Category: News Transcript Opinion

  • Family would like hometown to honor longtime resident

    Last year, my family faced a tremendous loss. Sept. 11 was the day I lost my brother-in-law. As the days pass, it doesn’t get easier, it just gets different. Time has allowed us to get our lives in order and to reminisce about the way it was, but I don’t know that we can ever…

  • Committee complied with law to reduce school budget

    I am writing this letter to inform my fellow taxpayers of information they may not be aware of. As a new (Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District Board of Education) member, having received recent campaign literature in the mail stating that the present Township Committee was responsible for raising your taxes, I felt compelled to write this…

  • Lack of memorial service upsetting to township resident

    Eleven residents of Manalapan were victims of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11. Through the tireless efforts of the Rev. John Bambrick, St. Thomas More Roman Catholic Church, and the Manalapan Police Department, funds have been raised to build a memorial for our fallen heroes with no help from the Township Committee. On Sept. 11,…

  • Guest Column

    Ron SackowitzProfessionals are meetingstandards for water quality Ron Sackowitz Professionals are meeting standards for water quality Recently the New Jersey Environ-mental Federation mailed fliers to households around the state about their Stop Sprawl program. However, the photos and captions in the fliers are misleading and inaccurate and imply that water and sewage treatment is inadequate…

  • School administrators target subjects for additional effort

    School administrators target subjects for additional effort ENGLISHTOWN — In a report to the Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District Board of Education, Dr. Robert Weiner, assistant superintendent, recommended that the board approve the school objectives for the 2002-2004 school years. "Every year our district has to submit two objectives to the state," said Weiner. "Last year…

  • Information about builders is very important to home buyers

    Thank you for your article, "Activist Pushing for Change in Consumer Fraud Language" about Tracey Kelly’s defective new home. Most states, if not all, have similar lobbying going on by home builders to remove accountability from new home construction, and keep it that way. I watched a video-taped Senate hearing from Texas where home builders…

  • Whatever Tony wants,

    Tony gets, in Marlboro One way or another, it seems that deal maker Anthony Spalliero always gets what he wants in Marlboro. The man whose name has become synonymous with the community’s growth — some would call it overdevelopment — has filed another lawsuit against the town. The lawsuit wraps itself in the name of…

  • Change in New Jersey consumer fraud act seems warranted

    I am writing about the story "Activist Pushing for Change in Consumer Fraud Lan-guage." Tracey Kelly is an outstanding state representative for Homeowners Against Deficient Dwellings. All home buyers in New Jersey should write to their state Attorney General to demand the change in wording of the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act that Tracey is…

  • Lure of votes led to demise of recreation commission

    I am a former commissioner on the Manalapan Recreation Commission. I read with interest the recent News Transcript story, "GOP Hopefuls Favor Return of Recreation Commission." The Manalapan Recreation Commis-sion was established by township ordinance in 1976 and, until its dissolution this year by the Township Committee, was composed of volunteers who, regardless of political…