Category: News Transcript Opinion

  • Administrator describes early learning center program

    This letter is being written in response to the letter published in the News Transcript on Jan. 12 titled “Child’s Move to Early Learning Center Concerns Parent.” Freehold Township schools have a reputation for implementing best practices in the area of inclusion. Freehold Town-ship’s new Early Childhood Learning Center opened on Jan. 5 for preschool…

  • Borough residents should get involved with PEOPLE

    Although I have been a resident of Freehold Township for 34 years, my family and I identify strongly with Freehold Borough and are proud to show visitors the quaint little town, as our own. I attended a PEOPLE (Pressing Elected Officials to Preserve our Living Environment) meeting last month. The (Freehold Borough) school superintendent made…

  • Lame ducks should have held off on adopting new law

    The RFP (Request for Proposal) ordinance passed in Manalapan can be equated to the last days of Bill Clinton’s presidency where many politically motivated favors and pardons were granted. As township residents, we should always be on the alert for laws being changed after residing committee persons are voted out of office, as was the…

  • Sheriff reaffirms commitment to residents’ safety

    During the past nine years it has been my distinct honor and privilege to serve the residents of Mon-mouth County as sheriff. The safety and security of county residents has been and will remain my top priority. This administration will continue to pursue an agency-wide “Commitment to Excellence.” Of the 3,088 sheriff’s offices in the…

  • Obituaries

    Emanuel A. Vito Mr. Vito, 67, of Cookstown, New Hanover Township, died Jan. 1 at home. Born in Newark, he had lived in Freehold Township for 25 years and in Bedford, Va., for eight years before moving to Cookstown five years ago. Mr. Vito was a supervisor for Owens Illinois, Freehold Township, for 13 years.…

  • Caring donors thanked

    On behalf of all the staff, Board of Directors and the volunteers at Family and Children’s Service, I would like to extend our deepest appreciation to all who donated to our holiday giving program, “Operation Sleighbells.” Started back in 1909 as a way to give area children a brighter holiday season, this year more than…

  • Comments don’t match situation in Freehold

    The issue of illegal immigration remains the hottest topic in Freehold Borough, and that was evident on the second day of the new year when the town’s government reorganized for 2005. Borough officials acknowledged in their remarks that the town is continuing to struggle with the real-world consequences Freehold must face as the result of…

  • Reformed Democrats welcome residents’ participation

    I firmly believe that Marlboro residents may now take an optimistic view of the political landscape evolving in 2005. Herbert Resnick, a former Democratic Marlboro councilman who served under the existing municipal leadership of what has been termed the “old guard,” wrote that the Reformed Demo-cratic Club of Marlboro seeks to save Marlboro from a…

  • Child’s move to early learning center concerns parent

    I am writing as a parent of a “special needs” child who has been moved to the Early Learning Center (ELC) in Freehold Township (the old West Freehold School that has been converted into a school for the township’s special needs classes). All the special needs classes from the Catena and Applegate schools have been…