Category: News Transcript Opinion

  • Board of trustees deserves credit for decision

    How does a governing body, a board of trustees, answer a misinformed homeowner, Gert Feldman, of an article written by her and printed in the News Transcript of June 13 (letters to the editor)? Sen. John Bennett had no more to do with the board of trustees’ decision (regarding transportation of residents within the adult…

  • Councilman off the mark with attack on Republicans

    Marlboro Councilman Barry Denkensohn obviously missed the point of Lewis Wildman’s letter in the June 13 News Transcript completely. The only politics involved were the councilman’s comments at the DARE graduation. It is obvious from Councilman Denkensohn’s June 20 letter to the News Transcript that even he is unable to defend his behavior at that…

  • Residents seek town’s help on tower objection

    Residents seek town’s help on tower objection A resident on the east side of Freehold Township is marshaling residents in an effort to object to a plan put forth by Sprint to build a communications tower in a buffer zone between Route 18 and area homes. According to resident Bill Cargiulo, state Department of Transportation…

  • Children’s behavior will be a reflection of their parents My husband, my 6-year-old daughter and I attended the school orientation at Clark Mills School in Manalapan on the evening of June 5.

    Children’s behavior will be a reflection of their parents My husband, my 6-year-old daughter and I attended the school orientation at Clark Mills School in Manalapan on the evening of June 5. After the decision to redraw the township school district lines, an orientation was offered by the school to welcome new students and the…

  • Children deserve full attention from parents

    Good parenting is not an option. It is a responsibility and an obligation. You owe it to your child. You owe it to the world. Teaching children right from wrong, teaching children to treat others as they want to be treated, are necessities — if we are ever to make this world a better place.…

  • Regulations in place to ensure proper use of recycling facilities

    This letter is in response to a letter published in the News Transcript (Jan. 24) from Devin Ellis and Chris Russo. It is heartwarming to know that your generation is just as concerned as mine was about energy conservation and other environmental impacts on our planet. Let me get to your questions. As a good…

  • Quality of life issues may be spark for a halt to new development

    Having sat through the lengthy Marlboro Township Council special meeting on Nov. 28, dealing mainly with fiscal issues, I left convinced that our township’s ability to fund essential services in 2001 and beyond without a significant tax increase to be impossible. At what point do we, with an already statistically strained police department, become so…

  • Brookdale to charge $78 per credit in ’02

    Staff Writer By Alison Granito Brookdale to charge $78 per credit in ’02 MIDDLETOWN — Tuition for Brookdale Community College is slated to go up 4 percent next year. According to the state Commission on Higher Education, Brookdale already had the highest tuition of the 19 community colleges statewide before this new increase. At $78…