Category: Suburban Opinion

  • Your Turn

    Michelle KobrzynskiGuest ColumnAnger over parking should not come as surprise Your Turn Michelle Kobrzynski Guest Column Anger over parking should not come as surprise Michelle Kobrzynski Guest Column Anger over parking should not come as surprise This is in response to a "Your Turn" guest column by Susan Mulligan ("Parking Issues Cause Loss of Faith")…

  • School officials traded in two towns

    BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — In what amounts to a swap, the local school district has hired a new middle school principal from East Brunswick, and the East Brunswick school district has hired an administrator from Old Bridge. Joseph Gannon, an East Brunswick High School vice…

  • Day honors the veterans who kept our nation free

    Veterans Day, Nov. 11, is that one day of the year set aside for veterans. President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaimed it to be a national holiday in 1938. Parades and programs, including patriotic and church services, will pay tribute to those who served to keep our nation free. Originally, the day was called Armistice Day…

  • Study could play role in autism prevention

    The New Jersey Center for Outreach and Services for the Autism Community (COSAC) is pleased to have learned that Linda Brzustowicz, a Rutgers University scientist, will be working with 150 families in our state to study the genetics of families affected by autism. The $3.7 million funding from the National Institutes of Health may play…

  • Spare change will help continue lifesaving work

    Animal Rescue Force (ARF) recently held a coin toss at the intersection of Bordentown Avenue and Ernston Road in the Parlin section of Sayreville. We would like to thank all those who so generously took the time to stop and put their spare change into our donation cans. Without your support, we would be unable…

  • Obituaries

    Lois Phoebe Schwartzman Obituaries Lois Phoebe Schwartzman Mrs. Schwartzman, 66, of Freehold Township died Nov. 3 at her daughter’s home in Howell. Surviving are her husband, Edwin Schwartzman; five daughters, Miriam Smith of Monroe, Wash., Susan Lyon of Ortonville, Mich., Judith Thacke of Howell, Anne Skibniewski of Old Bridge and Ruth Cook of Mount Holly;…

  • Don’t miss your chance

    to have a voice Nov. 4 Don’t miss your chance to have a voice Nov. 4 Political candidates are making their last push to sway voters in these final days before the Nov. 4 general election. Election Day provides citizens of this country something many others do not have, — the power to elect our…

  • Your Turn

    Eleanore WhitakerGuest ColumnState should negotiate education salaries Your Turn Eleanore Whitaker Guest Column State should negotiate education salaries Eleanore Whitaker Guest Column State should negotiate education salaries This letter is in reference to your article titled "Jamesburg Backing SMART Tax Reform," (Suburban, Oct. 16). The SMART (Save Money and Reform Taxes) property tax reform plan…

  • Stroke survivors, families urged to attend event

    Stroke is New Jersey’s No. 3 cause of death and a leading cause of serious, long-term disability. We work with some of New Jersey’s stroke survivors on a daily basis and see both the devastating impact of stroke on survivors, their families and caregivers, and the hope of new diagnosis options, treatments and recovery from…