Category: Suburban Opinion
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Cooperation, effort led to success of Hadassah event
I want to thank all of you who participated in our December Holiday Gift Wrap at Brunswick Square Mall, East Brunswick. We set up for wrapping on Nov. 30, began wrapping on Dec. 1, and finally took the booth down on Sunday, Dec. 26. It was a mighty undertaking for our chapter, and, thanks to…
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Old Bridge sees 21 thefts of headlights in one day
BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE — A continued string of halogen headlight thefts Friday have police from several jurisdictions working in a coordinated effort to stop the recent crime wave. The theft of headlights from 21 cars in Old Bridge Friday, with the exception of one incident, took place…
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Spouses of overseas military get free gym memberships
Ladies Workout Express, 960 Route 9, Sayreville Plaza (next to Farmer’s Market), has joined with other Ladies Workout Express, Lady of America and Workout Express fitness centers in donating free memberships to the spouses of military personnel who have been deployed overseas. Effective immediately, individuals with spouses deployed overseas will have full use of the…
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Obituaries
Walter F. “Jimmy” Boyler Mr. Boyler, 77, of Sayreville, died Dec. 29 at home. Prior to his retirement in 1992, he was employed as a groundskeeper with DuPont Fabric and Finish Division, Parlin section of Sayreville, where he worked for 40 years. A member of the Sayreville Board of Health, he served as an aide…
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No money for teachers, plenty for former superintendent
I read your article, “Teachers, Board Still at Odds in Sayreville” (Suburban, Jan. 13) and hope that the fact-finding hearing on Feb. 23 will not be a waste of time. I am very concerned that the teachers of Sayreville are working without a contract. There supposedly is not enough money for the teachers’ benefits. However,…
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Obituaries
Thomas P. McLoughlin Mr. McLoughlin, 78, of East Brunswick, died Jan. 9 at University Medical Center at Princeton. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., he resided in East Brunswick the past 42 years. He was a senior technical manager, field support, and data station controller at Lucent Technologies, Middletown, for 35 years, retiring in 1993. Prior to…
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Writer feels critic misinterpreted his letter
I debated with myself as to whether I should respond to Joseph Aragona’s letter to the editor (“Council Members Were Right to Question Rezoning,” Suburban, Dec. 30) because he grossly represented me and seemed to imply that I was speaking in favor of the proposed ordinance on rezoning commercial-office-industrial (COI) in Old Bridge. I believe…
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East Coast needs tsunami warning, reader says
I applaud U.S. Congressman Frank Pallone Jr. (D-6th District) for his efforts to get a tsunami warning system for the Atlantic coast. It is totally unacceptable that we are without one in today’s world. The United States is the strongest, most prolific country ever known and yet we are no match to nature’s fury. How…
