Category: Suburban Opinion

  • Board, volunteers made egg hunt a success

    The Sayreville Recreation Department would like to extend a sincere thank you to our Recreation Advisory Board and all the volunteers who assisted in our annual egg hunt. Your participation made this event a great success. Michael Sedlak Municipal Department Head Sayreville Recreation Department

  • 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. ARTHUR P. CHRISTIE, 79, of Matawan, formerly of Old Bridge, died March 20 in Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. His wife, Catherine Christie, died in 1995. Surviving are…

  • Don’t combine authorities; eliminate

    Don’t combine authorities; eliminate New Jersey Highway Authority Citizens Against Tolls has learned Gov. James E. McGreevey will soon present his plan to combine the New Jersey Highway and the New Jersey Turnpike authorities. Unless there is a significant cut in costs throughout the bureaucratic structure of these authorities, we do not see many reasons…

  • Resident thinks criticism of Old Bridge councilman was unjust

    I must take exception to an obviously partisan letter to the editor, written by Joseph Mancini, ("Appreciates Old Bridge Councilman’s Bid To Make Roads Safer," Suburban, March 14) and to the erroneous statements made by this gentleman. First of all, at no time did Councilman Richard Greene "speak down" to Councilman Kevin Calogera. Mr. Greene…

  • Thanks extended to supporters of PTA’s ‘Care Night 2002’

    A word of thanks from the Middle School PTA to the many volunteers and local businesses in the Sayreville area for helping make "Care Night 2002" a success. Again and again, local businesses in the Sayreville area continue to support the children in our schools. Donations range from stylish haircuts to delicious hot pizzas. The…

  • Dedicated state income tax should fund education system

    Property taxes have become a growing problem, resulting in a great hardship for New Jersey residents. Poor planning is a major contributing factor. Housing construction has overridden its boundaries and, in turn, has created a multitude of children to overflow our schools. The homes, which have been built, are not affordable to the general public…

  • Move E-ZPass booth to a different lane

    On Feb. 18 the E-ZPass booth at Garden State Parkway Raritan Toll Plaza south was relocated from the second lane (from the right) to the third lane in the second row of booths. This made it impossible to use E-ZPass during evening rush hour for those who need to use Exit 124 or Exit 123…

  • 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. JANET R. BORST, 83, of Spotswood died March 18 at home. Born in Jersey City, she had lived in Cliffwood Beach before moving to Spotswood 23 years…

  • School budget news will come as shock to some

    School budget news will come as shock to some It must be a shock for many area residents to read about the tax increases associated with school budgets for the 2002-03 school year. A damaging blow was dealt to school boards and to residents when Gov. James McGreevey announced that, as one way of dealing…