Category: News Transcript Opinion

  • More effort needed to preserve open space

    I read with interest Beth Ward’s letter in the Sept. 22 issue of the News Tran-script. When they were running for election, their slate was based on open space. They said they were going to stop the builders from taking over Manalapan. There is now more new building in Manal-apan then Manhattan. They are proud…

  • Walk supports efforts of 180, Turning Lives Around

    On Oct. 24 we will celebrate our third annual 180 Turnaround Walk. This year our walk will be held on the Belmar boardwalk at 10 a.m. It is a walk in celebration of love and community spirit, sharing a recognition that we can prevent violence in the family and against women. The funds we raise…

  • Rental collections supplement availability of books

    The Monmouth County Library circulates best sellers as we do all titles: without charge to those requesting them, and first to those who request first. Additionally, some branches maintain rental collections of popular books, because library users want them, are not willing to wait, and are pleased to pay 20 cents per day for that…

  • Red Cross volunteers answer the call for assistance

    As the CEO of the American Red Cross-Jersey Coast Chapter, I have the opportunity to witness the strength of the human spirit each day. Over the past two months, the Red Cross has experienced the largest mobilization in its history of human and material resources in response to a natural disaster. In response to the…

  • Republican duo should say what they will do for town

    I read with interest the advertisements put out by Manalapan Township Committee Republican candidates Joe Locricchio and Andrew Lucas. I can’t help think how great it must be to run a campaign on criticism of others and not have the pressure of sharing a “platform.” It is apparent that experience and knowledge of the town…

  • It’s time to place Republicans in charge of town council

    The election for a single Marlboro councilman this November ap-proaches and the campaign ap-pears to display all the combat imagery of political warfare. So much hinges on its outcome that bringing an Army major into the fray as a candidate could create a new approach, perhaps encouraging compromise between partisan political opponents. Major Jeffrey Cantor,…

  • Area agency extends thanks for school supply effort

    Now that children are settled into their school year, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Monmouth County would like to acknowledge those who helped more than 100 children start off right with new school supplies. Monmouth Mall gathered items from the public as well as hosted our “I’m Committed to My Education” pizza party where kids…

  • In N.J., some things never change, but they should

    We have stated at times in the past that the News Transcript is proud to carry on the legacy that was started by the Freehold Transcript, a newspaper that proudly served Freehold and the surrounding communities for several generations beginning in the late 19th century. Some of the plain-spoken opinions expressed by the editors of…

  • Deadbeat dads steal future from children

    A thief lurks amongst us. His weapons are stealth, immorality and a penchant for covering his tracks. He is a thief, as culpable as any other, perhaps worse because his victims are his children. He steals from them anyway. Unswerving in his defiance of numerous court orders to support them, he takes from them what…