Category: Suburban Opinion
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Speed humps offer community more benefits than detriments
Emergency services and fellow residents, we need your help now more than ever. In response to an article in the Aug. 29 issue of the Suburban, in which emergency services personnel stated concerns over the installation of speed humps on Eugene Boulevard, a large number of residents approached me and expressed disappointment, feeling that emergency…
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Official from citizens group says toll money should not fund arena
It costs $7 to cross some bridges and tunnels in the New Jersey/New York area. This money is intended for the maintenance of our infrastructure. Some of these bridges and tunnels were built as early as the 1920s and 1930s and have been paid for hundreds of times over. This week we learned at least…
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Redmond’s words insult resident’s intelligence
I am 20 years old, have lived in Old Bridge my whole life, and am currently attending an institution of higher learning. I have been paying attention to the recent situation that Councilman Larry Redmond has created, and frankly, I look forward to voicing my opinion, not so much on the situation as a whole,…
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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. EVELYN M. WILLIS MOLNAR, 66, of Old Bridge died Sept. 10 in JFK Medical Center, Edison. Surviving are her husband, Julius; two daughters, Deborah and Laurie; two…
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A time for reflection
After a year of thinking about it, of contemplating how we will face it, Americans have reached the week that marks the first anniversary of the worst attack ever by an enemy of the United States on American soil. It was a bright clear Tuesday morning, a September morning like hundreds of others. But the…
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Councilman voted for the safety and security of O.B. residents
Councilman voted for the safety and security of O.B. residents There has been much discussion lately over my ability to vote on the police budget amendments. Let me put the issue to rest. On Aug. 26, after the Township Council meeting, I asked Township Attorney William Ruggierio to research the laws covering this issue. At…
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Review period begins for a unique proposal
Review period begins for a unique proposal When local officials began working on a town center ordinance several years ago, they wanted to allow more centralized development in order to better preserve the township’s outlying areas, where less dense development would be allowed. The area in the vicinity of the municipal complex would be the…
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Honor our heroes without taking a holiday from work and school
As we approach Sept. 11, some legislators have asked Gov. [James] McGreevey to declare that date an official state holiday and to close all state offices. On June 20, the state Assembly unanimously passed AJR 29, sponsored by Assemblymen Gordon Johnson (D-37), Matt Ahearn (D-38), and me, which permanently designates Sept. 11 as "American Heroes…
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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. LORRAINE TREZZA VINCI, 73, of Laurence Harbor died Sept. 2 at Madison Center, Old Bridge. She was a retired library assistant at Laurence Harbor Library, where she…
