Category: Suburban Opinion

  • Save what is best in O.B.; vote yes on open space

    Save what is best in O.B.; vote yes on open space Invest two cents in Old Bridge. That’s all I’m asking of my neighbors and fellow Old Bridge residents. What makes Old Bridge so special, what is so much a part of its character, is its farms and forests. To retain some of these properties,…

  • Mayor needs to attend Planning Board meetings

    There is no bigger issue in Sayreville than controlling growth and relieving traffic congestion. There is no more important governmental entity than the Planning Board in any attempt to address this problem on a local level. That is why I was surprised to see Robert Noppe’s letter to the editor (Suburban, Oct. 11) praising Mayor…

  • DARE officer will be sorely missed by children, parents

    This letter is addressed to Mayor Kennedy O’Brien and the members of the Sayreville Borough Council. I recently learned that Sgt. Joe Myers would no longer be the Sayreville DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) officer. I am deeply concerned about this decision for a number of reasons. As a parent and concerned citizen of this…

  • Thermal imaging a hot topic at local school

    Students at Wilson School in Sayreville learn about thermal-imaging cameras during a demonstration by fireman Chuck Wojtaszek. JEFF HUNTLEY

  • Mother presents petition to boro school board

    Staff Writer By takesha Pettus Mother presents petition to boro school board SAYREVILLE — Some Truman School parents say they want makeup days to be held during the school year. Elsie Campbell, a parent of two students at the school, has started a petition against the Board of Education’s decision to add makeup days to…

  • Pick a peck of pumpkins

    Four-year-old students from Tutor Time preschool in Old Bridge participate in pumpkin-picking madness on Monday. MARIE ORTIZ

  • Anthem starts band competition

    Thomas Kulesa, a soloist with the Old Bridge Marching Knights Band, belts out "The Star-Spangled Banner" during a high school band competition at Old Bridge High School’s Lombardi football field on Saturday. MARIE ORTIZ

  • Salk Middle School holds successful emergency drill

    Staff Writer By natalie m. vena OLD BRIDGE — Without any dress rehearsals, the students and staff at Jonas Salk Middle School participated in a mock evacuation, and it went off as if they had practiced the procedure 100 times before. "The drill went very well," said Salk Vice Principal Evan Jenkins. "The teachers did…

  • Fire prevention week

    Samantha Costas (center) smiles during a presentation for kindergarten students at the Wilson School Thursday for Fire Prevention Week. JERRY WOLKOWITZ