Category: Suburban Opinion

  • Obituaries

    Alfonsa “Mima” Medina Mrs. Medina, 83, of Sayreville, formerly of Eatontown, died Sept. 11, 2007, in JFK Medical Center, Edison. Her husband, Francisco Medina, died in 2004; a son, Raymond Medina, died in 1969; and a granddaughter, Suzanne Scotto, died in 2006. Surviving are two sons, Frank, with whom she lived, John of the Parlin…

  • Elect officials who work for taxpayers, not for themselves

    The actual record of Mayor Jim Phillips and his “Team Old Bridge” on protecting open space and fighting overdevelopment doesn’t add up to the numbers that they are presenting to Old Bridge residents in their campaign literature. The campaign literature of Jim Phillips, Ed Testino and Patrick Gillespie conveniently fails to detail their plan to…

  • Spend money to find dump sites in town

    Expanding the Sayreville cancer-cluster study will not find the cause of the cancers. Sayreville is full of dumps (landfills). Finding the location of all the dumps, not just the ones mentioned, will show the extent of contamination. At one time Sayreville had the largest brick company in the world. Historically, brick pits were used as…

  • Pruiti will display leadership, character, creative thinking

    While living and raising my family in Old Bridge, I came across hardworking, dedicated people – one of them is Joe Pruiti. I first met Joe when my daughter Tiffany tried out for the Old Bridge travel basketball team. Joe went on to coach my daughter for the next six years, and since that time…

  • The ‘other guy did it’ won’t work as an alibi

    GREG BEAN Coda One of my favorite literary characters is a guy called Otherguy Overby. Otherguy makes his first appearance in a book by Ross Thomas called “Chinaman’s Chance.” In the book, it’s explained that Otherguy got his name because every time he got arrested for a crime, his alibi was that “some other guy…

  • Coda

    A modest proposal for reducing corruption GREG BEAN Here’s a hint. If you’re trying to hire a hit man to kill your husband and ask a “friend” to help you find one, there’s a big potential pitfall. When you hear from the prospective hit man and he wants to meet you at Denny’s to talk…

  • Sayreville officials always game for a hearty debate

    The election season is upon us, though in some locales it never really leaves us. Sayreville would be one of those places. Democrats and Republicans have been at odds with each other all year, over political issues, people issues, just about all issues. Sometimes each side makes a good case, other times it’s clear the…

  • Obituaries

    Joseph Kilian Mr. Kilian, 85, of the Parlin section of Sayreville, died Sept. 2, 2007, in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy division. Surviving are his wife, Josephine Grzybek Kilian; a son, Joseph Kilian of Parlin; and several nieces, nephews, great-nieces and greatnephews. A Mass was offered at St. Stanislaus Kostka Church, Sayreville. Interment was…

  • . Scientific conclusions often based on info from others, not common sense

    This letter is in response to Eddie Konczal’s letter to the editor titled “Global Climate Change Is Scientific Fact, Not Just Theory,” which appeared in the Aug. 23 issue of your newspaper. I’d like to point out that when people like Mr. Konczal state that “global warming is no longer just a theory but a…