Category: Suburban Opinion

  • Animal Rescue Force volunteers deserve praise for work

    I want to thank the Animal Rescue Force (ARF), East Brunswick, and two of its volunteer workers, Virginia Stillwagen and Catherine Senkins. ARF finds homes for abandoned animals. Last month I found a 6-month-old declawed, neutered cat on my doorstep during a major snowstorm. ARF put me in contact with a veterinarian who scheduled an…

  • Takes councilman to task for breaking promise regarding buffer

    This is an open letter to Councilman Thomas Marcinczyk. Mr. Marcinczyk, the Suburban ran a story recently that said you are planning to run for mayor of Sayreville ("Outspoken Councilman Announces Mayoral Bid," Feb. 27). May I remind you that the mayor of Sayreville will be expected to represent the community with honesty and to…

  • V.P. to be next principal at boro’s middle school

    By jennifer domeStaff Writer V.P. to be next principal at boro’s middle school By jennifer dome Staff Writer FARRAH MAFFAI Donna Jakubik will become Sayreville Middle School’s new principal in July. SAYREVILLE — In recent years it has almost seemed that the Sayreville Middle School should have a revolving door at the front entrance. Promotions…

  • Obituaries

    Obituaries FRANK J. "CHE-CHE" ALBANESE, 89, of South Amboy died March 12 in Bayshore Health Care Center, Holmdel. His wife, Sophie M. Lozinski Albanese, died in 2000, and a son, Francis J., died in 1955. Surviving are two sons, Michael J. and Theodore J. "TJ," both of South Amboy; a daughter, Frances Eileen Zygmond of…

  • Our View

    State chooses wrong place to ease rules Our View State chooses wrong place to ease rules In the next few months it is possible that the citizens of New Jersey will be treated to the most ridiculous regulation since rules were imposed on how you could cook an egg. Unlike that embarrassing episode from our…

  • Councilman’s quality of life comments irk Sayreville resident

    Sayreville Borough Council President Tom Pollando rendered a pub­lic statement recently in an area news­paper promoting the construction of an energy converter station in our commu­nity on River Road. I wholeheartedly take issue with the statement and feel it deserves a response. Pollando stated that elected officials of the Borough Council have a paramount objective…

  • Trees came down for houses for ‘city folk’

    This is in response to a letter to the editor from Robert Seufert of Old Bridge ("They Paved Paradise and Put Up a Parking Lot," Suburban, March 6) concerning his overdevelopment blues. Hey, Bob — I grew up in Matawan and the Old Bridge area dating back to 1963. For 40 years I’ve watched the…

  • Old Bridge firefighters came to the rescue during flooding

    We would like to take this opportunity to thank the members of the Madison Park/Old Bridge Volunteer Fire Department for all their help during the rainstorm on Feb. 22. These individuals worked so hard to help the families of Madison Park, especially those on Princeton Road, while some of our basements were flooded. They went…

  • Greene has qualifications, ability to lead Old Bridge as mayor

    I am writing today to urge Councilman Richard Greene to run for the office of mayor of Old Bridge. Councilman Greene has demonstrated leadership on the Old Bridge Township Council and is one of the hardest-working elected officials. In the next few years, the township will be faced with many important and difficult decisions. I…