Category: Suburban Opinion
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Dinner was a huge hit, thanks to supporters Once again, South River American Legion Post No. 214 would like to thank the advertisers and the wonderful people who came to support us at our St. Patrick’s and St. Joseph’s Day Dinner. We would be hard put to imagine having a bigger success or serving nicer…
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Maybe municipalities can make a difference F or the past few months the newspapers have been filled with articles about contract renewal talks with cable companies — whether it be Comcast, Cablevision or another provider. They have also published the occasional letter to the editor criticizing those contracts and cable service. And through it all…
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Guest Column Annette Berkowitz Girl Scouting builds female leaders When we think of women in the 20th century, we think of "firsts." The Delaware-Raritan Girl Scout Council is proud of our pioneers, the leaders, those women who broke through barriers. We think of women like Wilma Rudolph, Rachel Carson, Madeleine Albright, Rosa Parks and Sandra…
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Fear of rail line exhaust is much ado about nothing It seems rather pointless to fret about the perceived hazard of a little more exhaust from a few diesel locomotives (Letter to the Editor, Ruth L. Soden, Sentinel, March 22) when the area is crisscrossed by the NJ Turnpike, Route 130 and Cranbury Road, which…
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Mayor urges support for tax relief bill Almost all of New Jersey’s municipalities have had their state funding reduced since 1994. This has hurt New Jersey’s property taxpayers badly. With inflation pushing up the cost of local government services, the state should be increasing its revenue sharing with New Jersey’s communities, not reducing this funding.…
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Principal Oftedal earned students’ respect and loyalty As an alumnus of Sayreville War Memorial High School (SWMHS), I am writing in regard to Principal Arnold Oftedal’s resignation. I am disappointed that the man I regarded so highly during my later high school years, the man to whom I looked up and in whom I believed,…
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Historical society staff wins praise A few weeks ago we attended the reopening of the Sayreville Historical Society building on Main Street, next to the Senior Citizens building in Sayreville. The building the historical society uses was one of the oldest school buildings in Sayreville. What has been done with the new displays is astounding.…
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Support for principal shows positive side of teen-agers W ho would ever imagine that high school students would turn out in droves to rally behind a school staff member? Even more so, who would imagine that high school students would rally behind the highest ranking administrator in their school — the one who calls you…
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Guest Column Mayor responds to assertions W hen the losing Demo-cratic candidate for mayor of Old Bridge, Jim Phillips, failed to follow the normal courtesy and congratulate me as the winner of my third term as mayor, I chalked it up to disappointment or perhaps forgetfulness. But his letter to the editor in the March…
