Category: Suburban Opinion
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Cohesive class wraps an accomplished year
BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer Elizabeth Szamreta SAYREVILLE — Perhaps there is a science to her talent. But if there is, Sayreville War Memorial High School senior Elizabeth Szamreta isn’t telling anyone, not even her parents. “She’s always expected a lot of herself from kindergarten on,” said Marisa Szamreta, Elizabeth’s mother.…
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Azzolina responds to executive editor’s June 15 column
Your Turn Joseph Azzolina Guest Column I read Gregory Bean’s June 15 column in your Greater Media Newspapers and found it to be your usual bias as the editor of these weekly newspapers in Monmouth-Middlesex counties. Your venomous attacks against the Bayshore Courier and Jim Purcell, the publisher of the Courier, were once again off…
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On Campus
Michael John Twardos, son of Judy and Walter Twardos of the Parlin section of Sayreville, recently earned a doctor of philosophy degree in physics from the University of California at Irvine. A 1996 graduate of Sayreville War Memorial High School and a 2000 graduate of Rutgers University, New Brunswick, he is currently doing research as…
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Big Brother’s eyes won’t be on bookstore purchases
Coda Greg Bean As a full-time newspaperman and part-time novelist, I’ve had to find the answers to some fairly esoteric questions over the last 30 years. Among the more arcane: • How far will a slug from a .44-caliber Magnum revolver penetrate into the engine block of a Crown Victoria sedan? • What are the…
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State still investigating allegations in Old Bridge
It became clear this week that state investigators are continuing their look into possible wrongdoing in Old Bridge township government. Two employees of the township’s engineering department were indicted by a state grand jury earlier this year on charges of bribing local developers, and though many have speculated there would be additional charges in Old…
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Obituaries
Stanley J. Garbowski Mr. Garbowski, 69, of Sayreville, died May 24 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was an elementary school teacher with the Sayreville Board of Education for 37 years, retiring in 1994. He served with the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He was the director of the Sayreville Recreation…
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Theater closing brings opportunities
An era of movie-going at routes 9 and 35 came to an end with the closing of Amboy Multiplex Cinema, a theater that at one time seemed both giant and state-of-the-art. Built 26 years ago on the site of a former drive-in, the facility over time grew outdated, and its owner chose not to fund…
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Colleges react to rise in pools of applicants
Admissions process now more competitive at many schools College Crunch Admissions process now more competitive at many schools College Crunch Greater Media Newspapers concludes its series on the difficulties faced by college-bound high school seniors. The results are in and the message is clear: college applicants are wrapping up the most competitive season yet, and…
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