Category: Suburban Opinion

  • School budget carries near 15-cent tax hike

    BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE – The Board of Education will hold a public hearing next week on a proposed 2006-07 school budget that calls for a tax hike. The general fund budget includes a tax rate increase of 14.9 cents per $100 of assessed valuation, according to school…

  • OBHS readies ‘The Wiz’

    The Lion (Nick Magliocco), Dorothy (Rebecca Nevins), the Scarecrow (Vinny Orabona) and the Tin Man (Dan Zorovich) pose before making their way down the Yellow Brick Road. OLD BRIDGE – They’re off to see the wizard. Tonight, tomorrow and Saturday, Old Bridge High School will present “The Wiz” – an updated version of the story…

  • Obituaries

    Richard S. O’Such Mr. O’Such, 63, of the Parlin section of Sayreville, died March 2 at home. Prior to his retirement in 1999, he worked as a custodian for the Sayreville school system for 33 years. Surviving are two brothers, Peter of Parlin and Kenneth of Clearwater, Fla.; a sister, Diane Marple of Parlin; and…

  • A solid ‘no go’ to licenses for illegals

    State representatives should reject a proposal put forth by Assembly-man Joseph Vas (D-Middlesex) that would, if signed into law, permit illegal aliens to drive legally in New Jersey. The bill would allow illegal aliens and other people who cannot comply with the state Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC) six-point rule to drive in New Jersey and…

  • There’s a word for that, and the word is …

    Coda Greg Bean My son was looking for some important paperwork recently when my aging brain went into full-tilt freeze mode. It not only temporarily erased one word I was looking for in my memory bank, it erased two. “Where did you say the papers were?” he asked. “They’re out there in the thing under…

  • Letters

    Help available for navigating Medicare Part D maze Medicare Part D prescription-drug coverage is the biggest change that has been made to Medicare since it first started 40 years ago in 1965, and much has been written about the difficulties involved in choosing a plan from among the 19 carriers and 44 plans offered in…

  • Obituaries

    Violet Chmura Narkiewicz Mrs. Narkiewicz, 92, of Hilton Head Island, S.C., formerly of South River, died Feb. 16 in Hilton Head Regional Medical Center. She was a former communicant of St. Mary of Ostrabrama Church, South River. She was predeceased by her husband, Edward. Surviving are a daughter, Diane Klipp of Hilton Head Island; a…

  • School board elections see crowded contests

    In what may be interpreted as a sign of the times, Middlesex County is seeing a surge in the number of people seeking to serve their local school boards. With the exception of a few smaller communities, area residents will have plenty of choices in the April 18 school elections. Leading the pack this year…

  • Plight of homeless should be a priority in Middlesex County

    Your Turn Frank Coury Guest Column Frank Coury Guest Column I recently finished 15 years as a volunteer for the Winter Emergency Men’s Shelter sponsored by the New Brunswick Interfaith Emergency Men’s Shelters. Thank goodness for the program. It provides what service it can, with limited resources. As I look back over the years, I…