Category: Suburban Opinion
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Sayreville board should treat all applicants equally
As active women who regularly attend public meetings and are well-informed on the issues and workings of the various boards and the governing body of the borough of Sayreville, we feel compelled to answer Nellie Malet’s letter to the editor ("Zoning Battle Takes Focus Off More Important Issues," Suburban, July 25). We encourage people to…
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Guest Column
Kennedy O Kennedy O’Brien National Lead site is key to Sayreville’s future For 100 years our residents have built Sayreville by toiling on the factory floors, manufacturing gunpowder for DuPont and Hercules, or working in the many other industries in town. Father passed his job to his son, and four generations of residents carved lives…
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Kudos to officials who responded to concerns
Kudos to officials who responded to concerns Development is about as much a certainty in these suburbs as death and taxes. Almost any tract of land, it seems, that has a shred of greenery is a money-making opportunity for some developer. Government has sought, in some cases more effectively than others, to control the densities…
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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. GIACOMO SOLURI, 82, of Sayreville died July 17 in Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge division. Surviving are his wife, Ida Albanese Soluri; a son, Anthony Soluri…
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Obey ordinance; hire police officers for Old Bridge
Obey ordinance; hire police officers for Old Bridge I sit and watch these Old Bridge Township Council meetings when they are on. It amazes me sometimes as to what goes on. I believe at the beginning of the year, the council passed an ordinance stating the amount of police officers that would be hired. The…
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Zoning battle takes focus off more important issues
‘Time, money and energy are being wasted in Sayreville" is the opinion of the Suburban newspaper (Our View, "Explanation, Not Investigation, Should Be Sought in Rezoning," July 11), and the words are quite accurate. This is yet another local resident trying to work a landscaping business in an area where there are other businesses operating…
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With local taxes climbing, town faces tough choices
With local taxes climbing, town faces tough choices The Old Bridge Township Council made the right decision this week by rejecting a proposal to allow greater increases in rents at township apartment complexes. The council was not fazed by claims from the Rent Stabilization Board that landlords were facing increasing costs and needed to raise…
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If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it; let Old Bridge shelter be
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it; let Old Bridge shelter be When I saw the front page article on privatizing the Old Bridge animal shelter (Suburban, July 11), I couldn’t believe it. Why change something that runs so well? I hardly ever see a stray dog. When my son attended library class and preschool…
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Disagrees with rent recommendation
I was appointed by Mayor Barbara Cannon to the Fair Rent Committee to be a tenant representative. As a tenant advocate, I could not vote for the committee’s recommendation to raise rent control to 4 percent, with a 2 percent moratorium for seniors. I feel the recommendation is wrong for a number of reasons. The…
