Category: News Transcript Opinion
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Obituaries
Obituaries JOSEPH J. STRANO, 65, of Atlantic Highlands died July 21 at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York City. Born in Newark, he resided in Holmdel prior to moving to Atlantic Highlands five years ago. He was a professor at New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, since 1959, and received its Excellence in Teaching Award…
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Secretary’s decision would open land to development
President Bush’s secretary of the interior, Gale Norton, has launched a potentially devastating, three-pronged attack on America’s last remaining wildlands. First: With a stroke of a pen she removed special safeguards for millions of acres of pristine wildlands that had been recommended for protection as federally designated wilderness, the federal government’s highest level of protection.…
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Relay for Life an important event in fight against cancer
The American Cancer Society Relay for Life movement has swept across Freehold and surrounding communities. The cancer survivors, caregivers, family and friends who participated in Relay for Life at Freehold Raceway on June 7 were joined by hundreds of thousands more across the country. Throughout the United States, Relay for Life participants joined together with…
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Our View
The answer was obvious Our View The answer was obvious Although the News Tran-script has not been successful in obtaining a consultant’s report that may set out some of the costs to Marlboro to pull out of the Freehold Regional High School District, comments made last week by a township official should put that idea…
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Obituaries
Obituaries JOYCE H. BRERETON, 79, of Freehold Township died July 15 at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Born in Spring Lake, she had lived in Red Bank before relocating to Freehold Township more than 50 years ago. Mrs. Brereton was a secretary for the YMCA, Freehold Township, for 10 years, retiring in 1985. She was…
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For the record
The article "Board Asked to Review Bias Incident," published in the July 23 News Transcript, incorrectly implied that Jaspal Virdee believed his son was guilty of retaliating after he was assaulted at the Marlboro Middle School in February. Virdee’s son maintains that he did not retaliate. Based on the information about the incident provided by…
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Community welcomes event’s return
Organizers are hoping for hot, sunny weather on Saturday when Olde Freehold Day — a tradition in years gone by — makes its return after an absence of many years to the shores of Lake Topanemus, Freehold Township. The Lake Topanemus Com-mission, a joint effort between Freehold Borough and Freehold Township, has been working diligently…
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Your Turn
Your Turn Guest Column Joseph Tyrrell State neglects to fulfill OPRA law during first year New Jersey failed to fulfill the full promise of its new open public records law during the landmark law’s first year of operation The New Jersey Foundation for Open Government (NJ FOG), a nonpartisan coalition of civic, journalistic and public…
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Sanity finally prevails in Marlboro case against high school district
After five years of battling the Freehold Regional High School District on the issue of redistricting, Marl-boro has finally decided (News Transcript, July 23, 2003) to stop acting as if special rules applied to it. Interestingly, it took a state administrative law judge to make crystal clear what a federal district court judge four years…
