Category: Suburban Opinion
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Old Bridge High School graduates
Members of the Old Bridge High School class of 2007 walk to their seats at the Sovereign Bank Arena in Trenton as commencement exercises begin Monday.Old Bridge High School Principal James Hickey shows the “unofficial” class gift, a rubber chicken, to the packed house at Sovereign Bank Arena. The gesture was a lighthearted response to…
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Old Bridge High School
Valedictorian: Eric Chan SAT score: 2330 GPA: 5.48 College plans: Brown University. Intended major: Neuroscience, with a minor in French. Academic success strategy: My success strategy has been to pay attention in class and to try to connect the lectures to information presented in the textbooks. This way, whenever there were tests, I could just…
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Marvelous murals
PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Above: Old Bridge High School freshman students Harsh Prajapoti (l-r), Kamran Asif, Dave Long and Christian Lam touch up one of the many murals on display at the school June 14. A local business worked with the school to select the ninth-grade art competition winners, who in turn painted their…
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Sayreville War Memorial High School
Valedictorian: Alex Michael Dzioba Age: 17 GPA: 4.55 SAT Score: 2240 College plans: Rutgers University. Intended major: Likely entering business program; officially undeclared. Academic success strategy: “For me, it is regular study habits. Whenever you’re about to take a test, you have to set aside some time and do what you have to do.” Most…
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Privatization has created problems at venue
I would like to thank Barbara Sprechman for her letter in the June 21 issue of the Suburban (“Underage Drinking at Arts Center a Dangerous Situation”). While 20-year-olds were complaining, “The adults are ruining this for us,” and complaining about the tough police actions, they are the ones who actually ruined a fun night out…
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Stop intimidating residents, start fixing problems
Barbara Kilcomons Guest Column Barbara KilcomonsGuest Column Two letters to the editor that appeared in the June 14 issue of the Suburban, one written by Sayreville Board of Education President Michael Macagnone (“Unfair Criticism Overlooks the Good,” Your Turn guest column) and the other written by Bob Foley, a Democratic committeeman and Borough Council-appointed liaison…
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Rail line would be of little or no benefit to county residents
I’d like to respond to recent letters to the editor in some newspapers advocating the proposed Monmouth-Ocean-Middlesex (MOM) rail line through Middlesex County. Middlesex County Freeholder Director David Crabiel’s opposing stance is a good one and stands for the residents’ best interests. Yes, we in Middlesex County are loudly crying out, “Not in my back…
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With opposable thumbs, they would rule the world
Greg Bean Coda I once made friends with a government trapper out West whose job was to catch predators that attack livestock and put them out of business. In the CIA, what he does is called “terminating with extreme prejudice.” And he was (still is) very good at his job. By the time my friend…
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Obituaries
John P. Allen Sr. Mr. Allen, 85, of East Brunswick, died June 22, 2007, at home. Prior to his retirement in 1985, he was employed as a millwright with E.I. DuPont, Parlin section of Sayreville, where he worked for 44 years. His wife, Sophie Yanush Allen, died in 2006, and a son, Scott Allen, died…
