Category: Suburban Opinion

  • New home will provide an important service

    The Ronald McDonald House opened a third New Jersey location in New Brunswick last week, and is now ready to serve area families with ailing children. The Somerset Street facility can accommodate six families at a time, and is conveniently located near the Bristol-Myers Squibb Children’s Hospital at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, as well…

  • It’s down and dirty in the 13th District

    Greg Bean It’s down and dirty in the 13th District Just remember, you read it here first. Since we broke the story over two weeks ago, the tale of James Devine, the Union County political dirty-trickster and newspaper publisher, has been getting a great deal of attention at the state level. Devine got caught producing…

  • 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,…

  • Letters

    Environmental Federation endorses Handlin for Assembly The New Jersey Environmental Federation’s (NJEF) Vote Environment Committee (VEC) recently announced its support for Amy Handlin for State Assembly in the 13th Legislative District. She is running against longtime incumbent Joseph Azzolina in the June Republican primary. This is just the second time since the 1980’s that NJEF…

  • Opinion

    GRANDPA – THAT MAN SAID SOMETHING ABOUT IWO JIMA. HE’S WHY WE CELEBRATE MEMORIAL DAY, RIGHT?

  • Caught in a Web of lies

    It started off simply enough — a short e-mail from “Amy Handlin” with a link to a press release. “Check out our Web site at www.handlin-thompson.org,” it said, and “Remember to vote in the June 7 Republican primary.” At first glance, it appeared legitimate. The release was consistent with Handlin’s criticisms of Monmouth County Sheriff…

  • EMTs motivated by desire to help neighbors Your Turn

    Guest Column Frederick L. Steinkopf Among the indelible images of Sept. 11, 2001, is the continuous throng of dazed, disheveled, soot-covered people streaming from Manhattan. Often forgotten are the thousands of emergency medical first responders who made their way to ground zero or remained stationed on this side of the Hudson River to receive the…

  • A new entry in the book of lame excuses

    Coda Greg Bean I remember the time my cousin, Danny, ate three cans of pork and beans warmed Boy Scout-style over an open fire. The afternoon was a lot of fun, but when we came back to grandma’s farmhouse that evening, Danny was — not to put too fine a point on it — starting…

  • Obituaries

    Esther June Clark Mrs. Clark, 77, of East Brunswick, died May 17 in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. Her husband, Charles Clark, died in 1982. Surviving is a sister, Ruth Ann Archer of Jenkintown, Pa. Services were held at Rezem Funeral Home, East Brunswick. Interment was in VanLiew Cemetery, North Brunswick. Norman “Dee”…