Category: Suburban Opinion

  • Make-A-Wish Foundation truly makes children’s wishes a reality

    At a time when disillusionment is rampant in our country, it is refreshing to be touched by a nonprofit organization that adheres to its original ideals. I am writing in regard to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. This organization fulfills the dreams of children who have life-threatening illnesses. Many of us have heard of Make-A-Wish but have…

  • How does candidate justify his position?

    How does candidate justify his position? This is to remind Jim McGreevey that no Catholic who "embraces" his faith, no Catholic who earnestly practices his faith, can be pro-choice. Catholics believe that all human life is sacred, and we further believe that such life begins at the instant of conception; this is a fundamental teaching…

  • Help, information are available for parents of children battling DSI

    Dysfunction of sensory integration (DSI), also known as SID (sensory integration dysfunction), is the inability of the brain to correctly process information brought in by the senses. Every day we receive a great deal of information from our senses: touch, vision, hearing, smell and taste; the vestibular sense (knowledge of balance and movement); and the…

  • Sayreville resident speaks on crime, teens, community center

    There are three issues I would like to address. Recently my home was burglarized. I have been told that there have been numerous thefts in and around Sayreville, and I would like to know what the police are doing about it. I was told that an attempt was made at another house a few blocks…

  • Train station could only help traffic, commuters

    Train station could only help traffic, commuters With congestion on Middlesex County highways hitting new levels of aggravation all the time, the greater use by commuters of rail options is always a welcomed sight. Thus, the fact that NJ Transit plans to make Old Bridge’s Laurence Harbor section a stop on its North Jersey Coast…

  • Guest Column Peggy O’Connell Writer offers advice on finding lost pet

    Guest Column Peggy O’Connell Writer offers advice on finding lost pet Being a board member for an animal rescue group known as People for Animals and being involved in animal rescue work for years, I am writing this letter on behalf of our pets. I had a very sad experience recently that made me realize…

  • Old Bridge program volunteers rate gratitude and awards

    Heartfelt thanks to Old Bridge Elks Lodge No. 2229 and to the Bent Fenders for their volunteer efforts for Old Bridge’s R.O.B.I.N. Friday Night Fun program for teens and adults with disabilities. These volunteers were recently presented with our organization’s 2001 R.O.B.I.N. Humani-tarian Award of Notable Achievement and Excellence for unselfish devotion to the individuals…

  • Spend money on schools, not on proposed community center

    On Nov. 6 the residents of Sayreville will decide whether or not to approve the building of a community center. This is a vote that should require serious consideration. Wouldn’t that targeted money be better spent on helping to alleviate the crowded conditions in our schools? In February 1997 I attended a town meeting where…

  • Resident wants officials to cut the fat from Old Bridge budget

    It’s that time of year. In the township newsletter that comes with our tax bill, the good mayor of Old Bridge says to have a "fun and relaxing summer." Why not? She did it to us again — another increase in taxes. But of course in her world, it’s not a tax increase. Our increase…