Category: News Transcript Opinion

  • Club appreciates response to Operation Smile article

    The Freehold Township Woman’s Club is delighted, to say the least, with the wonderful article on Operation Smile, Kathy Rubin and our club. Linda DeNicola did a great job in describing her talk and in getting one of her photos to illustrate it. I’m pleased that Kathy got the chance to read it before she…

  • Resident questions the way leaf collection was handled

    I am sure I am not the only resident of Freehold Township that has been frustrated this year with the leaf collection. The township instituted a procedure of collecting leaves several years ago that allows residents to place leaves at their curbs. Unfortunately, the leaves tend to blow back on the lawn after they are…

  • Money, project size appear to carry the day in liquor license vote

    It is appalling to learn about the way the Freehold Town-ship Committee decides how liquor licenses are awarded in this town. Since the most important segment of the story appeared at the end of the second page of a Dec. 11 News Transcript article, I would bet most readers missed the best parts. Freehold Township…

  • Town abandons responsibility to provide needed affordable housing

    I was saddened to read in the News Transcript that we of Manalapan have shirked our responsibilities toward the most vulnerable groups in our society — the poor, the widows, the orphans and the total strangers. The headlines heralded the news that Manalapan will be relieved of providing 41 units of affordable or low-income housing…

  • Obituaries

    Greater Media Newspapers prints obituaries as a free community service, at no charge to the families of the deceased or to the funeral homes that provide the information. JOSEPH M. MAHON, 76, of Holmdel died Dec. 6 at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. Born in Weehawken, he resided in Freehold prior to moving to Holmdel 19…

  • Commute may be more

    taxing to N.J. residents taxing to N.J. residents Facing a $7.4 billion budget deficit over the next two years, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is looking outside the city to commuters in order to pay $1 billion in additional taxes to help bail the metropolis out of its fiscal troubles. Repealed a few years…

  • Agency’s director reflects on families and being thankful

    Giving thanks and enjoying time with family are the hallmarks of the winter holidays. During Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas and Kwanzaa, American families prepare for all the loving rituals associated with giving thanks for healthy, loving families. In this world where terrorism, war and violence exist, we are thankful to have homes that are peaceful sanctuaries.…

  • Senior soccer players did great job at Marlboro H.S. In a day and age when everyone is exposed to negatives, we feel we would be remiss by not sharing with the community a positive experience. Most of the time, we read stories in the newspaper depicting students who have accomplished a great individual goal. The…

  • Covered Bridge resident unhappy with JCP&L response

    Covered Bridge resident unhappy with JCP&L response The Jersey Central Power & Light Co. is a danger and a menace to the health, safety and welfare of the senior residents living in Covered Bridge in Manalapan. They have given new meaning to why we call the day after Thanksgiving "Black Friday." Nov. 29 was a…