Category: Suburban Opinion
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Nat’l Lead prospects fade, though potential remains
It was one year ago this month that Sayreville officials named a redeveloper for the massive waterfront property formerly owned by National Lead. The competition for the project and the choice of a firm that proposed a $1.7 billion mixed-use redevelopment for the blighted 400 acres were celebrated as milestones in planning a brighter future…
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Sees hope for nation manifested in its soldiers
Stanley Drwal Guest Column Over the years, I have watched with a sense of despair and disappointment as this great nation strayed from the traditional moral and civil codes that have made it great. I found myself often wondering if we could continue to survive as the great “shining city upon a hill” as Ronald…
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Organizers aim to bring towns together to share in carnival
This letter is in response to the letter to the editor from Pete Trabucco, “St. Ambrose Carnival Will Truly Be Missed,” that appeared in the March 1 issue of the Suburban. The carnival at St. Ambrose was a yearly event anticipated by members of many local communities and schools. It is with great sadness that…
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Question remains: Why no bid for $176,000 contract?
I would like to congratulate Council President Pat Gillespie for exposing Councilwoman Lucille Panos (“Gillespie Says Claims Amount to Hypocrisy,” Suburban, Feb. 22). How dare Councilwoman Panos question the fairness and legality of a no-bid $176,000 contract when she has broken the law once … in her entire life … six years ago … and…
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Obituaries
Thomas J. Frangipane Mr. Frangipane, 78, of Old Bridge, died Feb. 15, 2007, in Victoria House, Matawan. He was predeceased by a son, Martin Frangipane. Surviving are his first wife, Concetta Diana of East Brunswick, and his second wife, Rose Lupo of Old Bridge; two daughters, Rosemary Hogen, and her husband, Alfred, and Dina Roventini,…
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Dr. Seuss’ birthday
PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff Students at Old Bridge’s Alan B. Shepard School reach out to shake the hand of Rutgers University football team running back Kordell Young during his visit to the school in honor of Dr. Seuss’ birthday Thursday.Kevin Haslam, offensive lineman with the Scarlet Knights, reads to students.
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Obituaries
Rosella Martin Kruszewski Mrs. Kruszewski, 81, of Sayreville, died Feb. 1, 2007, in Atlantic Highlands Nursing Home. Prior to her retirement in 1990, she worked for more than 20 years with Peter J. Switzer, Spotswood. Her husband, Stanley P. Kruszewski, died in 2000. Surviving are two daughters, Dolores Munson, and her husband, Edmund, of Oakhurst…
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Five candidates enter race for school board
Will vie for three seats in the April school election BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer SAYREVILLE – Two first-time candidates, two incumbents and a past candidate will run for Board of Education this April. Among the candidates vying for the three available three-year terms are board members Curtis L. Clark III…
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Coda
New state budget has a few small omissions Greg Bean My grandfather, who once worked as the administrator of a state government institution, told me about a technique used at budget time called “shooting the cocker spaniel.” “Here’s how it works,” he said. “No voter wants to hear about tax increases, and no politician who…
