Category: News Transcript Opinion

  • There is good reason to care about what goes near a home

    After reading Sherry Hoffer’s guest column in the Feb. 12 News Tran-script, it is clear that (Managing Editor) Mark Rosman possess the highest of ethical standards and objectivity in media. Not only has he printed letters from concerned residents wishing to communicate what is happening at local meetings, but he has printed a column written…

  • Our View

    Planned addition is too large The size of an addition that a Freehold Township resident wants to build on his home should be enough for the Zoning Board of Adjustment to reject the application. Other questions that surround the plan need not be addressed by the board. Specifically, there is no question that Rabbi Avram…

  • Paper’s article was unfair to teen gymnast

    I just read the article regarding the plight of gymnast Lindsay Diamond. While (the reporter) spends the first part of the article detailing the plight of this young gymnast who is caught in the middle of the Freehold Regional High School District redistricting controversy, she then closes the article with a vindictive hatchet-job criticizing the…

  • Obituaries

    CLOTILDE NEGRON, 71, of Freehold died Feb. 15 at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Born in Toa Alto, Puerto Rico, she moved to Freehold 40 years ago. She was predeceased by her husband, Francisco, in 1980. Surviving are a son, Luis Negron of Toms River; two daughters, Carmen Negron and Zaida Ortiz; four sisters in…

  • Our View

    Voters will face big question JERRY WOLKOWITZ Clearing snow can sometimes become a bit hazardous, as an intrepid Freehold Borough resident learned while clearing a sidewalk along East Main Street and Jackson Terrace on Monday. Residents of Manalapan and Englishtown should take note of a story in today’s News Transcript that reports on a construction…

  • Your Turn

    Guest Column State Sen. Peter A. Inverso Senator offers opinion on MOM rail line Commuter transit service is one of the most important issues affecting the constituents of my district and, for that matter, much of the state of New Jersey. That is why I have been an active participant in the dialogue surrounding the…

  • Your Turn

    Guest ColumnCarolAbayaU.S. actions leave wakeof damage in their path Guest Column Carol Abaya U.S. actions leave wake of damage in their path Civilization sits on the brink of World War III. Unless President George W. Bush backs down from his arrogance and ego, the entire Middle East will go up in flames and millions will…

  • FRHSD redistricting plan is unfair to Marlboro family’s youngest child

    My family has lived in Marlboro the past 14 years. We are one of the families affected by the redistricting proposed by the Freehold Regional High School District. We are now districted to attend Colts Neck High School. I have no problem with the quality of education offered at the school or the distance from…

  • Fewer children than anticipated will move to a different school

    As the parent of a child living in the so-called "sliver" section of Marlboro, I am deeply troubled by the inequality of the redistricting solution that will soon send her to Colts Neck. It seems to me that (Super-intendent of Schools) Mr. (James) Wasser has failed to take into account the actual number of children…