Category: Suburban Opinion
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Don’t believe it, son. He’s making it all up
Coda Greg Bean Over the years, I’ve made every member of my family and many of my friends cringe when I wrote about them in a column. For a long time, whenever I wrote about something one of them might consider embarrassing, I’d take the column home and read it to them before it went…
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Source of wisdom
Eisenhower Elementary School third-graders Moreen Njoroge (above) and Kirs Tookes (right) get a dictionary from South Amboy-Sayreville Rotary Club member Darlene Gennaro in Sayreville last Thursday. Club members have visited schools throughout the two towns to distribute the books to third-graders. PHOTOSBYSCOTT PILLING staff
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Just a few requests before taking office
Coda Greg Bean You’ve got to give Jun Choi, Edison’s mayor-elect, credit for having chutzpah. Newcomer Choi used a guy in a chicken suit to oust Democratic Mayor George Spadoro in the primary, and he won the general election against independent William Stephens by a very small margin. And what was Choi’s first order of…
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Obituaries
Norma I. Colon Kiniry Mrs. Kiniry, 46, of Jackson, died Dec. 11 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., she had resided in Old Bridge before moving to Jackson six years ago. She was a 1977 graduate of Madison Central High School, Old Bridge. Mrs. Kiniry was a Girl Scout…
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Proceed with caution on changes to SERA
The Sayreville Economic Redevelopment Agency has accomplished a good deal for the community in recent years — taking over National Lead, planning for the future of the former Krome nightclub site and a large River Road parcel, for example — but the question has come up as to whether its work could be more open…
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Defends her credibility, right to speak out
Your Turn Shirley Dill Guest Column Shirley Dill Guest Column I recognize the fact that everyone has the right to express his or her opinion. However, Barry Campbell’s letter to the editor pertaining to restoring the name Samsel to the Upper Elementary School (“Resident Irked by Decision To Change Sayreville School Name,” Suburban, Dec. 8)…
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These homeowners say they’re getting robbed
Coda Greg Bean If you think we’re making progress eradicating organized crime, you probably ought to take a look at Long Branch, N.J., where there are plenty of people who’d argue the city fathers have turned municipally organized crime into an art form. Recently, the city took its first legal step in condemning 11 of…
