Category: News Transcript Opinion
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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. JEANNETTE BEERS WELLINGTON, 79, of Jackson, formerly of East Brunswick, died Jan. 8 in Jackson Healthcare Center, Jackson. Mrs. Wellington was born in Newark and lived in…
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Public discussion needed on panel’s recommendation
Public discussion needed on panel’s recommendation A committee made up of staff members and administrators from the Freehold Regional High School District, as well as citizens from the district, has concluded that in order to accommodate the district’s increasing enrollment a seventh high school must be constructed. The committee is recommending that the new school…
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National Hockey League must shoulder blame for aggressive behavior
The world events of the day include a trial of Thomas Junta, who (was convicted) with the death of Michael Costin. The objective of the trial was to determine if Mr. Junta was guilty of the wrongful death of Mr. Costin or if he merely defended himself against an attack by the smaller man. From…
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Municipal meeting will address parents’ redistricting concerns
Manalapan Township is in the process of arranging a community-wide meeting with Freehold Regional High School District Superin-tendent of Schools James Wasser. The purpose of the meeting will be for people to ask questions and offer remarks on the district’s tentative plan to redistrict students in 2003. While the Township Com-mittee understands that the district…
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BENNETT “BUD” YERVES SR., 73, of Highlands died Jan. 18 at home. Born in New York City, he lived in the Elberon section of Long Branch prior to moving to Highlands 15 years ago. He was a building inspector for the township of Middletown for 13 years, reti
BENNETT “BUD” YERVES SR., 73, of Highlands died Jan. 18 at home. Born in New York City, he lived in the Elberon section of Long Branch prior to moving to Highlands 15 years ago. He was a building inspector for the township of Middletown for 13 years, retiring in 1999. Prior to that, he was…
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Writer calls county tax assessor’s comment insensitive
I found Monmouth County Tax Assessor Matthew S. Clark’s comment (News Transcript, Jan. 9) referring to those people who are on fixed incomes and may be impacted by this (Freehold Borough) tax revaluation in a negative way to be arrogant and insensitive. Some of those people may have been living in their residences longer than…
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Time to make newest residents part of town
Time to make newest residents part of town In the late 1980s and through the 1990s, officials in Free-hold Borough came to grips with the fact that a large immigrant population from Mexico and Central America was settling in the community. The new residents filled jobs in sectors of the economy that might otherwise have…
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Guest Column Joan Leimbach Howell residents must be vocal in support of pupils
Guest Column Joan Leimbach Howell residents must be vocal in support of pupils Contrary to what the other towns in the Freehold Regional High School District (FRHSD) and the district’s Board of Education members may think, Howell citizens actually do care about where our children go to high school. We care very much about the…
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High school board must provide more lead time for redistricting
Shame on the Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education for allowing the (Jan. 14) redistricting presentation to take place in such a small venue, with citizens standing in the back of its administrative building gymnasium, in the hallway, and sitting on the floor. With the events of the past four years on which…
