Category: Suburban Opinion
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Factual inaccuracies should be corrected
David B. Crabiel Guest Column In the Suburban’s March 3 “Your Turn” guest column (“Comments Based on 2003, Not 2005, Budget”), former Republican candidate for Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders Frank J. Coury took issue with my response (“Freeholder Director Answers Criticism,” Suburban, Feb. 24) to his earlier letter, “Freeholders Wasting Tax Dollars, Ignoring…
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For them, the choice was black and white
Greg Bean Coda I remember a day in early spring, sometime in the late 1960s, when Uncle Earl showed up on our doorstep with a new vacuum cleaner. It was his first day on the job, selling Hoovers door to door, and he wanted to try out his new sales pitch on my mother, who…
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‘Bye Bye Birdie’ set to take flight in Sayreville
BY ANDREA OLIVIO Staff Writer BY ANDREA OLIVIOStaff Writer SCOTT PILLING staff Senior Daniela Bardesio plays “Rosie” while junior Angelo Palma is “Albert” in a rehearsal scene for “Bye Bye Birdie,” which will be performed this weekend at Sayreville War Memorial High School. Sayreville War Memorial High School students will bring back a taste of…
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Officials detail impacts of referendum, budget
BY JOHN DUNPHY Staff Writer BY JOHN DUNPHYStaff Writer SAYREVILLE — An April 19 referendum that asks voters to OK additions at the high school will cost residents $152 on the average year over the next quarter-century. School officials on Tuesday gave a combined presentation on the 2005-06 budget and proposed referendum, which both go…
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Smith deserves veterans committee post
Charles Woods Guest Column When the 109th Congress convened last month, Rep. Christopher H. Smith (R-New Jersey) was removed as chairman of the Veterans Affairs (VA) Committee. He was not only replaced as chairman, he was removed from the committee entirely. As commander of Sayreville Memorial Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 4699 and as…
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Obituaries
Mary “Mickey” McCarthy Yalicki Mrs. Yalicki, 91, of Moretown, Vt., formerly of South Amboy, died March 4 in Rowan Court Nursing Home, Barre, Vt. Her husband, Theodore S. Yalicki, died in 1988. Surviving are two sons, Stanley Yalicki of Chapin, S.C., and Carl Yalicki of Moretown; four grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. A Mass was offered…
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New lighting, signs would avert accidents
Patricia Mayer Guest Column Lake Avenue in Helmetta has become more traveled since the development of Heather Glen and Forge Road. More families mean more automobiles. Everyone knows that Manalapan Road/Main Street is too congested for residents of this area to drive to East Brunswick, so they use Lake Avenue as a means to get…
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Authority’s volunteer work has paid off for community
Recognition being given to the Old Bridge Housing Authority is well deserved and perhaps even a bit overdue. Commissioners on the authority have worked for years to bring much needed affordable housing to the township and have recently come through in a big way for seniors on fixed incomes and for local people who have…
