Category: Suburban Opinion

  • Our View

    Give the gift of blood Many people find themselves in the "spirit of giving" during the holiday season. However, a story published in this week’s Suburban shows that not many people in this area felt like giving blood. Blood donations at the New Brunswick-based New Jersey Blood Services, which supplies blood to 60 hospitals in…

  • MABEL SMITH, 102, of Sayreville died Dec. 21 at Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge. She was a lifelong resident of Sayreville. During the early 1920s, she was a piano accompanist for the silent movies at the Liberty Theater on Main Street. Prior to that, she worked at Hercules during World War I, earning a…

  • High school recognized for helping fight against cancer

    High school recognized for helping fight against cancer OLD BRIDGE — Peer Leadership students and their teachers at Old Bridge High School have raised more than $9,000 over the past two years for the American Cancer Society by participating in its Relay For Life events. As a result, the high school was recently presented with…

  • Municipal golf course expenditure infuriates O.B. resident

    Municipal golf course expenditure infuriates O.B. resident Santa came early in Old Bridge for some as the Township Council ap-proved $40,000 in consultant fees to consider a golf course at its last meeting in 2002. This is just the beginning of what I predict will be a $6-$8 million expenditure to build a golf course…

  • Stop wasting public money on silly, expensive studies

    Last week, a number of people from central New Jersey were exposed to one of the most ludicrous examples of bureaucratic nonsense. Because a few people in Ocean County think they need a train line that wanders all over central New Jersey, NJ Transit and its consultants held what they called a "scoping meeting" to…

  • Generosity brings happiness to local families

    On behalf of my staff and myself, I would like to thank those individuals, groups and organizations who participated in the Toys for Tots program sponsored by the Sayreville Recreation Department. Your generosity has enabled us to provide some holiday joy for 30 families of Sayreville. Our program is made possible through the caring efforts…

  • Will shelter closing really ease tax increase?

    Will shelter closing really ease tax increase? In reference to "Animal Control Workers To Get Paid for Another Month" (Suburban, Dec. 12), the mayor’s administration proposed ending the operation of the municipal animal shelter to save $75,000, but in the same breath said the $200,000 award from the Department of Community Affairs (DCA) would make…

  • Obituaries

    Greater Media Newspapers prints obituaries as a free community service, at no charge to the families of the deceased or to the funeral homes that provide the information. RAYMOND COVERDALE, 77, of East Brunswick, formerly of Old Bridge, died Dec. 19 at Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge. Mr. Coverdale was a supervisor with Western…

  • Internet fuels betting

    Gambling online may be hard to regulate, but it will be even harder to outlaw. This may come as a surprise to many residents in the Garden State, but making that Internet sports bet, or playing a chip in a virtual casino is illegal in this state. According to Kerry Hand of the state’s gaming…