Category: Suburban Opinion
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Supply and demand driving admissions
In the tradition of the SAT, we ask our readers to answer this multiple-choice question: Trying to summarize your life’s story on a few sheets of paper and distinguish it from a stack of 40,000 others is: A) frightening; B) one of the most important tasks in a teen’s life; C) the act of filling…
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Community colleges becoming increasingly popular choice
2-year programs gaining respect as gateway to 4-year schools BY COLLEEN LUTOLF Staff Writer BY COLLEEN LUTOLFStaff Writer FILEPHOTO Middlesex County College, Edison As college-application deadlines loom, many New Jersey high school seniors will visit four-year schools, send out expensive applications and scramble to write that perfect college essay — but many others will not.…
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Patriotism is alive and well in Sayreville area
As the commander of Sayreville Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial Post No. 4699, I would like to say that patriotism certainly isn’t dead. Veterans Day, or should I say “Veterans Week,” started out with our honor guard visiting Emma L. Arleth Elementary School, Sayreville, on Tuesday, Nov. 9. On Wednesday, Nov. 10, we attended two…
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Aspiring anchorwoman expects to fulfill dreams
Stress of doing well on SAT balanced by support from family, friends BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff Cory Johnston (center) shares a laugh with classmates Alyssa Ciameriello and Brent Vader during journalism class at Old Bridge High School’s west campus. For one teen who hopes to…
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Military personnel rate insurance, benefits
I am writing about something that we, the people, do not know about. Did you know that our military men and women have no life insurance or death benefits? If they die in combat, they get a pine wooden casket, a flag, and they are buried. My son, a member of the U.S. Army National…
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Old Bridge mayor taking credit where credit is not due
In an article in the Nov. 4 issue of the Suburban (“Old Bridge Will Rezone 1,500 Acres Commercial”), Mayor Jim Phillips touts the introduction of a new ordinance adopting the commercial-office-industrial (COI) zone. I agree with the mayor that this is a good move forward. It will reduce the number of homes and make it…
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Thank freeholders for quality of life in county
I am tired of reading things about Middlesex County government and the Board of Chosen Freeholders in the newspaper stories about the man who pleaded guilty to fraud. There are many reasons why my neighbors and I are lucky to have a county government that really works and that makes living and working here in…
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Old Bridge Hustlers played for a worthy cause
It started as a cold morning but ended with a lot of “heat” as the Howell Heat won the first ever Play for a Cause Classic at Geick Park in Old Bridge. Participating in the event were five girls softball teams — the Old Bridge Hustlers, Howell Heat, Lincroft Colts, West Windsor Wildcats and the…
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Successful candidates call for continuing dialogue
We are writing to say thank you to the voters of the borough of Sayreville for the confidence they have placed in us by electing us as their Borough Council members. The campaign was a time for us to have an ongoing dialogue with the people of Sayreville. Now that the campaign is over, we…
