Category: News Transcript Opinion

  • Hospital plan is ailing

    After spending several years and $43,000 trying to come up with a plan to purchase the property that formerly housed the Marlboro State Psychiatric Hospital, Marlboro municipal officials are no closer to that goal. In fact, they may be further away from that goal today than at any point since 1998, when state officials closed…

  • Mixed chorus students, teachers did a wonderful job

    On May 10, the Freehold Township Combined Middle School Mixed Chorus competed in the annual Concerts in the Park program. This marks the first time that the two Freehold Township middle schools (Eisenhower and Barkalow) combined to compete as one unit, and the success of this combination was evident. The two choir directors, Joseph Cantaffa…

  • Efforts of residents, letter carriers are appreciated

    On behalf of the volunteers and clients of Freehold Area Open Door, I would like to thank the letter carriers of the Freehold post office and all those who contributed to their food drive on May 11. Because the residents of our community were so generous, the postal workers were kept very busy picking up…

  • Article captured essence of Court Street School event

    We would like to recognize and thank News Transcript staff writer Clare Marie Celano for the wonderful article she wrote about the Court Street School Education Community Center (News Transcript, May 8, 2002). On April 27, Ms. Celano attended our fund-raiser held at the center and fully captured the essence and message we tried to…

  • 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. RICHARD JOSEPH YUHAS, 56, of Jackson, died April 16 at home. He was born in Englishtown and had lived in Millstone, prior to moving to Jackson in…

  • ACS seeking support for Relay for Life at Freehold Raceway

    The American Cancer Society has been an active member of Monmouth County communities for many years, offering a number of patient and family services, cancer support groups, tobacco control programs and lifesaving research. We continue our mission thanks to the help of dedicated staff and generous volunteers. The American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life is…

  • School district, town agree to cut tax levy by $138,000

    Staff Writer By linda denicola School district, town agree to cut tax levy by $138,000 FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Follow-ing several meetings between members of the Township Committee and the Board of Education, both parties agreed to cut $138,000 from the tax levy that will support the defeated 2002-03 school budget. The governing bodies met separately…

  • Marlboro church’s show of support for Israel is appreciated

    Although I am Jewish, I have admired the beautiful Robertsville Bible Church, which is located at the corner of Tennent and Church roads in Morganville, since I moved to the area over 20 years ago. As a reporter for the News Transcript during the 1980s, I had the privilege of writing a feature story about…

  • Redistrict and move on

    The Freehold Regional High School District superintendent of schools has proposed a redistricting plan that the Board of Education is expected to discuss on June 3 and vote on at its June 10 meeting. If the plan is approved, students from Englishtown and sections of Marlboro, Manalapan and Howell will be assigned to new high…