Category: Suburban Opinion
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Make pension double dipping a crime for public employees
This is an open letter to Gov. Jon Corzine.Did you know that in Indiana it is a crime, punishable by a jail term, for state, county or township employees to double dip on pension programs? I am concerned about tax dollars being wasted, and this is one easy way to cut tax expenses without cutting…
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Odd Fellows organization praised for good works
So much in the news each day is about people hurting one another, that it is easy to forget how much good there is in the world. The Independent Order of Odd Fellows is an organization that doesn’t get as much press as some of the other fraternal orders, but they are certainly deserving of…
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Greg Bean
Coda Residents need more info about evacuation Two weeks ago, I wrote about the lack of an evacuation plan in Monmouth County and the state in case of emergency – at least a plan that anyone knows about. And toward the end of that column, I said that even if such plans exist, crisis managers…
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Town officials must act on message from voters
As local governing bodies throughout Middlesex County consider cuts to school budgets defeated by voters, it is important that they keep in mind the simple fact that voters have said no to the proposed tax increase. The job of municipal officials now is to respond to that message by making a noticeable reduction in the…
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Melville D. Miller Jr.
& the Rev. Bruce Davidson Guest Column Your Turn Remembering the poorest at budget time Gov. Jon Corzine should be commended for including in his budget proposal several first steps addressing the “moral responsibility” to alleviate severe poverty in New Jersey. Among these key initial anti-poverty initiatives are: + Raising the threshold at which married…
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Youngsters to bring rock and grammar to the stage
BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer SAYREVILLE — “School House Rock” is coming to town. In this case, make that “School House Rock Jr.” Students from the Sayreville Middle School will be performing music and scenes from the show this weekend at Arleth Elementary School “gymatorium” with assistance from middle school faculty…
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SCOTT PILLING staff Eisenhower School students in kindergarten and first grade take part in the April 26 walk-a-thon in Sayreville.
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Obituaries
Marguerite Kenny Corvino Mrs. Corvino, 73, of South Amboy, died April 25 in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy division. Her husband, Joseph A. Corvino, died in 2004. Surviving are two sons, Edwin J. of Sayreville and Christopher J. of South Amboy; a daughter, Joanne Maciejewski of Palm Bay, Fla.; a brother, James Kenny of…
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Board of Education member thanks voters, answers critic
I would like to take this opportunity to extend my heartfelt thanks and appreciation to the residents of Old Bridge for their recent support affording my re-election to their Board of Education. It has been an honor to serve your district as a board member for the past six years, and I look forward to…
