Category: News Transcript Opinion
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School budget news will come as shock to some
School budget news will come as shock to some Some area residents will be shocked this week when they read about tax increases associated with school budgets for the 2002-03 school year. A damaging blow was dealt to school boards and to residents when Gov. James McGreevey announced that as one way of dealing with…
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Guest Column James Wasser Comments insulting to high school
Guest Column James Wasser Comments insulting to high school It is difficult to convey the outrage felt by those of us in the Freehold Regional High School District community, and especially at Freehold Borough High School, at the disparaging, ignorant comments made by a resident. As I responded at the March 12 Manalapan town meeting,…
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For the record
Subsequent to the publication of a March 6 News Transcript story about the 2002-03 school year budget in the Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District, administrators presented revised projected tax rates for Manalapan and Englishtown. In Manalapan, instead of rising from $1.39 per $100 of assessed valuation to $1.49 per $100, the tax rate for the township…
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Removal of beautiful old trees seen as hurtful to community
On a recent March morning, my attention focused on a property across the street from mine. Tree removal equipment started revving up, getting ready for some incidental tree limb trimming, or so I thought. By the time I returned in the latter part of the afternoon from my school volunteer work, almost all of the…
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Freehold Township High School statistics are very surprising
As I read all the controversy surrounding the Free-hold Regional High School District’s redistricting problems in the newspapers, I can’t help thinking how the towns involved made the same mistake as other cities and towns and put the proverbial "cart before the horse." This overcrowding problem should have been foreseen years ago when the town…
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Freehold Township police officers showed kindness, compassion
On the morning of Saturday, March 2, I fell. My husband isn’t well, so he called the Freehold Township police to get me up. I am not well and was very upset and crying. The two officers were so kind and understanding of a 79-year-old woman. When they got me up, I said, "God bless…
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MANALAPAN — As the Township Committee considers an ordinance to vacate the town’s rights to Kipling Way and Rudyard Drive and allow the development of new homes to proceed, some residents are questioning whether the construction of homes near a gas pipeli
MANALAPAN — As the Township Committee considers an ordinance to vacate the town’s rights to Kipling Way and Rudyard Drive and allow the development of new homes to proceed, some residents are questioning whether the construction of homes near a gas pipeline is safe. The Planning Board has approved the development of Heritage Hills, which…
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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. CARMEN A. VINCI, 77, of the Laurence Harbor section of Old Bridge, died Feb. 28 in Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. Prior to his retirement, he was employed…
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Committee should review board’s approval of homes
Committee should review board’s approval of homes Members of the Manal-apan Township Com-mittee owe it to residents to take a good look at the Planning Board’s approval of an application that will allow a developer to build homes on or near a gas pipeline on property along Gordons Corner Road. Speaking at a recent committee…
