Category: Suburban Opinion
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Residents deserve consultation on development
Your Turn Edna Gordon Guest Column Edna Gordon Guest Column I believe an educated and outspoken public is the only way to stop Old Bridge officials from continuing their permissive attitude toward indiscriminate, haphazard development. It’s possible I’m in the minority in objecting to the course our elected leaders are taking, but I strongly believe…
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Letters
Aid to Abbott-bordered districts would be just the beginning Democratic senators Joseph Doria Jr. (D-31) and Nicholas Sacco (D-32), representing Hudson County, co-sponsored a bill to give $20 million in additional state aid to some school districts that border Abbott school districts. It was approved by the Senate and is going to the Assembly for…
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Time off not such a bad idea for students
Greg Bean Coda Coda If I hadn’t flunked out of college, I wouldn’t have met Buckskin Bader.Like any number of high school graduates, I rushed into college the year after finishing high school, thinking I knew what I wanted to become — in my case, a doctor. Three things convinced me I wasn’t cut out…
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Credit candidates for testing FACE program
Four local Assembly candidates are about to embark on a campaign finance reform experiment that could provide a blueprint for cleaner politics in the future or turn out as a colossal bust. Leaders from the state’s Democrat and Republican parties designated the 13th District one of two to pilot the Fair and Clean Elections Pilot…
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ADA should be enforced, strengthened
Your Turn Anita Clavering Guest Column On July 26, 1990, a monumental law was signed by former President George H.W. Bush mandating full accessibility and civil rights for people with disabilities. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) will have its 15th anniversary this year, which should be a time of celebration of civil rights and…
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Obituaries
Helen Bazydlo Misyak Mrs. Misyak, 89, of East Brunswick, died July 11 at home. Her husband, George Misyak, died in 1999. Surviving are five sons, Joseph Misyak of the Toms River section of Dover, George Misyak of Mine Hill, John Misyak of Manalapan, Michael Misyak of East Brunswick and Stephen Misyak of Hoboken; five daughters,…
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Letters
Commuter train is not fitting memorial for lives lost in battle I just discovered Monmouth Battlefield State Park, Manalapan, not too long ago. When seeing it for the first time, I actually thought it was one of the nicest places I’d seen in New Jersey. In this time of growth, it was such a pleasure…
