Category: News Transcript Opinion

  • Immigration battle moves from muster zone to court

    Mark RosmanIn the News Mark Rosman In the News Anyone who doubts there is a battle at hand in Freehold Borough need only consider the words of Mayor Michael Wilson who, in responding to a federal lawsuit, told the plaintiffs to "Bring it on." The mayor is clearly ticked off that a coalition of organizations…

  • Immigrants are just asking for chance to make a living

    I am alarmed by the responses I occasionally hear or read in Freehold Borough regarding recent immigrants, also known as our neighbors. I believe many people who want them to leave the borough have ancestors who faced similar opposition and must be rolling over in their graves. What short memories some of us can have.…

  • Lack of comment on Cozzolino’s service was wrong

    Just when I thought behavior at Wednesday night Manalapan Township Committee meetings of 2003 couldn’t shock me any further, boom, the shoe fell off the other foot. At the opening of the Dec. 17 meeting, after the salute to the flag, a member of the public works department was given recognition and acknowledgement for his…

  • Marlboro Dems’ offer to serve as watchdogs is ironic

    It was with great amusement that I read the Marlboro Democrats’ "Meet Marlboro’s New Watchdog" advertisement in the Dec. 17 edition of the News Transcript. What was particularly entertaining about the advertisement was that these self-anointed watchdogs are the same people who have brought political cronyism, patronage and favoritism to new heights in local New…

  • 6-acre zoning should be building block for New Jersey

    Planning and the purchase of land using tax dollars was never the answer to saving open space or from keeping the state of New Jersey from sinking below the waters of overdevelopment. Clarification or elucidation of land use rights and zoning constitute the answer to immediately stop the Titanic (New Jersey) from sinking. And bringing…

  • President thanks community for success of toy drive

    On behalf of Gloria Nilson GMAC Real Estate, I would like to thank everyone in the community who participated in our recent holiday toy drive for the children of Camden. Because of your generosity, our offices in Princeton Junction, South Brunswick, Manalapan, Wall, Point Pleasant and Pennington collected more than 1,000 new and gently used…

  • Regional solution needed to workers’ situation

    As a Freehold Borough resident and member of the PEOPLE group, I have a few things to share with your readers. First of all, we are very proud of Mayor Michael Wilson and the Borough Council for their firm stand on closing our muster zone on Jan. 1. Thankfully, despite enormous pressure and ridicule, they…

  • History shows why residents in Covered Bridge adult community vote the way they do in Manalapan

    The recent editorial of Nov. 12, "Where the Real Power Lies," has raised many antenna in the senior community, mine included. The first issue to be addressed is the statement, "The residents of Covered Bridge — who live by one simple political rule: what have you done for me lately? — overwhelmingly voted for (Drew)…

  • Obituaries

    William "Don" Dugan Obituaries William "Don" Dugan Mr. Dugan, 77, of Farmingdale died Dec. 15 at home. Born and raised in Freehold, he moved to Farmingdale 50 years ago. A U.S. Navy veteran who served during World War II in the South Pacific, he was a security communications specialist at the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command…