Category: Suburban Opinion
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Close untaxed-farmland loophole, lower property taxes
Currently everybody is discussing our high property taxes in New Jersey, and so far no one has come up with a solution. One area is to abolish a loophole enjoyed by many politicians, lawyers and savvy people. If you are a “gentleman farmer,” own 10 acres of land and can show sales of $500 or…
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Many supporters made Sayreville Fishing Derby a success
I would like to thank everyone for their participation in our annual Fishing Derby. A special thank you to the Sayreville Recreation Advisory Board and our Parks Department. The event was a huge success. Michael Sedlak municipal department head Sayreville Recreation Department
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Greg Bean
Coda With John Merla, it’s one goofy thing after another ‘Merla Blames Outburst on Mother Insult, Split Pants.” Unless you get the Indepen-dent, the Greater Media newspaper that covers the Monmouth County Bayshore towns that include Keyport, you likely would have missed that headline in last week’s edition of the paper. But for those of…
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Eleanore Whitaker
Guest Column Residents owed explanation Looks like the Old Bridge Township Council just doesn’t get it. If the Suburban news article regarding the sale of “unwanted” Old Bridge land (“Proposed Land Sales Have Some Concerned,” May 4) is read more carefully, Old Bridge’s explanations for this sudden need to sell are filled with more holes…
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Officials want students to work at TV station
BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE – A new interlocal agreement between the township and the Board of Education may provide TV-14 with a fresh, young volunteer pool. The proposed agreement will give Old Bridge High School students the opportunity to work for the township’s cable station. Students already record…
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Dedicated state income tax should be used to fund education
We need tax reform now, not two years from now. After reading the newspaper reports regarding Gov. Jon Corzine’s approach to the high, regressive property tax problem, I frankly got the impression the problem won’t be studied for another two years. It appears that Gov. Corzine will rely on a people’s constitutional convention. As I…
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Middle school principal announces retirement
BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE – For 33 years, Kenneth Popovich has been infatuated with Old Bridge. Popovich, now 56, grew up in East Brunswick before attending college at the University of Richmond, but came back to Middlesex County to teach. He began his career in education as a…
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Students take flight to refuel fighter planes
BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE – Most school days for Old Bridge High School students don’t begin by boarding a military aircraft. But on April 28, that’s exactly what 37 of the school’s Air Force Junior ROTC cadets did, as part of an operational U.S. Air Force refueling mission…
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Motorcade to Trenton would express frustration with property taxes
I would like to see our state Legislature provide an answer this year to the high property-tax situation. From what I’ve been reading and hearing, the solutions won’t be available for at least another two years. I, personally, am not in favor of a $4-million, paid by the taxpayers, constitutional convention to solve the problem.…
