Category: Suburban Opinion

  • School bus, truck crash kills one MANALAPAN — The driver of a pickup truck that collided with a school bus carrying students from Middlesex County on Union Hill Road Friday has died as a result of his injuries. Thomas Sozzi, 36, a father of three, was near his home on Union Hill Road when his…

  • Chinese dragon dance Students from Cheesequake School, Old Bridge, perform a Chinese dragon dance during a multicultural program Friday. JERRY WOLKOWITZ

  • Sayreville youths need safer recreational outlets Y ou’ve seen them on television and you have seen their products for sale in just about every retail outlet you enter. Now you can see them imitated in back yards across Sayreville. Two years ago, borough youths formed the Extreme Wrestling Federation Entertain-ment in Sayreville. Since its formation,…

  • Grissom School Tommy McNamee, 9, a fourth-grade student at Grissom School in Old Bridge, works on a Lenape craft project during the school’s Lenape Day last Thursday. JERRY WOLKOWITZ

  • Guest Column Shirley Dill Lady Dems president speaks out The purpose of this letter is to inform and relieve some of the frustration our organization, the Sayreville Lady Dems, endured trying to get a meeting site in our borough. As a nonprofit organization, it is difficult to find a meeting place within the boundaries of…

  • Upset that officials can override voters When a few officials can override the vote of the people, it’s time for a change in Sayreville. Whether I agree or disagree with the school budget makes no difference. The voters said no, and no is no. I address the people who did not vote — wake up…

  • Obituaries Greater Media Newspapers prints obituaries as a free community service, at no charge to the families of the deceased or to the funeral homes that provide the information. FREDERICK R. DRAKE JR. , 45, of the Parlin section of Sayreville died May 15 at home. Surviving are his mother, Dorothy J. Turnbull Drake, with…

  • Lions Club expresses thanks to supporters The members of the Morgan Lions Club would like to thank everyone in the Morgan/Sayreville area who supported us at the April pancake breakfast. We look forward to your continued support at our future events. Joseph Tirelli on behalf of the Morgan Lions Club Morgan section of Sayreville

  • Class of 2000 ceremony finds a home in Trenton Students will don caps and gowns in Trenton instead of in Holmdel By natalie m. vena OLD BRIDGE — After nearly two months of searching, the Board of Education has secured a location for the class of 2000 graduation ceremony. After being bumped from the PNC…