Category: Suburban Opinion
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A student’s view on halting global warming
(The following essay was written by a winner in the Environment New Jersey Earth Day Essay Contest. Entrants were asked to write on “Why We Need to Stop Global Warming,” and winners were selected from a pool of 150 submissions from across the state.) As you solemnly look out your waterfront beach house, you see…
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Busing private school students no easy task
Old Bridge struggles to continue routes to 17 private schools BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer BY JESSICA SMITHStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE – The township’s school district is having greater difficulty finding transportation for the more than 1,000 students it transports to private schools. As a result, it is possible that parents of students who attend…
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Obituaries
Elaine E. Schuster Baron Mrs. Baron, 71, of Toms River, died April 30, 2007, at Community Medical Center, Toms River. Born in Monticello, N.Y., she resided in Old Bridge for more than 20 years prior to relocating to Toms River 12 years ago. She was predeceased by her husband, Robert, in 2003. She is survived…
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Stagnant Assembly has defused bomb threat bill
It has been almost a year to the day since we spent this space supporting a state bill that would crack down on those who make false public alarms. Events in the news of late have made us wonder whatever happened to that proposal, and if you did too, here’s your answer – nothing. According…
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Girl Talk
Heartbreak can allow our hearts to grow Clare Marie Celano There’s a great dialogue exchange between John Cusack and Diane Lane in the movie “Must Love Dogs.” Cusack, newly divorced, is on an Internet date with Lane, also divorced. Instead of small talk on this first date, Cusack opts to spill his guts telling Lane…
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Gov. should take cue from across the Hudson
I have a solution to New Jersey’s fiscal problems. Send Gov. Corzine to take lessons from New York’s mayor, Michael Bloomberg. Bloomberg now has a $4.4 billion surplus, lowered property taxes and is removing the sales tax from some clothing items/shoes. The best part is that he is still asking city departments to cut spending.…
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Your Turn
Retired library director seeks to set record straight Joseph E. Lyons Guest Column Joseph E. LyonsGuest Column I am writing with regard to the article, “Unsupervised children cause issues at the library,” (Suburban, April 19). Since I am falsely represented by name by the Sayreville business administrator in this article, I thought it proper to…
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Resident dismayed by lack of response from mayor
I was reading an article regarding Mayor Jim Phillips of Old Bridge on page 6 in the April 5 issue of the Suburban. I had to chuckle at the opening sentence, which read, “Mayor Jim Phillips wants to know what you are thinking.” The next sentence states that the mayor formulated a survey and e-mailed…
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Town seeks public’s input on defeated school budget
OLD BRIDGE – Township officials are seeking input from members of the public during two upcoming meetings on the defeated school budget. A committee formed by the Township Council to review the school budget has planned the meetings for an upcoming weeknight as well as a weekend afternoon to accommodate residents’ schedules. They will be…
