Category: Suburban Opinion

  • American flag thief soiled Old Bridge resident’s lovely memories

    The July 19 issue of the Suburban featured a letter to the editor from Christa Leslie of Sayreville who wrote about how her American flag had been stolen from her property. I, too, was as outraged as she when the same thing happened to me the week of Flag Day last year. It was more…

  • Sayreville resident extends thanks to emergency personnel, police

    On July 1 my wife became ill and I called 911 for assistance. Within minutes, a Sayreville police officer, two paramedics and the Sayreville Rescue/First Aid Squad arrived. Because of the confusion at the time, I neglected to get the names of all those who responded. I later learned that Michelle Norek and Frank Toia…

  • A new community center would serve boro residents of all ages

    I was appalled by the article that appeared on page 3 of the July 26 issue of the Suburban in which a resident suggested that instead of building a community center for Sayreville, maybe the senior center on Main Street should be expanded. Are there any seniors sitting in the hallways while activities are being…

  • Active pursuit of farmland preservation is warranted

    Active pursuit of farmland preservation is warranted It is with mixed feelings that we find out an application for state farmland preservation on a 12.5-acre Old Bridge property is the first such submission from that township. Like much of Middlesex County, the township has been using a variety of means to acquire open space, including…

  • Guest Column

    John I. Rigolizzo Jr. Tools exist to ease suburban sprawl As we head toward the November elections, suburban sprawl has already staked a claim as a front-burner issue. Homeowners worry about it. Elected officials, from the municipal level all the way up to the Statehouse, debate how to stop it. Farmers have mixed feelings about…

  • Those who stole resident’s flag should feel guilty and ashamed

    Sometime between Saturday evening, July 7, and Sunday morning, July 8, my brand new American flag was stolen from in front of my home. How can anyone sink so low as to steal an American flag? Not only did they trespass on my property, they also stole something that I have great respect for. I…

  • Brain tumor support group offers help

    The New Brunswick-Area Brain Tumor Support Group is sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Department of Community Education. The group meets at 7 p.m. every second Monday of the month at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, One Robert Wood Johnson Place, New Brunswick. The goal of the support group is to provide an…

  • State to award medal to residents for Vietnam, other military duty

    The New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs has announced it will issue a medal to those qualified veterans who "were on active duty in any branch of the armed services in Vietnam, Thailand, Laos or Cambodia, or the contiguous waters or airspace thereof, on or after Dec. 31, 1960 and on or before…

  • Voluntary summer program is a hit for students, staff Students from two middle schools participated in three-week program

    Staff Writer By natalie m. vena Voluntary summer program is a hit for students, staff Students from two middle schools participated in three-week program JERRY WOLKOWITZ Danielle Torre, of Jackson, who is a student at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, helps a student involved in the Old Bridge extended-year program at the Jonas Salk Middle School,…