Category: News Transcript Opinion

  • Associations getting money they are entitled to receive

    As president of Southfield Estates Homeowners Association, I would like to comment on (Republican Manalapan Township Committee candidate) Tom Toto’s remarks, "We have witnessed an administration that leads by short-term gratification. Last year before the election they used taxpayers’ money to pay off the condo associations, yet the town’s taxes are going up this year…

  • Hockey players deserve chance to enjoy high school experience

    This letter is in response to the June 5, 2002 Greater Media Newspapers editorial "Public School Not A Place for Private Club Sports." I have never written a letter in response to an editorial before, but I was bothered by the remarks and felt I needed to respond with my own comments. I have three…

  • More information needed on impact of law

    I have just finished reading the lengthy article on Marlboro’s ordinance on cell phone use while driving and missed mention of one thing. If the purpose of the ordinance is "strictly for the public’s safety and not a way to make money through the issuance of fines," then why did I not read any statistics…

  • Articles about students’ effort to build monument are appreciated

    I would like to thank News Transcript staff writer Clare Marie Celano for the articles she wrote on my social studies class. Ms. Celano has truly given life to our Sept. 11 project. Through her story, our community will know that young adults can make a difference. Thank you as well for being so supportive…

  • June 14 dinner-dance will pay tribute to late cardiologist

    We recently lost one of the great champions and advocates of cardiovascular health working in New Jersey, and particularly Monmouth, Ocean and Middlesex counties. Dr. Ronald I. Rubinstein was an interventional cardiologist at Jersey Shore Medical Center, Neptune, director of cardiology at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel, and a staff cardiologist at Community Medical Center in…

  • Campaign staff made all the difference for 3 candidates

    As campaign manager for three nominees who were running as a team for the three empty seats on the Board of Trustees for Covered Bridge I, I wish to thank my campaign staffers who worked hard and diligently to bring about their election. The telephone squad made hundreds of telephone calls. Others distributed literature. Two…

  • Parents thankful for help shown to injured youngster

    On May 10 my husband and I were out jogging. Our 11-year-old son was riding his bike quite a distance ahead of us. Unfortunately, our son took a bad fall and injured his knee. He was sitting on the side of the road (Broadway, near Murray Street) when we saw him. He was upset and…

  • 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. FRANCES A. DOBRY of Lakewood died June 9 at Kimball Medical Center, Lakewood. Mrs. Dobry was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and had resided in Marlboro all her…

  • Board continues audit of school programs

    Staff Writer By karl vilacoba Board continues audit of school programs MARLBORO — A series of ongoing program audits conducted by the Board of Education should yield upwards of $500,000 in savings for the 2003-04 school year budget, according to Superin-tendent of Schools Dr. David Abbott. That goal was set after the board used $557,500…