Category: Suburban Opinion

  • Freshman basketball may return

    SAYREVILLE — Some area officials are considering bringing freshman basketball back to the district. Until a couple of years ago, there were boys and girls freshman basketball programs available at Sayreville War Memorial High School. Unlike other freshman sports in the district that were eliminated due to lack of interest, officials said the boys basketball…

  • Corzine’s visit canceled due to concerns of political overtone

    SAYREVILLE — Students who were expecting to learn about the government process during a visit from a U.S. Senate candidate will have to read about it instead. A scheduled appearance last Wednesday at Sayreville Middle School, Washington Road, by U.S. Senate Democratic candidate Jon Corzine, along with several borough officials, was canceled after the board…

  • First-day enrollment up throughout district

    Staff Writer By takesha pettus First-day enrollment up throughout district SAYREVILLE — Enrollment figures for the first day of the 2000-2001 school year are up throughout the district. According to Superintendent of Schools Dennis Fyffe, first-day enrollment at the six district schools has increased by 406 students over last year. Fyffe said the district expected…

  • School district moving ahead with scoreboards

    Staff Writer By takesha pettus School district moving ahead with scoreboards SAYREVILLE — Reading the scoreboard at a Sayreville War Memorial High School baseball game may be a little easier next year. Amidst much controversy, the Board of Education members have decided that they will likely prepare space for a donated scoreboard at the high…

  • Plan introduced to create one high school campus

    Staff Writer By natalie m. vena OLD BRIDGE — With access to state funding and a voter-approved referendum, a single high school campus could be on the drawing board in the future. At last Tuesday’s Board of Education meeting, The Spiezle Architectural Group, Trenton, made a special presentation concerning the possibility of reconfiguring Sandburg Middle…

  • How about renaming a wing?

    It seems that there is a lack of communication between the Old Bridge Township Council and the library board of trustees. This week, a council vote to change the library’s name to the Thomas J. English Library was postponed following a letter from the board’s attorney to the council. English died in 1999 at age…

  • Superintendent speaks out on referendum Guest Column

    Superintendent speaks out on referendum Guest Column Jamie P. Savedoff I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Greater Media Newspapers for its coverage of the upcoming referendum to expand and renovate Churchill Junior High School. The article and photographs did much to explain and make the case for the critical urgency of…

  • Thompson reaches out to Old Bridge students

    JERRY WOLKOWITZ State Assemblyman Sam Thompson (R-13) speaks with seventh- and eighth-graders at the Memorial School in Spotswood. Thompson also visited the high school in Old Bridge later in the day on Sept. 15 as part of America’s Legislators’ Back to School Day. By natalie m. vena Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Area students received…

  • PTA carnival

    Sofia Donatantonio, 7, attempts to score while playing a game of Star Catcher during Saturday’s PTA Family Carnival at the Carpenter School in Old Bridge. MARIE ORTIZ