Category: Suburban Opinion

  • Next year, how ’bout a nice lamp, Santa?

    Greg Bean Coda Well, one more holiday season is nearly gone, and once again I’ve failed when it comes to having the perfect decoration for my living room window — a beautiful gal leg lamp like the one in “A Christmas Story.” My wife and I saw the movie when it first came out —…

  • Housing homeless men ought to be a priority for Middlesex freeholders

    At a recent Sunday church service the sermon contained a message that asked the people, “Are you doing everything you can to help your fellow man?” I thought about the homeless men in Middlesex County, and I gave myself a failing grade. I called the Ozanam Inn, New Brunswick, where homeless men are housed, and…

  • Rutgers board should continue sports teams

    I am proud to be among the 8 million residents of New Jersey who are bursting with pride over the success of the Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team. The Louisville game was literally like a Hollywood script right down to the last-minute missed field goal, which was immediately turned into the game winner due to…

  • Obituaries

    Greater Media Newspapers prints obituaries as a free community service, at no charge to the families of the deceased or to the funeral homes that provide the information. Walter Wlodarczyk Mr. Wlodarczyk, 96, of Sayreville, died Nov. 30, 2006, at home. Prior to his retirement in 1973, he was employed as a chemical operator at…

  • Donors, volunteers make Cops for Kids possible

    On behalf of the Old Bridge Police Department, I would like to thank your paper for its fine coverage of our annual holiday party for families in need (“Cops efforts bring smiles to kids in need,” Suburban, Dec. 21). I would also like to personally thank all of our donors and volunteers, the heart and…

  • Volunteers thanked for efforts for Red Cross

    The Jersey Coast Chapter of the American Red Cross gives thanks to our volunteers who so generously give their time, energy and spirit and to our financial donors who enable us to effectively carry out our mission to provide relief to victims of disasters and help people prevent, prepare for, and respond to emergencies. Thousands…

  • Obituaries

    Greater Media Newspapers prints obituaries as a free community service, at no charge to the families of the deceased or to the funeral homes that provide the information. Cecelia Finan Kurowsky Mrs. Kurowsky, 88, of the Parlin section of Sayreville, died Dec. 10, 2006. Her husband, Raymond, died in 2002, and a daughter, Karen, died…

  • Holiday show

    PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff Above: Frances Lupo (front) sings as Angelique Giglio, Vivianne Woods and Noelie Mazurek perform behind her during the “December in Our Town” holiday show performed by Carpenter Elementary School fifth-graders in Old Bridge Tuesday. Below: Lauren Santoro gets moving during one of the songs.

  • Advocate helps keep N.J. gov’t an open, public place

    Slowly but surely, John Paff is making New Jersey government more open and accessible to the public. Paff has spent the past couple of years peeking into the workings of local government agencies, which he often chooses at random, to make sure things are on the up and up when it comes to open public…