Category: Suburban Opinion
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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…
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Animals are living beings, not toys to give as Christmas gifts
It is commonly said that Christmas is a bad time to receive a pet or to give one as a gift. Many animals received as gifts for the holidays end up tied out in the yard, starving for love and attention. Sometimes they are left with no food, water or shelter. Many end up on…
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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. FRIEDA ASH, 109, formerly of East Brunswick, Highland Park and New York City, died Dec. 10 in Central Jersey Jewish Home for the Aged, Somerset section of…
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Political leaders must remain behind rail plan
Political leaders must remain behind rail plan It will take all the political support the Monmouth-Ocean county region can muster to advance a plan for passenger rail service through this area of New Jersey, which continues to explode in population. Published reports indicate that in the next decade, it is expected that approximately 25 percent…
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Middlesex County deserves thanks for support of recent Heart Walk
As local business leaders and co-chairmen of the American Heart Association’s Middlesex County American Heart Walk, we want to say thank you, Middlesex County. The recent American Heart Walk event was a great success, thanks to citizens, businesses, organizations and volunteers throughout Middlesex County. Money raised from the walk comes back to benefit all of…
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Pedestrian killed on Rt. 35
Pedestrian killed on Rt. 35 A 26-year-old East Brunswick resident died Sunday after he was hit by a motor vehicle on Route 35 south in Sayreville. David R. Rosner of Bromley Place was pronounced dead at 1:01 p.m. Sunday after he was transported by a state police helicopter to the critical intensive care unit at…
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Heartless thief stole more than just Christmas lights
Today our family experienced a great disappointment in this season of doing for others. Someone stole some of the Christmas lights from in front of our house. I don’t understand what goes through the heart and mind of the person who steals, but I want to let that person know what goes through mine. Yes,…
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Salvation Army seeks help to aid the less fortunate
Thanksgiving is now past, and Christmas is approaching quickly. I give thanks for all God’s blessings, especially at this time of the year, but this year I must also pray for help. More, I must also ask the public to be especially generous when they encounter The Salvation Army’s red kettles or receive a letter…
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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. SIGMUND BIELICKI, 84, of Old Bridge died Dec. 4 in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. His wife, Cecilia Mazurek Bielicki, died in 1991. Surviving are…
