Category: Suburban Opinion
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Students: Early start, organization skills help
BY SETH MANDEL Staff Writer BY SETH MANDELStaff Writer Simran Sran, Monroe Township H.S., will attend Rutgers University. All’s well that ends well.That’s the philosophy of three area high school seniors who were accepted to, and plan to attend, the colleges of their choice this fall. As the curtain falls on this year’s application season,…
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Letters
New bill will ‘give public false sense of security’ A3983/S2503 “Changes licensing requirements for home inspectors” is not in the best interest of New Jersey consumers. This new bill would allow an 18-year-old high school graduate to obtain a full New Jersey home inspector license after less than three weeks in a classroom course and…
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Poll results: The chickens all came home to roost
Coda Greg Bean Memo to Doug Forrester: If you want to beat gazillionaire Jon S. Corzine in the November gubernatorial elections, hire yourself a guy in a chicken suit to stand outside Corzine’s campaign headquarters with a funny sign. Since you’re a multimillionaire yourself and can afford it, get a whole darned flock of giant…
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Teen took no days off in 13 years of school
Graduating senior at SWMHS rewarded for perfect attendance BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer SCOTT PILLING staff Matt Janas, a graduating senior at Sayreville War Memorial High School, says a reward he received in kindergarten motivated him to keep perfect attendance. SAYREVILLE — Why stay home when you’re not sick? That’s been…
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Letters
Former athlete shocked at players’ disregard for authority On Saturday, May 28, the Old Bridge High School (OBHS) softball team was eliminated from the Greater Middlesex County Softball Tournament in the quarter-final round due to a forfeit. A practice, which was to be held on Friday afternoon, turned into a pizza party to reward the…
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School security is top priority for N.J.
Your Turn Richard J. Codey Guest Column Richard J. Codey Guest Column Every parent’s nightmare unfolded over three days last August, during the massacre of 300 adults and children at a school in Russia. In many ways, that attack was as horrifying to the Russian people as Sept. 11, 2001 was to us. It exposed…
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Grads of 2005 should ‘endeavor to persevere’
Coda Greg Bean There’s a moment in the classic Clint Eastwood movie “The Outlaw Josey Wales,” when the old Cherokee warrior, Lone Watie, is talking about his tribe’s defeat at the hands of white soldiers. “I didn’t surrender, but they took my horse and made him surrender,” Lone Watie says sadly. “They have him pulling…
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Obituaries
Joseph M. McCarthy Sr. Mr. McCarthy, 74, of South Amboy, died May 25 at home. He was employed at the South Amboy Housing Authority for 13 years, retiring in 1998. He served with the U.S. Navy during the Korean War and was awarded the United Nations Service Medal, Korean Service Ribbon, Combat Action Ribbon and…
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Obituaries
Eileen Licinski Kotarski Mrs. Kotarski, 44, of the Morgan section of Sayreville, died May 22 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Born in Perth Amboy, she was a lifelong resident of Morgan. She was an assistant buyer at C & S Wholesale Groceries, Avenel section of Woodbridge, the past year. Prior to that,…
