Category: Suburban Opinion

  • 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…

  • Letters

    Fourth-graders, teachers invited to take part in program Like many other people, I’m proud to be from New Jersey. That’s why there is a movement called Celebrate New Jersey (Celebrate NJ!), a grassroots campaign that builds awareness and pride in all that New Jersey has to offer. The newly launched Celebrate NJ! School Program for…

  • Obituaries

    Vincent R. LoCascio Mr. LoCascio, 64, of Old Bridge, died Feb. 6 at home. A senior consultant, teacher and author of two books on monetary policy, he earned a bachelor of economics degree, cum laude, from Hunter College of the City University of New York, New York City, and a master of business administration degree…

  • SERA should keep its focus on redevelopment

    It’s unfortunate for the residents of Sayreville that their town is headed to court over legislation that allows Borough Council members to serve on the Sayreville Economic Redevelopment Agency (SERA). We’re fairly certain most residents want nothing to do with any legal bills that arise from this, and that by and large they have no…

  • Cheney was too slow in accepting the blame

    Coda Greg Bean I was 6 years old when I shot my grandfather in the back with an arrow. Ours was a hunting culture, and I’d been along on hunting trips since I was old enough to walk. This, however, was the first time I’d been in the field with anything more deadly than a…

  • Letters

    Promises to preserve open space are broken in Old Bridge During the November elections, all the candidates for Township Council talked about the preservation of open space. William Baker, against whom I ran in Ward 2, promised to preserve open space during the televised debates on OBTV-Channel 14 as well as in his campaign literature.…

  • Obituaries

    Greater Media Newspapers prints obituaries as a free community service, at no charge to the families of the deceased or to the funeral homes that provide the information. Anthony J. Lomeli Mr. Lomeli, 73, of Naples, Fla., formerly of Sayreville, died Feb. 8 in Naples. Surviving are his wife, Catherine Mauger Lomeli; a son and…

  • For the Record

    A Sayreville man who is charged with endangering the welfare of children on the school bus he drove in Staten Island, is employed by Pioneer Bus Co., which contracts with the New York City, N.Y., education department. Michael Cianci has been suspended from his job transporting students to and from the Totten Intermediate School. Some…

  • Obituaries

    Thomas F. McCreary III Mr. McCreary, 59, of South Amboy, died Feb. 2 at home. A son, Daniel, died in 1986. Surviving are his wife, Genevieve Muirhead McCreary; a son, Thomas F. IV of South Amboy; two daughters, Bernadette Landre of Saco, Maine, and Molly McCreary, at home; two sisters, Catherine Karuzis of Riverside and…