Category: Suburban Opinion
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Guest Column Allan Kaufman Issues of reservations, round times not addressed
Guest Column Allan Kaufman Issues of reservations, round times not addressed I was pleased to see that Anthony Wilcenski, president of Castle Golf Management, the company that runs the Tamarack Golf Course, took the time to respond (in a column appearing June 20) to my letter that appeared May 31 in Greater Media Newspapers. I…
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Timing of traffic lights on Route 18 can’t be changed
This is in response to a letter I read last week that proposed a two-step solution to ease the traffic on Route 18 and Tices Lane in East Brunswick. To begin, I’d like to note that Route 18 is owned and operated by the county and East Brunswick has no control over the traffic lights.…
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Residents, parishioners lend support, assistance to Sayreville family
My younger daughter, Melanie, was diagnosed with acute lympho-blastic leukemia in January. I was told that this life-threatening illness claims 20 percent of its victims, and that my daughter is in for at least two years of chemotherapy and frequent hospital stays before she is cured. How am I able to handle it? Simply put…
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Adjust traffic lights on Route 18; don’t spend money needlessly
Adjust traffic lights on Route 18; don’t spend money needlessly I read with some amusement and much disgust the article on the proposed improvements to the traffic flow along Route 18 around Tices Lane ("Plan Would Ease Tie-ups at Route 18, Tices Lane," Sentinel, June 20). As someone who commuted to New York by bus…
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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. CHRISTINE FEDAK ZACH, 94, of Sayreville died June 25 at Carriage House Manor, Sayreville. Mrs. Zach was the owner and operator of Christine Zach Beauty Shop, Sayreville,…
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Easier access to records is a welcomed change
Easier access to records is a welcomed change As of Monday, the rules regarding government records that the public has access to will dramatically change for the better. In January — in the closing hours of the last Legislature — a much needed improvement of New Jersey’s open public records law was passed and signed…
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Trash buildup at Old Bridge bus stops is unsightly, unacceptable
This is a copy of a letter I recently sent to Old Bridge Mayor Barbara Cannon. I am writing this letter as an official complaint regarding the nonmaintenance and trash buildup at many bus stops in Old Bridge Township. It should be obvious by now that the contract the township signed with an outside company…
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Sayreville’s DARE program receives praise and support from parent
I am writing this letter to Sgt. Joseph Myers and the Sayreville Policemen’s Benevolent Association. Thank you so much for the wonderful, educational DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) program you put together for the children at Our Lady of Victories School, Sayreville. My son John cannot say enough positive things about you and your program.…
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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. DONALD W. McGLOAN, 47, of the Morgan section of Sayreville died June 24 in St. Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston. Surviving are his wife, Veronica Craney McGloan; a…
