Category: News Transcript Opinion

  • DWI convictions deserve jail time

    I have just read the Dec. 25 News Transcript article that had the headline “Marlboro Police Look for Drunken Drivers.” The police are doing their job as best as they can, but even if they arrest 1,000 drivers for driving while intoxicated, it does not mean a thing, for the courts just give the offenders…

  • What really is physical therapy?

    By Jerry Moczerniuk, P.T., DPT I have practiced physical therapy for more than four years now and on a daily basis I encounter the question of what exactly physical therapy is. In my discussions with people I have heard multiple ways in which they define the practice of physical therapy. Unfortunately, the definitions are usually…

  • George Alfred Stafford

    Mr. Stafford, 83, of Freehold Township, died Dec. 19, 2013, at Applewood Estates, Freehold Township. He served in the U.S. Army from 1953-57. Prior to retiring, he was president of Custom Promotions, a sales and marketing firm in Freehold. Mr. Stafford was predeceased by his wife, Lillian E. Stafford; and a brother, Joseph Alfred Stafford.…

  • Support sought for county’s Child Advocacy Center

    A s a new year begins, and having recently celebrated a festive time of the year when the happiness of children is uppermost in our minds, I am asking Monmouth County residents to consider helping in the effort to fund phase two of a capital campaign to complete the expansion of the Monmouth County Child…

  • John P. Mazza

    Mr. Mazza, 58, of Manalapan, formerly of Colts Neck, died Dec. 3, 2013, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was the owner of Mazza Electric Corp., New York City. Surviving are his wife, Victoria Mazza; two sons, Daniel Mazza and his wife, Alison, of Needham, Mass., and Christopher Mazza and his wife,…

  • Josephine Luongo

    Mrs. Luongo, 91, of Freehold Township, formerly of Brooklyn, N.Y., died Dec. 9, 2013, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. She was predeceased by her husband, Michael Luongo, in 1990; and a son, Michael D. Luongo, in 2010. Surviving are a son and daughter-in-law, Joseph and Nancy Luongo; a daughter-in-law, Marcelle Jalandoni-Luongo; a granddaughter; two…

  • Photo

    Youngsters find the conditions for sledding to be just right at the former Howell municipal complex on Jan. 3. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR

  • Norma “Nikki” Wurtzel

    Mrs. Wurtzel, 73, of Freehold, formerly of Manalapan, died Dec. 6, 2013, at Kimball Medical Center, Lakewood. She was a selfemployed artist. Surviving are her husband, Howard Wurtzel, of Freehold; a daughter, Lauren Federici and her husband, David, of Freehold Township; three sons, Todd and Michael Wurtzel, both of Englishtown, and Jonathan Wurtzel and his…

  • John B. “Jack” Clayton

    Mr. Clayton, 89, of Freehold Township, died Dec. 11, 2013, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II. Prior to retiring, he was employed by the Carpenter’s Union Local 2250, Red Bank, for 55 years. Surviving are his wife of 65 years, M. Jane Clayton; two sons,…