAN Coda Last week, there was yet another story in one of our newspapers about a teenager killed in a horrific auto accident. This time the accident happened in East Brunswick near the Brunswick Square Mall. Dead was 16-year-old Dana Centanni of Middletown. Badly injured was 16-yearold Lindsay Capatasto, also of Middletown. She was…

  • Note to Readers

    The issue of Oct. 24 will be the final edition that will feature letters discussing candidates in the Nov. 6 general elections. All letters must be received prior to noon Monday, Oct. 22 for consideration in that week’s issue. Letters from candidates themselves, campaign chairs, sitting public officials or the immediate family members of candidates…

  • Sometimes in relationships things are just ‘meant to be’

    CLARE MARIE CELANO Girl Talk There’s a Yiddish expression I fell in love with the moment I heard it – beshert. It means “meant to be.” Like karma and serendipity, this phenomenon is nothing less than a message from God. Sometimes beshert comes to us as intimate relationships, friends, lovers, angels even, on our path…