Category: News Transcript Opinion

  • Request for refunds rejected by Marlboro Little League

    Mother Nature may dictate whether baseball games are played on any given day, but in Marlboro’s Little League, Cliff Radish, president of the league, believes he is the highest authority and dictates when and if our children play games or not regardless of how much they pay in league fees. When I registered my child…

  • Hospital plan still missing cooperation from Trenton

    The recent Town Hall meeting orchestrated in Marlboro may have created the illusion that substantial goals have been clarified connected with the purchase of the hospital acreage on Route 520. It obviously was successful in hyping this perception since it energized a positive editorial in (a local daily newspaper). Even if the editorial in question,…

  • Fight not worthy of newspaper’s sensational coverage

    Is the subject of a fight in a middle school really front page news and worthy of three articles and one editorial? The News Transcript seems to think so. One can only wonder what the motivation of a newspaper that is supposed to be impartial really could be. The sole purpose of the editorial that…

  • Letter about situation on Election Day sounds like a novel

    This is a response to the letter "Election Worker Claims Opposi-tion Calls Police to Polls." Many Covered Bridge voters in the 10th, 11th and 15th districts polling place, Covered Bridge, were appalled by this author’s reprehensible actions. His motive for his letter is to alert the world to his unfortunate, intriguing experience and to bring…

  • Support helps to make Molly Pitcher project a reality

    The members of the GFWC Molly Pitcher Woman’s Club of Freehold would like to thank the volunteers and contributors to our community improvement project at the Molly Pitcher Spring. We appreciate their generosity, which gave us the ability to construct an overlook and natural wood-chip pathway on the Monmouth Battlefield State Park, Manalapan. Our thanks…

  • Obituaries

    Obituaries BRUCE C. MILLER, 67, of Colts Neck, died June 13. Born in Dubuque, Iowa, he was raised in Waterloo, Iowa, before moving to Colts Neck in 1965. He served with the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM) at Fort Monmouth for 37 years before retiring as director of the Command/Control and Systems Integration Directorate in…

  • Board committed to making school a safe environment

    I am writing in response to your editorial of June 18. While it is true that the Freehold school system has had its share of incidents, for the last reported year there were only three such incidents. Compare this with similar districts and it’s obvious that the idea that our schools are on a "dangerous…

  • Teachers say school is a safe, positive place to work

    We, as Freehold Borough Inter-mediate School teachers, would like to respond to the editorial dated June 18, 2003. Those of us who are here on a daily basis can attest firsthand to what really takes place at the Freehold Intermediate School. Although it is true that two very unfortunate incidents occurred here, our school has…

  • State urged to restore funds for anti-smoking programs

    We are concerned about the proposed reduction in state funds for anti-smoking programs from $30 million to $10 million in order to balance the state budget. If these reductions are made, Mon-mouth County will lose two Quit Centers, the REBEL youth program and various community-based tobacco prevention projects. When the state raises taxes on cigarettes…