Category: Suburban Opinion

  • Seniors can compare prices online for drugs

    I was told that the sun always shines in East Brunswick, New Jersey, and sure enough, on Aug. 21 at 10:30 a.m. the sun was shining bright. Perhaps it had to do with the ceremony that was to take place at the East Brunswick Senior Citizens Center. The large community room was filled with members…

  • Board not representing best interests of students, town

    What is the East Brunswick school board teaching our children? Who is this school board representing? What is the goal here? What is next? Should our children have to speak English in our schools? Should they say the Pledge of Allegiance to our American flag? Should they even have an American flag inside the classroom?…

  • No courtesy busing disaster waiting to happen

    When Sayreville Schools decided to take away the buses for middle school and high school youngsters who live under 2.5 miles away, at first I thought it wouldn’t be so bad. I walked to school when I was young. However, people weren’t so crazy when they drove their cars back then. People have no patience…

  • In praise of 9/11 victims and their grieving families

    It’s been five years now since our beloved country was attacked by terrorists on Sept. 11, 2001. I salute all those innocent victims who lost their lives on 9/11 and also the families of the victims who are still suffering in grief and sorrow, remembering the lost members of their families. The 9/11 terrorists had…

  • September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

    Throughout many towns, cities and states across our country, September has been declared Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. On Nov. 27, 2004, my then 8-year-old son Timmy was diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumor. Never in my life did I personally know a child with cancer. It is a world I never knew existed. Cancer is…

  • Obituaries

    Ashley E. Barton Ashley, 17, of Old Bridge, died Sept.. 5 as the result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident. She was a student at Old Bridge High School, where she was a member of the Peer Leadership program and the Spanish Honor Society. Her grandmother, Lily E. Kreiss, died in 2002. Surviving are…

  • Nine new principals among changes in O.B.

    BY MARLENE CANTY Staff Writer BY MARLENE CANTYStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE – The township’s school district is in a state of flux, at least in administrative terms. In fact, in recent weeks and months it has been in the midst of the largest reorganization process in decades, including the hiring of nine new principals and…

  • Coda

    In this debate, money talks, principle walks Greg Bean Wrap it in all the highfalutin language about principles you want, but when you get to the nub, for the East Brunswick Board of Education, it’s all about the money. I was saddened last week to learn that despite losing a lawsuit brought by East Brunswick…

  • Group supports student development code

    As advocates for 142 approved private special education programs in New Jersey, we have been keeping a close eye on the Student Development Code, which was slated for a vote by the N.J. State Board of Education Aug. 2. We support the code in its current form which would allow public and private schools the…