Category: Suburban Opinion

  • Greg Bean

    Coda New Jersey behind China on eminent domain reform If Americans want to prevent losing their homes to eminent domain abuse, maybe they ought to consider moving to a place that has a higher regard for the notion of private property rights. Somewhere like China. According to a recent story in the Washington Post, lawmakers…

  • Keep an open mind to asset monetization

    I have been reading and listening about the topic of asset monetization, especially, selling or leasing the New Jersey Turnpike or some other state assets, such as state lottery, naming rights, air rights, fiber optic networks, just to name a few. I have also been reading with great interest about the opposition to the Gov.…

  • Obituaries

    Elizabeth “Carol” DeFilippo Mrs. DeFilippo, 66, of The Villages, Fla., formerly of Old Bridge, died March 11, 2007. Surviving are her husband, Louis DeFilippo; three sons, Michael DeFilippo and Robert DeFilippo, both of Old Bridge, and Dominick DeFilippo of North Bergen; two brothers, Harry Hollins of Bud, W.Va., and Deward Brewer of Boswell, Fla.; a…

  • Squad gives OBHS plenty to cheer about

    Cheerleaders win top honors at seven winter competitions MIGUEL JUAREZ staff The Old Bridge High School cheerleaders go through one of their routines that helped them take first place in their division at the New Jersey Cheer and Dance Coaches Association State Championships in Trenton. OLD BRIDGE – Starting a season off with high expectations…

  • Nature memories

    PHOTOSBYCHRIS KELLY staff Above: Naturalist James Faczak speaks as part of the Nature Memories Shadowbox program at the Cheesequake State Park in Old Bridge March 11. Below: South River resident Mike DeLuca works with his son, Aidan, 5, on a craft project.

  • Old Bridge educators are a lesson in loyalty

    High school staff includes 55 alumni of school system BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer BY JESSICA SMITHStaff Writer Longtime Old Bridge High School teacher Walter Reed accepts a certificate from Superintendent of Schools Simon Bosco during the March 5 ceremony recognizing the 55 staff members who are alumni of the township’s high schools. OLD BRIDGE…

  • Obituaries

    Edward C. Merski Mr. Merski, 85, of the Parlin section of Sayreville, died March 3, 2007, at home. Prior to his retirement in 1987, he was employed as a maintenance foreman for 13 years with the borough of Sayreville. Prior to that, he worked at Hercules Inc., Parlin, and National Lead Industries, Sayreville, and was…

  • ‘Pigging Out on Books’

    JEFF GRANIT staff Seventh-grader Matt Rivera, 12, mimics a wolf blowing down a house during a reading of the “Three Little Pigs” at the Pigging Out on Books event at Sayreville Middle School March 1.

  • High School Musical

    CHRIS KELLY staff Old Bridge High School students rehearse a scene from “Disney’s High School Musical” Tuesday afternoon. The shows will be performed at 7 p.m. March 22, 23 and 24 in the auditorium of the high school, Route 516. For information and tickets, call (732) 290-3900, ext. 3947.