Category: Suburban Opinion
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Series of suspicious calls is cause for concern
Series of suspicious calls is cause for concern A recent string of what police refer to as flim-flam crimes in the area is enough to show that residents need to be careful about whom they let into their homes or onto their properties. There have been numerous reports of suspicious people using deceptive tactics to…
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New Jersey officials must act to protect clean waterways
The sweltering heat and humidity of the past few weeks has sent many of us searching for a cool, refreshing place to swim or an ice cold glass of water. Unfortunately, 85 percent of New Jersey’s waterways are too polluted for fishing and swimming. Even our drinking water sources are at risk. As a result,…
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Thanks go to residents for supporting this year’s Relay for Life
On behalf of this year’s American Cancer Society Relay for Life committee, I would like to thank the residents of Middlesex County for their generosity and support. More than 300 people participated in the Relay for Life event at The Club in Woodbridge this year, raising nearly $50,000 for the American Cancer Society’s programs of…
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Businesses, residents made picnic a success
On behalf of the officers and members of Sayreville Policemen’s Benevolent Association Local No. 98, we wish to extend our most sincere thanks to our local businessmen and businesswomen whose generous donations contributed greatly to the success of our 27th annual PBA/Community Picnic, which was held on Aug. 11. We also wish to extend thanks…
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Guest Column
ThomasMarcinczykA differing view of Sayreville Thomas Marcinczyk A differing view of Sayreville’s future Unlike Mayor Kennedy O’Brien, who only moved to Sayreville from Metuchen as an adult, I have lived in Sayreville all of my life. I know most of the families whose generations of fathers, sons and daughters worked for DuPont and Hercules and…
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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. GREGORY KISH, 47, of South River died Aug. 11 in South River. Surviving are his mother, Helen Kish of South River; three brothers, Gary and Kevin Kish,…
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State’s involvement called upon in racetrack dispute
State’s involvement called upon in racetrack dispute People who live in the section of Manalapan closest to Raceway Park, located in Old Bridge at its border with Manalapan, have for years lobbied for some enforcement mechanism that would address their issues with noise generated by the drag strip. Along the way, there have been some…
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Tough calls in tight times
Old Bridge Mayor Barbara Cannon likely didn’t want to present a budget that called for a 12-cent increase in the municipal tax rate for the coming fiscal year. It’s also unlikely that she didn’t want to face public criticism for not hiring the 12 new officers the township’s Police Department has been asking for. Furthermore,…
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Shot through the heart: Singer unrecognized
I just watched Jon Bon Jovi on VH1. I’ve seen him numerous other times being interviewed, on Bravo, on E! and even on The Tonight Show. Invariably, he mentions that he’s from Sayreville, New Jersey. Having grown up in Sayreville, it thrills me to hear him say that. The program I just watched on VH1…
