Category: Suburban Opinion

  • Letters

    Courage is needed to implement change It is time once again for taxpayers to change the composition of the Sayreville Board of Education. Taxes are rising at an alarming rate, and the board’s budget partially controls our tax rate. We need leaders who practice fiscal restraint. Courageous action is called for at the polls to…

  • Obituaries

    Merritt “Mike” Mahony Mr. Mahony, 76, of Howell, Mich., formerly of Boston, died March 26 in the University of Michigan Hospital, Ann Arbor. His wife, Katherine Reagan Mahony, died in 1998. Surviving are three sons, Peter Mahony of Burlington, Denis Mahony of Boulder, Colo., and Andrew Mahony of Old Bridge; two daughters, Judi Walls of…

  • School principal named the next assistant super

    BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff Voorhees School Principal Francis Perrino is pictured fixing a McFlurry for a customer during a January 2005 McPrincipal’s Night fundraiser at McDonald’s. OLD BRIDGE – A veteran district official has been named to be the next assistant superintendent of schools. Francis Perrino, currently…

  • Another crowded race for Sayreville board

    Seven hopefuls seek any of four seats available in April BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer BY MICHAEL ACKERStaff Writer Trapp SAYREVILLE – The Board of Education will soon have several new faces, as four seats are available April 18 and only one incumbent is running. Board of Education President Kevin Ciak is the lone incumbent,…

  • Storytime

    JEFF GRANIT staff Arielle Flores lies on the floor of the auxillary gym with her pillow, as she and Austin Henderson listen to language arts teacher Linda Zydzik read “The Cat in the Hat” at Samsel Upper Elementary School on a recent school day when students were invited to wear their pajamas.

  • Parents hope final bell doesn’t sound for OLL

    Diocese considers closing school due to funding issues BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer For Ann Marie Simons, attendance at Milltown’s Our Lady of Lourdes School is a family tradition. Simons, her four siblings and her four children have all attended, and her granddaughter is currently a student at the school. If…

  • Community grieves in unity for crash victims

    March 22 brought a tragedy of near unprecedented proportions to the region. It was with shock and sorrow that we learned of the deaths of 10 residents of Monroe Township who had been vacationing together when their tour bus crashed on a Chilean mountainside. Their deaths represent a loss not only to their families, friends…

  • Coyote was just taking a nice walk in the park

    Coda Greg Bean I was listening to the folks on National Public Radio last Wednesday morning, talking about the poor coyote that authorities were chasing around New York’s Central Park with helicopters, tranquilizer darts and the like, and I wondered why they just didn’t let the critter be. There’s no telling how the misguided animal…

  • This flu doesn’t give a darn about flu shots

    Are We There Yet? Lori Clinch My good friend, Trixie, called the other day to report that her family had the flu. “I suffered for two days,” she said with great sorrow. “Then the next thing I knew, Earl was curled up on the couch with a thermometer and a washcloth, and it wasn’t long…