Category: Suburban Opinion

  • Politics should be kept out of appointments to recreation board

    Hard work and dedication to the children of Sayreville for 29 years is rewarded by removal from the borough Recreation Advisory Board. Once again, politics, not the good of the children, comes first in Sayreville. I had the pleasure of working with Tom Pollando for 12 years as a vice president in the Sayreville Athletic…

  • Holiday generosity spread from South River to surrounding towns

    Once again, a community has come together to help those who are in need; but this time the generosity has spread to others in our county. This year, the South River Elementary School Adopt-A-Family program was able to help 33 families with a total of 115 children. Not only individuals in this small town, but…

  • Gas station will be an environmental horror

    Four years ago I went to our Borough Council meeting, the first of a number of times, because we did not have a single playground for our children. The only negligible result of this was the adoption of the matter as a campaign issue. Now that the candidates have been elected and years have passed,…

  • Opposition to MOM rail system is built on short-sighted premise

    I am compelled to respond to Richard Wieland’s letter to the editor titled "NJ Transit Doesn’t Get It: MOM Rail Route Makes No Sense" (Suburban, Jan. 24) because it appears to represent a short-sighted approach based on potential ferry service. The reason that trains make so much sense is because of the high level of…

  • State reducing aid to Old Bridge school district

    Staff Writer By natalie m. vena State reducing aid to Old Bridge school district OLD BRIDGE — Last week, the state released its school aid figures. While the majority of districts got an increase, the township received a cut. The aid is for the 2001-2002 school year. But according to school administrators, the figures are…

  • Chinese New Year

    The He Bei acrobatic group performs during a Chinese New Year celebration at the JFK School, Jamesburg, on Friday. SANDRA IOWICH

  • Old Bridge council president wants to clarify position on Birch Hill

    I am pleased to see that Mayor Barbara Cannon is finally supporting my vision with respect to exploring the opportunities surrounding Old Bridge acquiring the Birch Hill recreational complex, which I thought then, and continue to think, could provide a boundless evolving township recreational and community center facility. It is discouraging to read in your…

  • Hunka Bunka owner is failing to listen to the voice of the people

    I have been reading articles in all the newspapers concerning the Sayreville bar and club closing times. I was especially concerned with comments made by Hunka Bunka co-owner Kip Connor. He has been quoted as saying, "The people are on our side"; changing the closing time to 2 a.m. would "force residents to drive to…

  • NJ Transit doesn’t get it: MOM rail route makes no sense

    As if the half-billion dollar cost of routing NJ Transit’s proposed Monmouth-Ocean-Middlesex rail line to South Brunswick weren’t enough, another good reason to derail this bad idea is in the news this week. Five companies that want to build a ferry terminal and start commuter service to Wall Street have presented plans to South Amboy…