Category: Suburban Opinion
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Geese pose problem in townhouse community
I read your article regarding the Canada geese invading Whispering Pines Estates and the Heilbrunn Business Park ("Residents Want Geese Gone From Back Yards," Suburban, April 1) with great interest. Please add Society Hill Townhouses to that list. We have been troubled by geese in the hundreds, and their droppings have been in our yards…
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Obituaries
Raymond A. Miklaszewski Obituaries Raymond A. Miklaszewski Mr. Miklaszewski, 81, of South River died April 12 at home. Prior to his retirement in 1987, he was employed as a boiler operator for Hercules Inc., Parlin section of Sayreville, where he worked for 35 years. He was predeceased by a stepson, James D. Brown. Surviving are…
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Parents create dangerous conditions outside school
My son is a third-grade student at Walter M. Schirra Jr. elementary school in Old Bridge. I recently began working from home and was eager to start taking my son to and from school. What should be a pleasurable experience has turned into a dangerous maze, due to parents who refuse to wait their turn…
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Sayreville PBA’s kindness will never be forgotten
I would like to thank Sayreville Policemen’s Benevolent Association (PBA) No. 98 for its most recent act of kindness. I am a former Sayreville police officer. In 1998 I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) and was forced to retire. I was not eligible for a full pension since I was 50 years old with…
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ATV riders are not a problem at preserve
This letter is in response to the Your Turn guest column by Daniel A. Maliszewski ("Council, Police Must Take Back Preserve") that appeared in the April 1 issue of the Suburban. I am shocked and outraged at what one man has to say. On any weekend the Julian L. Capik Nature Preserve is filled with…
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Obituaries
Robert F. Morriss Obituaries Robert F. Morriss Mr. Morriss, 85, of South Amboy died March 30 in Victoria House, Matawan. He was predeceased by a son, Hallack Joshua Morris. Surviving are his wife, Lois Neill Morriss, and several nieces and nephews. Services were held at Gundrum Service Home for Funerals, South Amboy. Interment was in…
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Your Turn
Edna GordonGuest ColumnAllow special-needs housing Your Turn Edna Gordon Guest Column Allow special-needs housing Edna Gordon Guest Column Allow special-needs housing Thanks to the initiative and compassion of Housing Authority Chairwoman Mary Ann Gurliaccio, Old Bridge once again has an opportunity to prove it is truly the "township with a heart." Ms. Gurliaccio has proposed…
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State must find new method to fund schools
Frank Coury’s education funding recommendation ("Tax Structure Would HelpSeniors, Families in Need," Your Turn guest column, Suburban, March 18) is right on target. Some may argue that what is needed is lower education costs via the reduction of more than 500 districts to21 (i.e., one per county). But even such savings may not be of…
