Category: Suburban Opinion

  • Obituaries

    Elizabeth Rodziewicz Disbrow Mrs. Disbrow, 76, of South Amboy, died Aug. 9 at Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy. She was registrar of vital statistics for the City of South Amboy for 10 years, retiring 30 years ago. She was predeceased by her husband, William James Disbrow in 1999; and a brother, Bernard Rodziewicz. She…

  • School board holds firm on new busing policies

    ‘Hard times’ bring hard budget decisions, school officials say BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer SAYREVILLE — The Board of Education decided not to amend its transportation policy after reviewing one of the borough’s most notorious intersections. Parents who lost courtesy busing this year after the item was defeated by voters in…

  • Old Bridge Board of Ed bonding is bad business

    There has been much emotion and politicization around the issue of the township council bonding $4 million in improvements for the Board of Education (BOE). I’d like to look at this issue from a non-emotional, nonpolitical perspective. The bonding of $4 million is essentially a loan. That loan – over five years by law –…

  • Menendez will do right thing for New Jersey

    When Jon Corzine became governor and named Bob Menendez to replace him in the Senate, I was initially concerned. Could Menendez effectively fill Corzine’s shoes and hold onto the Senate seat in this year’s election? Less than a year later, I’m happy to say Menendez has dispelled my concerns and exceeded all expectations. Menendez has…

  • Fair association extends thanks to supporters

    During the 68th annual Middlesex County Fair, which ran from Aug. 7-13, the fair hosted a weeklong blood drive, held its charity challenge event, and invited special-needs children and adults for a private afternoon opening of several fair attractions. The Blood Center of New Jersey in conjunction with the Middlesex County Fair Association put together…

  • Sayreville resident dismayed by condition of town

    In the past year or so, I have found that Sayreville is changing for the worst. People drive by and throw litter out of car windows. What kind of upbringing did they have? I can hear bottles being thrown from cars at night. Every morning I am picking up someone else’s dog mess from my…

  • Mayor deserves his spot on redevelopment board

    Sayreville Democrats have any number of motives for blocking Republican Mayor Kennedy O’Brien from renewing his own appointment on the borough’s redevelopment agency. Call it political, vengeful, attribute it to unpopular decisions on O’Brien’s part. None of that matters. The point is, they’re taking O’Brien off an agency of great importance to Sayreville’s future, one…

  • Coda

    Dog Days of Summer, and the time’s a-wastin’ Greg Bean A new survey by Salary.com and America Online finds that the average American worker wastes about 1.86 hours every day, not counting lunch. According to a story about the survey in the Chicago Sun Times last week, that is a minor improvement over last year,…

  • Students get a taste of N.J.’s own tea party

    Summer program culminates with show at upper elem. school BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer Above, Fifth-graders Nicholas Jorgensen and Ashley Hernandez perform in “The New Jersey Tea Party” at the Samsel Upper Elementary School gymnasium Aug. 2. At right, students perform as part of their summer enrichment program. SAYREVILLE – Children…