Category: Suburban Opinion
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Letters
Fight heart disease; Go Red for Women Love your heart. By loving your heart, you can save it. That’s the message the American Heart Association is delivering to women across the country during February, American Heart Month, and especially on Feb. 3, National Wear Red Day for Women. Heart disease, the No. 1 killer of…
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School board reviews pending construction
SAYREVILLE — Architects have presented plans for major renovations to begin this summer at the over 40-year-old War Memorial High School building. The project, approved in a $47 million referendum last April, will be done over three years and completed by December 2009 according to Superintendent of Schools Frank Alfano. RSC Architects, of Cliffside Park,…
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Obituaries
Joseph P. Vigilante Mr. Vigilante, 52, of South Amboy, died Jan. 19 in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy division. He was employed by Sheet Metal Workers International Association, Local 27, Farmingdale, for more than 30 years. Surviving are his wife, Kathleen Dooling Vigilante; a son, Joseph of South Amboy; a daughter, Lisa Shymko of…
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Letters
Casino workers entitled to same protections I was not surprised when your editorial opposed the recently enacted Smoke-Free Air Act (“The Almighty Chip,” Suburban, Opinion, Jan. 19). Your view on secondhand smoke fits in with my perception of your paper’s credibility. The one area where I agree with your editorial policy is when you state,…
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Relocation of workers right course of action
The Board of Education reacted appropriately last week to disturbing news that several transportation workers had become ill. The board relocated the operation from the former Nike missile base to an undisclosed location. The school district moved the buses and workers from the Jake Brown Road site after concerns were raised that several workers had…
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Will the real addicts please stand up?
Coda Greg Bean It’s certainly nice to see the entire New Jersey Legislature is not made up of hypocrites. Recently, when then-acting Gov. Richard J. Codey signed a smoking ban into law making it illegal, as of April 15, to smoke in restaurants, bars and most indoor public buildings, the bill was like a beautiful…
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Board saves by scaling back name change work
SAYREVILLE — The sign is not going anywhere, but a few of its letters are. Amid recent controversy regarding the name of the school district’s upper elementary school, and the cost to change that name, the Board of Education last week approved the alteration of the front sign. The Sayreville Upper Elementary School sign will…
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Custodian swept away at surprise b-day bash
BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer Clockwise from top: Custodian Dennis Sokolowski enjoys his reign as king for the day in honor of his 53rd birthday. Sokolowski gives second-grader Joseph Alicea a noogie in return for a birthday card. A poster full of birthday balloons hangs on the back of Sokolowski’s office…
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Obituaries
Thomas Doyle Riley Mr. Riley, of Monroe, died Jan. 12 at home. He was a retired Spotswood Police Department sergeant. During his career he earned numerous commendations, a lifesaving award and a police officer of the year honor. As the borough’s traffic safety officer for 21 years, he implemented the first Safety Town program for…
