Category: Suburban Opinion

  • School officials hope to trim school tax hike

    BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE – The Board of Education is hoping to control a potential tax increase in the 2006-07 budget, but it is facing an uphill battle. A tentative budget was approved at the March 1 Finance Committee of the Whole meeting, according to school Business Administrator…

  • 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…

  • School administrators keep fingers crossed

    And now we play the waiting game. Administrators and school board members in suburban school districts such as the ones that operate in this region are anxiously waiting to hear how much state aid will be received for the 2006-07 school year. The budgets for the upcoming school year are being developed right now and…

  • Can’t officials find middle ground?

    Your Turn Vincent Zarcaro Guest Column Vincent Zarcaro Guest Column As a former Sayreville Borough Council member, I am writing to say how disappointed I am with the current state of our fine borough. I am appalled at the lack of cooperation in the governing body. When I served with Tom Pollando, we always believed…

  • If you want good spin, it’s gonna cost you

    Coda Greg Bean Sometimes, I think I’m in the wrong end of the publishing business — the wrong end being the end where people aren’t lining up to give me vast amounts of money to say nice things about them. According to a recent article posted on Adweek.com, the Bush administration and other federal agencies…

  • Bosco’s 35-year climb leads to O.B.’s top spot

    New superintendent touched by board BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff Simon Bosco, 56, officially became Old Bridge’s new superintendent of schools yesterday. OLD BRIDGE — When Simon Bosco first met then-Superintendent of Schools Patrick Torre, he told him how much he liked his office. Thirty-five years later, that’s…

  • Letters

    Searching for a true, competent leader in Old Bridge When is a leader not a leader? I asked myself that very question as I viewed the Feb. 22 Old Bridge Board of Education meeting. The issue was whether or not to vote immediately on a new superintendent of schools. Sadly, there was much animosity among…