Category: Suburban Opinion

  • Irked by lack of proper cell-phone etiquette

    Is it just me, or does everyone feel it is rude for individuals to answer their cell phone while you’re talking to them? It’s one thing to be interrupted by a person who is there, but to be interrupted by someone who is not even there is the height of rudeness. If my phone rings…

  • Use vote to get rid of power brokers, take back gov’t

    We have the power to fix New Jersey. Our problem is that there is a handful of people elected over and over who control the entire Legislature and government of New Jersey. They filter money to district elections to ensure that their candidate gets elected and will not vote against them. This absolute power corrupts…

  • Shame on those who object to collections for vets, charities

    The policies of some of the stores regarding solicitations by noble groups is predicated on the small-minded individuals who complain about being bothered by seeing so many people collecting outside the stores. The individuals who are bothered don’t appreciate the freedom they owe to those veterans organizations and the good health they owe to the…

  • Obituaries

    Pasquale “Pat” Anthony DeFalco Mr. DeFalco, 80, of the Madison Park section of Old Bridge, died Jan. 25, 2007, at home. Surviving are his wife, Rose Marie Testa DeFalco; his children and their spouses, Gregory and Patti DeFalco and Annette and Bob Winkler, all of the Parlin section of Sayreville, Anne Marie and Bill Oels…

  • Coda

    In Trenton, the lunatics are running the asylum Greg Bean I think I can finally render a professional diagnosis: All the legislators in Trenton are clinically insane. There’s a quote variously attributed to Albert Einstein, Rudyard Kipling and Rita Mae Brown that says, “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting…

  • Vaccine a question of health, not morality

    In considering whether to make a vaccine that immunizes girls against human papillomavirus (HPV) mandatory, lawmakers should decide solely on its merits for protecting the public health. Instead, the issue seems to have been partially obscured by some flimsy arguments about parents’ rights. The bill, currently pending before the Assembly, would require girls entering seventh…

  • Your Turn

    Journey of independence to begin for Costello tenants The Chuck Costello Independent Living Complex will have its official grand opening on Feb. 21 despite months of delays due to processing of applications, even though building was said to be completed ahead of schedule. Many people with disabilities who applied looked forward more than three years…

  • What’s the story with the Economic Development Corp.?

    As an Old Bridge resident for the past 15 years, I wonder what’s going on with the Old Bridge Economic Development Corp. Council President Patrick Gillespie, who also chairs this committee, canceled six out of the 12 monthly meetings in 2006 and has canceled 100 percent of the 2007 meetings so far. The corporation has…

  • Volunteers grateful to mayor for aid to shelter

    This is a copy of a letter we recently sent to Mayor Jim Phillips. We would like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank you for your support of the Old Bridge Animal Shelter and the good work we are trying to do as FOOBAS (Friends of Old Bridge Animal Shelter). The needs there are…