Category: News Transcript Opinion

  • Assembly bill has a nice ring to it

    The state Senate session may have had to be extended before passing the last piece of this year’s budget, but in the Assembly at least they accomplished something, and it wasn’t passing the budget bill in time to be barbecuing on the Fourth of July. The Assembly overwhelmingly passed Bill A727, otherwise known as the…

  • Take advantage of revised access law

    Take advantage of revised access law In a couple of weeks the rules regarding government re-cords that the public has access to will dramatically change for the better. In January – in the closing hours of the last Legislature – a much needed improvement of New Jersey’s open public records law was passed and signed…

  • Evils of bias and bigotry must not be allowed to go unnoticed

    We all should feel outrage at the recent spate of hate literature, bias incidents and bias crimes that are happening in our state. From racial and religious hate mail planted in high school students’ lockers, to bags of material packaged with anti-Semitic and racial hate messages to the attack on a gay high school student,…

  • 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. KENNETH WILLIAM HATHAWAY, 88, of The Villages, Howell, died June 22 at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Born in Jersey City, he had lived in the Iselin…

  • Marlboro rabbi takes offense to mention in resident’s letter

    In the News Transcript of June 26, Mark Grill made an incomprehensible — and offensive — reference to me. In the letter, he grouped me with Hamas, the Islamic Jihad and Yasser Arafat, apparently as people one might consult to learn about traveling to Israel. I spoke to Mr. Grill after his letter to the…

  • Owner’s comments a turn-off to restaurant patrons

    Hospitality is welcoming with warmth and generosity. It is a fondness for entertaining. It is what has brought us back to Freehold’s downtown restaurant scene many times over. This certainly was not the case on a recent Friday outing to a neighborhood restaurant that my husband and I have enjoyed for almost six years —…

  • Organization thanks supporters for book sale success

    Thanks to the help of many, the annual book sale this June of the Freehold Area Branch of the Amer-ican Association of University Women was a great success. The News Transcript was invaluable in publicizing our need for books during the year and publicizing the sale itself. The Reformed Church provides us with an excellent…

  • The press must place correct labels on all groups

    In response to the article, "Freehold Residences Latest to Get Provocative Fliers," I am a white, American-born male. My wife is a South Korean immigrant to the Unites States, now a citizen. Although she reflects Korean culture in eating habits and in some ways in home decor, Rebecca is 100 percent U.S.A. Rebecca understands, appreciates…

  • Knights appreciate support for monthly breakfasts

    Once again we had a banner year with our monthly breakfasts. The reason for that is the staff of volunteers who make it all possible. In the last four years we served more than 5,009 adults and 1,062 children for a total of 6,071 people. Thanks to our brother knights and their families, and also…