The Amboy Guardian

Sometimes you have the inkling as to who will come out victorious in an election. This year it wouldn’t surprise me if an underdog placed. I remember in 2010 when a lot of people I talked to said that Joel Pabon didn’t stand a chance to get in. It turned out that he was the […]

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There have been a lot of high profile cases in Perth Amboy recently that have been turned over to the Prosecutor’s Office. The one that has been the most controversial so far in the past year has been the Dixon Rodriguez case which happened in early December 2013. To this day there are residents who come […]

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It Rocks the Core: The Sayreville Scandal The Innocent Caught in the Fallout The Superintendent of the Sayreville School System Dr. Richard Labbe and the Sayreville Board of Education probably had to make the most difficult decisions during their time in office. I know they along with the parents, residents, students and the school community […]

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This is a case where thank God a good guy with a gun was able to stop a terroristic monster from inflicting further horror. As we all know or as we all should know, there was a beheading of an innocent woman that took place in a warehouse in Oklahoma. I can’t imagine the terror […]

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I happened to be walking in the City Hall Center Park a few days after the September 11th Ceremony. There were 3 wreaths with beautiful yellow flowers. When I walked a little closer, I noticed a sash across each one that said, “Suicide Awareness.” I didn’t have a clue who participated in the ceremony or […]

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My Father was from Perth Amboy and my Mother from South Amboy so I remember sitting in the backseat of our Old Ford and crossing the Victory Bridge many times. It was a drawbridge back then. We had to stop sometimes to let a boat or ship go through. My older brother and his friends […]

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If the door was locked to the Barge on Tuesday mornings when I delivered the paper, I knew if I called the restaurant number, George would answer and open the door to let me in. He was always dressed in his white cook’s outfit, ready to prepare some of the meals for the day.

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          I can’t imagine the horror of that tragic day Souls suddenly being ripped out of their physical bodies For each soul I pray That their spirit enters the next plain with ease Not staying attached to this earth because of this tragedy And that all mankind is able to see […]

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We mourn the passing of a dear friend, Who, in sunny Florida, met an untimely end Ed Pavlovsky is our friend’s name. Who achieved in life a well deserved fame,

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The Star Spangled Banner turned 200 on Sunday, September 14, 2014.

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The End of Property Rights and Civil Rights in America? I’ve told you how the Big Banks were robbing your pension funds with no plans of paying you back and lent your money to fund the mortgages on homes that they are now stealing through foreclosure with forged and fabricated documents in Courts everyday. The […]

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A little history behind PAHS: The first high school built in Perth Amboy was School #1 with a graduating class of 6 students on Dec. 21, 1893. By 1896 there was 60 students enrolled and the high school was moved to School #4 with 11 rooms. By 1899 the City built the high school on […]

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After reading last week’s Guardian, it seems as if the Celotex property is off limits to the Board of Education for creation of a new high school according to the City. By whose authority does this come from? It couldn’t be the Mayor or the Business Administrator or even the Council because that would be […]

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PERTH AMBOY – In the 8/27/14 Issue of the Amboy Guardian Sharon Hubberman was misquoted. Sharon Hubberman actually stated “I have always advocated for a non partisan election because it allows the people to vote for candidates based on the issues.  That is the ideal.  However, the reality is that in Perth Amboy, although it […]

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Click on photos to enlarge. Under threatening skies on 8/23/14 the 2014 Ukrainian Independence Day was celebrated at a flag raising ceremony and program at City Hall, Perth Amboy. Those who participated included from the Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Assumption included the Pastor, Rev. Ivan Turyk and Principal of Assumption Catholic School, Michael Szpyhulsky […]

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