Category: Suburban Opinion

  • Board members grateful for community’s school budget support

    On behalf of the Sayreville Board of Education, we would like to extend our thanks to all the Sayreville residents who supported our school budget on April 16. Despite no increase in state aid, residents recognized the importance of supporting the education of the children of our borough, as well as the connection between the…

  • Clean Power Act would bring fresh air to New Jersey

    Summer is just around the corner. Unfortunately, in New Jersey that means more than trips to the shore — summer means bad air days. During the past few summers, approximately one in three days has been an ozone alert day. That means it has been unhealthy to breathe the air. More than 30 years ago,…

  • Sanitation driver seeking to contact good Samaritan

    I am a sanitation driver for the borough of Sayreville. On Tuesday, April 2, at approximately 9 a.m., I had fallen from my truck and was lying on the side of the road on Cheesequake Road. I was unable to call for help. This letter is to the good Samaritan motorist who stopped and assisted…

  • 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. MICHAEL RALPH DeSANTIS, 53, of South River was fatally injured during the legends cars feature race on April 13 at Wall Township Speedway. He was an active…

  • Political hole in one?

    Political hole in one? The Democrats in power in Old Bridge don’t want to share. At least not those who last week appointed the members of a new committee charged with planning the development of a municipal golf course on a Lambertson Road farm the township is purchasing. Council President Reggie Butler, a Democrat, made…

  • Old Bridge, not Middlesex County, should build golf course

    I’ll bet the taxpayers of Old Bridge are not aware that as of this date, two completely independent studies on the financial feasibility of an Old Bridge Township golf course, at a cost of $52,500, have been conducted. As of this date, neither study has been released to the public, even though both studies have…

  • Owners should keep cats inside in order to protect songbirds

    Ah, beautiful spring with its sights and sounds of birds. We Americans love birds. We also love cats, and with an estimated population of more than 100 million cats in this country, outdoor cats have a devastating effect on wild birds, especially songbirds. Birds are in the greatest danger from cats during the spring and…

  • Wants it known he forms his own opinions

    Thank you for printing my "Your Turn" column in your April 4 issue. I appreciate that you were able to do it without changes. However, I have to express my concern that you felt it was necessary to identify me as the husband of the mayor. I am very proud of my wife, but I…

  • Plans OK’d to turn former Town Hall into preschool

    Staff Writer By lynn K. Barra VERONICA YANKOWSKI Letizia and Peter Nagy in front of the former Jamesburg municipal building, which they plan to turn into a preschool. JAMESBURG — The borough’s Land Use Board approved an application last week to turn the former Borough Hall into a preschool building. To be called the Little…