Category: Suburban Opinion
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Even if we build it, they’ll still come
Greg Bean As communities in central New Jersey like Freehold Borough and Lakewood struggle with the thorny problems arising from illegal immigration, about the only solace we can take is that the federal government is doing an even worse job of finding a solution than we are. Last weekend the U.S. Senate, which had been…
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Drivers need to change habits at intersection
In September Ashley Barton was killed when she tried to enter Route 34 north from Spring Hill Road in Old Bridge. This location has been the site of many accidents, as the vehicles that are traveling south on Route 34 at 55-60 mph are traveling downhill and cannot possibly stop when a vehicle tries to…
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Many get credit for Sayreville Day success
On Sunday, Sept. 17, Sayreville hosted its annual Sayreville Day at Kennedy Park. The huge success of Sayreville Day was achieved through the support of the business community, along with the hard work and dedication of the Sayreville Day Committee, Public Works Department, Fire Depart-ment, First Aid Squad, Police Department and a host of volunteers…
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Flood of studies yields little action on flooding
It seems chronic flooding is becoming more and more common in New Jersey. To his credit, Gov. Jon Corzine recently proposed a set of important regulatory changes to address the problem. Until now, the state has produced a flood of studies and recommendations and a corresponding drought of real policy change. The most recent report…
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School taxes forcing residents out of state
I am a senior citizen and a property owner living on a fixed income and feel all kids should have a quality education, but not on the back of the property owner. Fifty-five percent of property tax payments fund school districts. We have 611 school districts and only 566 municipalities, which is more then 44…
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Coda
‘The Confession’: More than we needed to know Greg Bean After the whirlwind of detail surrounding former New Jersey Gov. James McGreevey’s life as a closeted gay, I have three words to describe my reaction: too much information. Like most people in New Jersey, it came as no particular surprise when McGreevey outed himself as…
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Residents will be losers in National Lead redevelopment drama
As a homeowner and taxpayer and resident of Sayreville for more than 35 years, I believe I can speak for many of the townspeople in my position. While we all agonize over continuing growth, which adds stress to the cost of operating the town and schools, Mayor Kennedy O’Brien, Randy Corman and the Sayreville Economic…
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Grieving family’s message: Don’t smoke
On May 22 of this year, my family and I lost the patriarch of the Worth family, my dad, Albert F. Worth Sr., to lung cancer and emphysema. It would be his 60 years of smoking that took his life from us. Lately, I’ve been looking at what the destructive power cigarettes and other forms…
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Obituaries
Hazel Berry Mount Mrs. Mount, 76, of South Amboy, died Sept. 17 in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. Prior to her retirement, she was employed in the accounting department at Amerada Hess Corp., Woodbridge, where she worked for 17 years. Her husband, Allan R. Mount, died in 1999. Surviving are a daughter, Karen Quattrocchi,…
