Category: Suburban Opinion
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Isn’t a human life worth cost of traffic light?
Isn’t a human life worth cost of traffic light? In the Feb. 19 issue of the Suburban, there was an article titled "Signal at Inverness Drive, Route 9, Up and Running." A story in the previous week’s issue was titled "Nobody Wants to Pay for Needed Traffic Light." The "needed" light is at the intersection…
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New Old Bridge police officers rated warmer welcome
On behalf of the membership of the Old Bridge Police Benevolent Association (PBA), I would like to welcome our newest police officers to the department. The occasion of the officers’ swearing-in ceremony causes me to fondly reflect on my own swearing in when I joined the department in 1994. My family proudly looked on as…
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Student behind bomb scare could be expelled
BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer Student behind bomb scare could be expelled BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — A student whose written message on a classroom desk forced evacuation of Old Bridge High School’s east campus last week could face expulsion. The 17-year-old male, whose name is not being released due to…
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Obituaries
Erast Botschagow Obituaries Erast Botschagow Mr. Botschagow, 81, of Sayreville died Feb. 8 in Monroe. Surviving are his wife, Inna Buldinskis Botschagow; two sons, Alexander Botschagow of Mahopac, N.Y., and Paul Slanski of Sayreville; and six grandchildren. Services were held at St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Howell. Interment was in New Calvary Cemetery, Parlin section of…
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Settlement shows town made the right decision
Settlement shows town made the right decision A court settlement reached between Old Bridge and a local developer was described by a township official this week as a "win-win situation." And, we have to say — he’s correct. The settlement shows that the Old Bridge Zoning Board of Adjustment made the right call in November…
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Meeting in Morgan yields positive results
Meeting in Morgan yields positive results It appears that a good deal of progress was made in Sayreville last week when numerous residents and officials got together to talk about the future use of land along Route 35 in the borough’s Morgan section. Residents of the area packed the local firehouse to talk with Mayor…
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All Old Bridge residents suffer because of ‘pay-to-play’
Two of the major issues that the residents of Old Bridge have been dealing with are the escalating property taxes and the decline in their quality of life caused by the residential and commercial development that has occurred in recent years. There are many factors that contribute to each issue. For instance, an increase in…
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Nominees sought for Hall of Fame
The Sayreville War Memorial High School (SWMHS) Hall of Fame Committee has been formed to honor all living graduates of the high school who have made significant contributions to country, community, profession or organization. We are asking the community at large to submit letters of nomination or recommendation based on these criteria for the first…
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Left in place, tax will be as ‘big and onerous as ever’
Left in place, tax will be as ‘big and onerous as ever’ Recently, a local daily newspaper ran two front-page articles along with a few editorials on the need for New Jersey to address the property tax dilemma. In one editorial, the governor was reamed for offering "half measures on tax relief." Unfortunately, the newspaper’s,…
