Category: Suburban Opinion
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Reverse 911 system can eliminate confusion, guard safety
This letter is in regard to Old Bridge purchasing its own reverse 911 system. The system is a much-needed and extremely important purchase. A few residents I know called the Old Bridge Police Department the morning of the fuel barge explosion, were told it didn’t affect us and were hung up on. Do we need…
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Honoree sends thanks to family, friends, Elks, Old Bridge
On Feb. 22, Old Bridge Elks Lodge No. 2229 honored me for community service at the Elks annual Charity Ball. Family and friends joined forces to give me the shock of my life. My thanks and my love go out to every one of you, especially to my husband, Bobby, and my daughter, Jamie. My…
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Obituaries
MARTHA URBANSKI SAMUEL, 84, of Sayreville died March 4 at home. She was predeceased by her husband, Joseph Samuel. Surviving are two daughters, Lorraine Bauman and Linda Schafer, both of Sayreville; a sister, Wanda Katchur of Perth Amboy; a brother, Edward Urbanski of Perth Amboy; three granddaughters; and a great-grandson. A Mass is planned for…
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Our View
Go forward on reverse 911 A proposal to implement a "reverse 911" system in Old Bridge should be approved by the Township Council. The idea of having an emergency notification system in this post-9/11 world makes sense for any municipality, but particularly for Old Bridge, which is large in both size and population, and is…
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Residents vs. snowplows is time-honored tradition
Residents vs. snowplows is time-honored tradition I am writing in response to a letter to the editor written by Evelyn Felix ("Why Does Borough Plow Snow Into Residential Driveways?," Suburban, Feb. 21). Mrs. Felix, as a 35-year resident of this town, I would like to say, "Welcome to Sayreville." Your complaint about the snow removal…
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Sayreville’s snow removal efforts should be praised
I am writing this letter in response to Evelyn Felix’s letter to the editor ("Why Does Borough Plow Snow Into Residential Driveways?", Suburban, Feb. 21). I want to commend the fine job the borough of Sayreville Public Works Department did during and after the blizzard. Under the circumstances, with limited manpower and resources, the borough…
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Sayreville council offers good laughs but bad leadership
Almost every week when I open the Suburban newspaper, I read more about Sayreville’s Borough Council nonsense. Rarely are the articles about what is being accomplished for the good of and for the future of Sayreville. I’ll admit it’s hilarious to read about the trash-talking, mudslinging and finger-pointing politicians. But, sadly, as long as they…
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Five file for three school board seats
OLD BRIDGE — Five township residents, including the current Board of Education vice president, two incumbents and a former board president, have filed petitions to run for three seats in April’s school board elections. The school district’s tentative 2003-04 budget will be introduced following the board’s public meeting tonight. The meeting will begin at 7:30…
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Ask legislators to vote no on proposed research bill
New Jersey is on the brink of allowing the creation of human beings for the sole purpose of experimenting on them and then killing them. Bill S1909/A2840 allows the creation of human clones via "somatic cell nuclear transfer" (the same way that Dolly the sheep was created), to be grown in a woman’s womb to…
