• Proposed facility would benefit Monroe, seniors

    A s a 90-year resident of the area, I can assure you the proposed Parker at Monroe nursing-care facility would certainly have been an important asset to the many seniors who live here. The Planning Board, however, rejected it. The approval of Parker at Monroe would have been a positive step in maintaining the dignity…

  • In praise of public-school education in America

    I am sure that when my grandparents came to the United States ofAmerica in 1910 it was to have a better life all around, not to isolate themselves from other ethnic/religious groups in their neighborhood, but rather to live and grow together. I grew up in the 1960s and 70s. We all had our religious…

  • Disillusioned by council’s action on shelter

    What a disappointment watching the East Brunswick Township Council. Without any discussion regarding the difference between a “no-kill” shelter and a “kill” (“low-kill”) shelter, it unanimously voted to continue utilizing the Helmetta shelter. There wasn’t an animal-friendly council member amongst them. Although one council member mentioned that a local veterinarian from the no-kill shelter had…

  • Dinner proceeds to support family

    An Italian Dinner is scheduled for 5-7 p.m. Feb. 11 at Trinity United Methodist Church, 815 Bordentown Ave., South Amboy. All proceeds from the event will be donated to the Riehle/Marcinczyk family, whose 41-year-old father was killed in an automobile accident in January. The menu will feature eggplant parmigiana, spaghetti, meatballs, sausage, ziti, shells, lasagna,…

  • Follow the yellow brick road

    Above: Sayreville Middle School students Nicholas Parades, 13, as the Lion, Taylor Bera, 13, as Dorothy, Andrew Florio, 14, as the Scarecrow, and Brett Jones, 14, as the Tin Man, make their appearance during the Feb. 5 Ruby Red Character Breakfast at Sayreville War Memorial High School. The Sayreville Middle School’s cast of “The Wizard…

  • Variety show to aid concert series in O.B.

    The Old Bridge Cultural Arts Committee will host its “AWinter Evening Out” variety show 7 p.m. Feb. 11 at the Old Bridge Civic Center, 1 Old Bridge Plaza. Proceeds will be used to help support the committee’s Summer Concert Series. The show will feature Fever as its house band. Vic DiBitetto will perform his standup…

  • Sayreville board renews focus on student growth

    BY DEANNAMcLAFFERTY Staff Writer SAYREVILLE — Members of the Board of Education aim to reorganize the board’s priorities in light of a statewide interest in student achievement and growth. Superintendent of Schools Frank Alfano unveiled the first of a three-part presentation entitled “Achievement Analysis on Student Growth” at the board’s Jan. 17 meeting. Board members…

  • Enlightened

    Bob Gleason and Bill Volpe of the New Jersey Lighthouse Society visited the Samsel Upper Elementary School in Sayreville on Jan. 23, informing students about lighthouses around the state and the importance of their preservation. The visit was part of a cross-curricular thematic unit on New Jersey lighthouses in which the students researched the geographic…

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