Category: Suburban Opinion
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Phillips, Dems have not worked to curb growth
Jim Phillips, Ed Testino and Dennis Maher ran for Old Bridge local government office in 1999. "Overdevelopment" was the main theme of their platform. They promised a building moratorium. After the election, they acknowledged a moratorium was illegal. At best, they were ignorant; at worst, they were deceitful in attempting to make you believe that…
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Old Bridge senior citizens have a friend in Phillips
As we get closer to the Nov. 4 election for mayor in Old Bridge, I want to make it clear what a friend the seniors have in Democratic candidate Jim Phillips and his Team Old Bridge running mates, Councilman Dennis Maher, Councilman Ed Testino and former Councilman Patrick Gillespie. As a resident of Cheesequake Village,…
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Writer believes O’Brien is clear choice in Sayreville
I have lived in Sayreville for a very long time, and I have been following this election for mayor very closely. I have read the many flattering and not so flattering letters to the editor for both candidates; however, in my opinion the choice is pretty clear. Mayor Kennedy O’Brien stopped developers from building on…
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Asking legislators to make
a smart choice … soon a smart choice … soon A proposed tax reform bill being supported locally is worth a look by state legislators as one potential alternative for solving our state’s tax woes. The New Jersey Coalition for Property Tax Reform, a nonpartisan citizen group, is lobbying for passage of a bill that…
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Obituaries
Margaret Saunders VanPell Obituaries Margaret Saunders VanPell Mrs. VanPell, 81, of the Parlin section of Sayreville died Oct. 11 in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy division. Surviving are her husband, Glenn VanPell; two sons, Glenn J. VanPell and Gerard VanPell, both of Parlin; a daughter, Dorothy Schaefer of Iowa; two sisters, Geraldine Moran of…
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Greene has shown his worth by words, actions
Just like the swallows coming back to Capistrano, here we are at another election season, and guess who is back? Jim Phillips, the perennial mayoral candidate. How do I know? Why it’s the stream of eye pollution along Route 516 and Ferry Road detailing how bad it’s been without Jim and how delightful it will…
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Sayreville resident feels he was misled
This is an open letter to Mayor Kennedy O’Brien. I voted for you because you claimed that the construction and congestion would cease. Since that time, development has continued at a rapid pace. Midday traffic here is quite similar to that at 42nd Street and Ninth Avenue in Manhattan. It seems that your "Stop the…
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Sayreville resident: letter writers have facts confused
This letter is in response to Margaret M. Jelcich’s "Your Turn" guest column ("Commuters Should Respect Homeowners, Use the Park-And-Ride" Suburban, Oct. 9). This has to be the most ridiculous column I have ever read in my life. I’ve read Susan Mulligan’s original guest column ("Parking Issues Cause Loss of Faith") in your newspaper’s Sept.…
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Traficante will leave
OBHS in December BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — After eight years of commuting between two campuses, Old Bridge High School Principal Christopher Traficante will be leaving his post to lead a smaller high school in Ocean County. Traficante submitted a formal letter of resignation to the…
