• OBHS Peer Leadership program eases transition to new school

    Seniors take freshmen under their wing to build sense of community BY ANGELA SANTORIELLO Staff Writer OLD BRIDGE — Old Bridge High School’s Peer Leadership program is a proven success. The program, which consists of more than 120 seniors, helps members of the freshman class transition from middle school to high school, which can sometimes…

  • Fire station to offer open house Oct. 13

    The annual Cheesequake Volunteer Fire Company Open House is set for noon-4 p.m. Oct. 13 at Cheesequake Fire Station No. 1, 113 Highway 34, Old Bridge, at Route 34 and Old Mill Road. The event will feature live fire exhibits, motor-vehicle extrication demonstrations, an equipment show-and-tell, antique fire engines, Smokey Bear, refreshments and a barbecue.…

  • Sayreville takes steps to end breast cancer

    BY STELLA MORRISON Staff Writer Sayreville Middle Schools sixth-graders (l-r) Anavi Shah, Apurva Jain, Bella Pereira, Olivia Gaspar and Trisha Ruiz showcase one of the facts they learned about breast cancer during a fundraiser walk on Oct. 5. STELLA MORRISON SAYREVILLE — In recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, students at Sayreville Middle School participated…

  • CODA

    Our lives are in the hands of those who can’t decide GREG BEAN A long with 50 or 60 million other Americans, I was glued to my television last Wednesday night, Oct. 3, for the first of three debates between President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Willard (Mitt) Romney. But unlike many of those viewers,…

  • Arts Council of Princeton thankful

    I n celebration of our 45th anniversary, the Arts Council of Princeton (ACP) sends heartfelt thanks to the community for their continued support and participation. The ACP was founded in September 1967, and so we aimed to fill this past month with vibrant anniversary festivities. Thank you to the hundreds of artists, families and friends…

  • Pedestrian is thankful to police for protection

    This is in response to Simon Chen’s letter, objecting to the police ticketing motorists making a left turn from Dunhams Corner Road onto Ryders Lane in East Brunswick (“Issuance of Tickets Flies in the Face of Rule,” Suburban, Letters to the Editor, July 26). I am one of those pedestrians who takes her life in…

  • Dismayed to read of punishment in schools

    A s a visitor to the United States, I was pained to read Greg Bean’s column, “Classroom Punishments: American Horror Stories” (Suburban, Sept. 13). It is shocking that such punishments are meted out to children in a child-centric society like the United States. Subsequent to my father’s transfer, I went to Washington, D.C., in 1945…

  • Saddened to read letter on president, Israel

    I am responding to the letter to the editor written by June Gooler, “Obama Has Not Earned the Jewish Vote” (Suburban, Sept. 20). Ms. Gooler is obviously holding her vote over the head of our president unless he recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. I’m sorry to read such an unpalatable position from a…

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