Category: Suburban Opinion

  • Constitutional convention needed in order to bring tax reform

    Time and time and time again, New Jersey governors have called into being a long line of special blue ribbon property tax commissions. Over and over and over again, they have studied New Jersey’s regressive over reliance on the property tax as a source of funding for essential services and programs. Dutifully, they have filed…

  • Councilman was on the mark with concerns about intersection

    I have just read a letter that was published in the March 14 edition of the Suburban which made me aware of Old Bridge Councilman G. Kevin Calogera’s concerns regarding the traffic and safety issues in Ward 4, specifically the intersection of Ticetown Road and Valley Vale Drive. Let me take this opportunity to applaud…

  • Along overdue point was brought to the table in Old Bridge earlier this month when a councilman suggested that the township begin implementing hosting fees for large-scale events.

    Along overdue point was brought to the table in Old Bridge earlier this month when a councilman suggested that the township begin implementing hosting fees for large-scale events. After months of debate surrounding the plans for a major three-day concert and festival in August at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park, officials ultimately did the right…

  • Appreciates Old Bridge councilman’s bid to make roads safer

    At the Feb. 25 Old Bridge Township Council meeting, the Ward 4 councilman, Kevin Calogera, expressed his concerns regarding traffic and safety issues in his ward. He mentioned specific locations and asked for input and suggestions from the other council members for a possible long-term remedy. It was then that the Ward 5 councilman, Richard…

  • Many deserve thanks for success in 2001-02 wrestling season

    As we come to the end of another season, we would like to thank everyone who made our 2001-02 wrestling season such a success. The Sayreville Recreation Department, the Board of Education and the coaching staff all worked together to keep things running smoothly. While the season started in November, we started the planning in…

  • 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. JOSEPH CHARLES AMBROZY, 48, of Sayreville died March 4 at home. Surviving are his father, John, and his father’s wife, Angie Ambrozy, with whom he lived; and…

  • Businesses are getting raw deal from gov’t

    Recently I found out that eight Milltown businesses are being forcibly evicted from their long-standing homes. They were at first given 30 days to vacate their businesses, which were contributing tax dollars to the town. It has been decided that a park would better serve the town — also eliminating its much-needed tax revenue in…

  • Income tax should fund education

    I would like to see the state Assembly and Senate establish as their top priority a method of funding primary and secondary education that would not be a burden to so many New Jersey taxpayers. We all agree that the property tax we in New Jersey are burdened with is regressive. It puts undue strain…

  • Chapter leader details involvement of Red Cross in Guantánamo Bay

    Chapter leader details involvement of Red Cross in Guantánamo Bay It seems a horror to many Americans that anyone — especially the Red Cross — would be interested in the welfare of the Afghan war detainees being held by the United States military in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, However, it is our very own government that…