Category: Suburban Opinion

  • Students’ artwork will be showcased at gallery

    Some 75 middle school pupils from Old Bridge involved in display BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Sandburg Middle School art students are gearing up for a gallery show, the first of its kind for area students. Art teacher Vicki Grasso’s eighth-grade students will put their work on display…

  • Rough campaigns ahead

    The stage has been set for what promises to be some heated election campaigns in the months ahead, particularly when it comes to Old Bridge. No fewer than six seats on the nine-member Township Council will be up for grabs, and the Democrats and Republicans have each fielded full slates of candidates for the November…

  • Letters

    Party argues within itself on occasion I want to set the record straight on some matters raised in an April 19 [column] in the Suburban by Greg Bean, executive editor of Greater Media Newspapers. First, as to any controversy in Middletown among Republicans, the only thing to say is the Republican Party is a family.…

  • It’s a burning question: Where does the time go?

    Coda Greg Bean When kids are little, they figure their parents know everything. Most parents say that stage usually lasts until a couple of years before puberty, when kids decide their parents know absolutely nothing. I think it lasts until the kids ask the one question for which almost no parent has a decent answer,…

  • For the Record

    The Old Bridge School District is the 14th largest in the state. An April 21 article incorrectly identified the district as the fourth largest. An April 21 story in the Suburban stated that Old Bridge Councilman G. Kevin Calogera cast the sole dissenting vote against The Crossings at Old Bridge, which was before the Planning…

  • Calvary Chapel to open Christian school in fall

    BY ANDREA OLIVIO Staff Writer BY ANDREA OLIVIOStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE — After years of planning, a local church will start a new Christian school in the fall. The Calvary Christian School, a ministry of Calvary Chapel Old Bridge, will open its doors in September for the 2005-06 academic year. The school, for students in…

  • Obituaries

    Frank Moscarello Mr. Moscarello, 87, of Old Bridge, formerly of Sayreville, died April 12 in St. Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. He served as Old Bridge fire marshal for 16 years prior to retiring in 1986. Surviving are his wife, Rosalie; two daughters, Rosalie Mantle of Old Bridge and Frances Mantle of Brick; two sisters,…

  • Letters

    Support needed to preserve NJ New Jersey’s wildlife is in big trouble. Until recently, many volunteers cared for distressed and disabled wildlife. Townships, veterinarians and homeowners had relied on wildlife rehabilitators to deal with animals that typically an official, paid for by the taxpayers, would be called upon to remove. Wildlife rehabilitators numbered more than…