Category: News Transcript Opinion
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Police must start ticketing violators of cell phone law
When Marlboro Councilman Barry Denkensohn presented the cell phone resolution I remember thinking: great bill, but it will never be enforced. Unfortunately my premonition was correct. There have actually been very few tickets issued for the use of cell phones while driving within Marlboro. I ride a bike 10 to 15 miles a day around…
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Marlboro must see end to cleanup at toxic site
Marlboro must see end to cleanup at toxic site After 20 years spent pressing the issue at the state and federal levels, Marl-boro municipal officials, residents and environmentalists believed they were on track to see the complete cleanup of the Burnt Fly Bog Superfund site. The federal government has spent tens of millions of dollars…
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Obituaries
MARGARET ESTER MOSKALUK SARPINSKAS, 81, of the Morganville section of Marlboro died July 18 at Madison Center, Old Bridge. Born in Elizabeth, she had lived in Old Bridge before moving to Morganville 18 years ago. Mrs. Sarpinskas is survived by her daughter, Barbara Parr of Old Bridge; three grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Interment was in…
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Former area resident had good reasons for suggesting park’s name
In response to a recent article that appeared in the News Transcript regarding the re-naming of Liberty Oak Park, I am Diane Scarlini, the person who—24 years ago—won the contest offered by Freehold Township to name the park. According to the article, the policy to name the park after someone in the township must be…
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Liberty Oak Park’s name holds significance for township woman
After reading Freehold Township Committeeman David Salkin’s reply to a query regarding the renaming of Liberty Oak Park, I felt compelled to share with the residents of Freehold Township the history and origin of the name Liberty Oak Park. The name was the result of a contest advertised and sponsored by the Township Committee in…
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Writer wrong to equate Israel with terrorist states
In reading Mark Grill’s comments about my article, "Israel Is Still a Safe Place," my thought was that this is the type of letter I would have expected from a "skin head." Mr. Grill’s equating Tel Aviv to some of the terrorist states by placing it (Tel Aviv) in the same travel itinerary as Kabul,…
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Marlboro school board’s message to voters is clear
We were saddened and embarrassed to read the report in the News Transcript of the recent Marlboro Board of Education meeting attended by many first-grade parents, in which the board and Superintendent of Schools Dr. David Abbott appeared to cleverly chastise the parents for failure to support the defeated April budget. Members of the Greenbriar…
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Letters
Freehold Twp. residents seeking support for opposition to cell tower Freehold Twp. residents seeking support for opposition to cell tower On July 18 at 7:30 p.m. the Planning Board of Free-hold Township will meet to continue consideration of an application to build a 142-foot-tall cellular telephone "monopole" on a piece of property which directly abuts…
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Writer defends column promoting travel to Israel
We have been presented with two views on the safety and necessity of people to travel to Israel in the current climate. In his Your Turn column, former Marlboro Mayor Saul Hornik presented a very strong case for travel to Israel, and Mark Grill of Marlboro, in his letter to the editor, presented an equally…
