Category: Suburban Opinion

  • Coda

    If they won Greg Bean If there’s one thing we can almost all agree on this week, it’s that the BIG DEAL effort at property tax reform this year is as dead as Chester Watson’s mule. And as everyone who saw it hit by lightning — three times — can attest, that cranky old mule…

  • Around Town

    Pursuit of happiness makes mom go Amy Rosen I was recently shocked to hear news stories of long lines and people camping out to get the new PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii game systems. One individual was even robbed while waiting on line for a system. A week later our 12-year-old son told us what…

  • Voting in school election is every citizens’ responsibility

    I am a fourth-grade teacher of social studies in Sayreville. I try to teach my students the value of the USA’s democracy and how fortunate we are that we, the citizens, run the country through voting. Yet, I have learned that many of our residents do not even know that the school budget is voted…

  • Corzine shows no guts on tax reform

    It hasn’t taken very long for Gov. Jon Corzine to show his true colors regarding his tax reform initiative. After ordering the Legislature into a special session to develop tax reforms, he now exhibits a recreant streak at the first and most important legislative proposal: the bloated pension system for public employees. His statement asking…

  • Assemblyman needs lesson in basic economics

    Gov. Jon Corzine and the Democrats in Trenton reduced the support for Rutgers University by $80 million in the current budget. This reduction forced the university administration to make budget reductions at all levels. The vast majority of the reductions were in academics. Athletics was included in the reductions, and there are plans to eliminate…

  • Thieves should work for decorations, not steal from others

    Last week, some lowlife or lowlifes thought it would be nice for them to come on our property and steal our blowup Christmas Grinch. What kind of society do we live in? Last year some youngsters thought stealing the infant Jesus was a great idea. How do you have the nerve to go and place…

  • Obituaries

    Diana Marie Colon Ms. Colon, 43, of Old Bridge, died Dec. 4, 2006. Surviving are three children, Lauren Borcelli, Leighann Borcelli and Thomas Borcelli of Tabernacle; her parents, Michael and Louisa Colon of Old Bridge; a sister, Nikki Colon; and a grandson, James Douglass. Services were held at Rezem Funeral Home, East Brunswick. Interment was…

  • Guest Column

    Your Turn Brian J. Racin On the importance of preserving open space across New Jersey As a current and former member of several conservation organizations with local chapters in New Jersey, I am glad when I read the local newsletters they present with stories of success in the areas of preservation and habitat protection. I…