Category: News Transcript Opinion

  • Resident believes trustees at The Villages do a fine job

    I am appalled at your printing the letter from Rosalind Selzer castigating the trustees and management of The Villages in the Aug. 20 issue of the News Transcript — appalled simply because this letter clearly libels the large majority of trustees and the expert and hard-working representatives of our management company. Ms. Selzer’s views can…

  • Your Turn

    Anthony CostaGuest ColumnGassing geese was poor choice for Colts Neck officials to make Your Turn Anthony Costa Guest Column Gassing geese was poor choice for Colts Neck officials to make Anthony Costa Guest Column Gassing geese was poor choice for Colts Neck officials to make On the evening of Aug. 12, I attended a Colts…

  • United States is helping Iraq to build a better society

    To the writer of the letter, "President Bush Continues to Put American Soldiers in Harm’s Way," I understand that the thought of American soldiers dying upsets you just like it upsets all of us. Please, though, don’t demean yourself by writing to a newspaper and make both ignorant and arrogant statements about President Bush and…

  • Obituaries

    Geraldine D Obituaries Geraldine D’Ambrosio Specchio Geraldine D’Ambrosio Specchio, 72, of Union Beach died Aug. 31 at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. Born in Jersey City, she resided in Union City before moving to Union Beach several years ago. Mrs. Specchio was a homemaker. She was a communicant of Holy Family Roman Catholic Church, Union…

  • Our View

    Call it midnight madness Our View Call it midnight madness If there’s one thing that should upset residents, it’s when their local elected officials take action very late at night, with little or no notice to the public that such action is going to be taken. The Marlboro Township Council has done that twice in…

  • Your Turn

    Guest ColumnMarc LeVineGovt. policy change neededto deal with immigration Your Turn Guest Column Marc LeVine Govt. policy change needed to deal with immigration Guest Column Marc LeVine Govt. policy change needed to deal with immigration Freehold Borough is not alone with its "illegal immigrant" problem. There are many cities and towns across the United States…

  • Residents’ frustration should be directed at state officials in Trenton

    I read Mr. (Howard) Maltz’s letter to the editor in the Aug. 27 edition of this newspaper and felt compelled to respond to the points he raised. I wholeheartedly agree with Mr. Maltz that the taxpayers in Manalapan do not have a bottomless pocket to accommodate a rise in taxes. However, casting blame at both…

  • Writer says U.S. Interior secretary not friendly to environment

    Writer says U.S. Interior secretary not friendly to environment This letter is in response to a letter written by David Gross of Marlboro about (U.S. Secretary of the Interior) Gale Norton’s destructive ways. I just wanted to say thank you to Mr. Gross. I have been reading about Gale Norton ever since the Bush Administration…

  • Obituaries

    Obituaries EDWARD P. BLECHA, 84, of Marietta, Ga., died Aug. 22 at Tranquility Hospice, Austell, Ga. Born in Newark, he had lived in Keyport and Freehold before moving to Marietta 13 years ago. Mr. Blecha was an insurance agent for State Farm Insurance Co. He was a graduate of Keyport High School and Rutgers University,…