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  • Thank you to those who supported local food drive

    The collection of food by all of the wonderful postal workers of Man-alapan-Englishtown was a great success. We realize it is a job above and beyond their regular duties, but because of their hard work we have filled our shelves to help those in need. Our postal workers are truly an example of community spirit.…

  • Bias incidents in local communities merit our attention

    Whether the atmosphere at the Manalapan Englishtown Middle School is as outstanding as that described by Stephen Leviton or as bad as described by Joseph Mercurio (in News Transcript letters to the editor) is irrelevant. I’m sure that MEMS is not unlike many middle schools throughout the country — a combination of both. I’d like…

  • Writer proposes a solution for health insurance crisis

    An individual goes to a doctor and partakes in what I would call the 20/20/20 program. It is a program that I see as a solution to the health insurance crisis. It is predicated on nature’s law of equal return, freedom as opposed to coercion and well-being as opposed to wealth. This individual has no…

  • Obituaries

    Stanley A. Grzegorzek Obituaries Stanley A. Grzegorzek Mr. Grzegorzek, 79, of Freehold Township died May 10 at home. Born in New Britain, Conn., he had lived in Madison for 20 years before moving to Manalapan and then to Freehold Township in 1987. Prior to retiring 20 years ago, he was the owner and operator of…

  • Developer has no standing in latest housing challenge

    On May 14, developer Anthony Spalliero’s attorney Wayne Peck is presenting his case that subsequent Marlboro administrations after the 1985 Mount Laurel agreement denied Mr. Spalliero his Mount Laurel (affordable housing) rights to comply and that he is owed approximately 680 units by Marlboro because he was allowed 1,080 townhouse units in 1985 at Route…

  • Punishment for bias acts in school must be severe

    I am appalled by the sentence that the Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District gave the two boys who desecrated the boys bathroom in the Manalapan Englishtown Middle School. Two boys were found guilty of writing bias remarks on school property and the educators gave each of them an award — yes, they were given an award,…

  • Obituaries

    Philomena Casella Obituaries Philomena Casella Mrs. Casella, 77, of Howell died April 20 at Atlantic Coast Rehabilitation, Lakewood. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., she had lived there before moving to Howell 40 years ago. She was a homemaker and a parishioner of St. Mary of the Lake Roman Catholic Church, Lakewood. She was predeceased in 2002…

  • Notify people when affordable housing is available

    Every day we are reading in the media about the affordable housing scandals, but there is much more going on that hasn’t been revealed yet. Assemblyman Michael Panter, Manalapan Mayor Beth Ward, Deputy Mayor Rebecca Aaronson, Committee-man Drew Shapiro and Committee-woman Michelle Roth are working hard on this issue. You and your readers would be…

  • Political shots cloud

    Marlboro housing issue Political shots cloud Marlboro housing issue Rather than focusing on the mistakes of the past that appear to have left the township in a precarious position with the state Council on Afford-able Housing, Marlboro’s elected officials should look to the future in an attempt to deal with an issue that could have…