Category: Suburban Opinion
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East Brunswick needs an indoor swimming facility
Fall is upon us, and the summer seems a distant memory. Crystal Springs Family Aquatic Center has been closed for many weeks, and the summer season was replete with rainy days making our water park a desolate environment without much purpose. Now another three seasons must be endured before our town’s citizens will have the…
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Administration ought to consider Republican ideas
I wonder what will happen to all of the proposals made by East Brunswick candidates for mayor and Township Council during the last election. As a Republican committeeman in the 29th District, I was privileged to approve some of the issues which were presented in the platform. I felt strongly about the concept of allowing…
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Ernston Road extension would be a benefit to all residents
Ernston Road extension would be a benefit to all residents The main opposition to the Ernston Road extension comes from a small group of condominium owners on Ernston Road who seem to think they are entitled to live on a 50-foot-wide dead end despite the extension plan being part of the master plan. The proposed…
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Marching Knights staff deserves kudos
The Old Bridge High School Marching Knights are having a highly successful band competition season, thanks to the devotion of the directors and instructors who work with the students. We are fortunate to have an instructional staff whose members bring their skill, caring and love of music to the students of our township. Our band…
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Career professionals teach students a lesson in choices
Staff Writer By nicole c. vaccaro Career professionals teach students a lesson in choices SPOTSWOOD — Eighteen people, representing a wide variety of professions, came out for this year’s career day celebration at Memorial School on Friday. The day started off with a "Science Sportacular" assembly, hosted by Liberty Science Center, Jersey City, in which…
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High school students earn college credits in program
Staff Writer By natalie m. vena OLD BRIDGE — Earning college credits as a high school junior or senior can be enlightening — just ask some of the students enrolled in the Middle College Program at Old Bridge High School. Junior Gloria Manuanno, 16, is enrolled in Introduction to Psychology, one of four courses offered…
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Educator uses music to teach about computers
Staff Writer By takesha pettus Educator uses music to teach about computers MARIE ORTIZ Patricia Daly, a kindergarten teacher at Sayreville’s Truman School, has found a way to make learning about computers fun for her students. It’s called “Stanley, The Computer With A Heart,” a compact disk she compiled herself. SAYREVILLE — A local teacher…
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‘Walk for the Cure’ karate participants deserve praise
‘Walk for the Cure’ karate participants deserve praise On Oct. 21, Judy and Jack McInerney of ATA Black Belt Academy, Parlin section of Sayreville, sponsored a "Walk for the Cure." Jack’s students collected donations for the Susan G. Koman Breast Cancer Foundation. They then walked from Route 9 down Ernston Road to Kennedy Park and…
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Teacher uses real world to teach science
Staff Writer By natalie m. vena MARIE ORTIZ Students, teachers and parents at the Emma L. Arleth School, Sayreville, prepare baskets for the children in the pediatric ward at the Raritan Bay Medical Center. OLD BRIDGE — Teaching children to care about the environment is what Len Brokaw does best. Brokaw, a teacher at the…
