Category: Suburban Opinion

  • Keep up the pressure for school funding fix

    Municipal officials and school district administrators in many New Jersey school districts will be getting down to business this week as they try to pare down budgets for the 2006-07 school year that residents rejected in the April 18 election. Residents should clearly understand one thing – rejecting a school budget does not mean your…

  • Many contributed to success of Sayreville Egg Hunt

    Our annual Egg Hunt was a success due to the efforts of our Recreation Advisory Board members and the staff of our Parks Department. Thank you, everyone. Michael Sedlak municipal department head Sayreville Recreation Department

  • What’s the evacuation plan? There is no plan

    Greg Bean About 20 years ago, it dawned on people in northern Massachusetts that if the Seabrook nuclear power plant near the border of that state and New Hampshire melted down, or if there were a bad hurricane or other disaster, people were pretty much S.O.L. because there was absolutely no evacuation plan. The Seabrook…

  • Get rid of state officials who don’t represent voters’ interests

    It’s time for the citizens of this state to wake up and do their job. The job is to go to the polls on all election days in this state and remove all incumbents from their part-time, $45,000-a-year job with perks, benefits and pension. These men and women of both parties are not doing the…

  • Parent voices concern about security at high school

    The purpose of this letter is to inform everyone about the lack of security at Sayreville War Memorial High School. Due to the lack of security, on Monday, March 6, my daughter’s iPod was stolen out of the girls’ gym locker room, even though a teacher was supposed to be present at all times during…

  • Join in effort to prevent premature births

    Premature birth is a growing crisis that now affects nearly half a million babies born in the United States every year. The number of babies born prematurely has increased 30 percent since 1983. In New Jersey, more than 14,000 babies were born prematurely last year. Premature birth is the leading killer of newborns and a…

  • Anthony L. Bersani Mr. Bersani, 47, of East Brunswick, died April 17 in Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. He began his career as a stringer/freelance reporter for the Associated Press. He worked for the Atlantic City Press and the Asbury Park Press before being named managing editor of The Home News (now Home News…

  • Board of Ed. president’s appearance was inappropriate

    I recently watched the Old Bridge mayor and Board of Education president tell us how wonderful everything is between the township and the school district. Mayor James Phillips credited Annette Hopman for everything that took place during the last 20 years, even though Mrs. Hopman is only in her second term. I also was confused,…

  • Letters

    Wants to give proper credit where credit is due The article titled “BJ’s Opens on Route 9” that appeared in the Feb. 2 issue of the Suburban contained several errors. BJ’s, as you know, officially opened its doors on Saturday, Jan. 28. Mayor James Phillips did not attend the opening-day ceremonies, as the article stated.…