Category: News Transcript Opinion

  • Knowing what happens in Howell is not always easy

    A recent News Transcript article brought out that John Rihacek, Howell’s Planning Board attorney, submitted two bills for the same matter and was now asked to reimburse the township. Another time, he was paid $5,700 for a $3,000 voucher. It immediately brought to mind Township Attorney Richard Schibell offering at a public meeting in November…

  • Road work in Morganville is appreciated by residents

    Today I noticed that they are beginning work repaving Reids Hill Road in the Pleasant Valley section of Marlboro. On behalf of the neighbors and residents of this area who have taken time out to write to Mayor Matthew Scannapieco’s office and express their concerns regarding the safety issues that were present, we would like…

  • Knights appreciate community support for breakfasts

    Thank you for a very successful breakfast season at the Knights of Columbus Council 1672, Freehold. The Breakfast Committee served 1,488 adults and children. Thanks to your donations, we raised $944 for our various charities. In September we started up again with our new buffet breakfast. I’d like to thank our committee of hard-working men…

  • Those who worked for light are appreciated

    Gert Feldman, working with the taxpayers, and Lillian Schaffer, president of the Sisterhood of the Union Hill Congregation, went beyond the call of duty to provide us with the pedestrian and traffic lights on Union Hill Road and Wild Turkey Way, and we appreciate what they have done. Greg Valesi, the township engineer, did the…

  • Demolition at Superfund site is an important milestone

    Demolition at Superfund site is an important milestone Nowhere do the wheels of government turn more slowly than in the cleanup of sites that have been identified as environmental hazards. In many cases it is a group of average citizens who devote themselves to the cause of righting an environmental wrong. It is not an…

  • Local officials get the job done

    It is our philosophy here to note when elected officials fail to serve the public. Sometimes a little push is needed to get things done. To be fair, when elected officials take action that benefits the public, it also should be noted. We do that today with news that whatever bureaucratic hold-ups were stalling the…

  • Humans are able to do some things that animals just cannot do

    In response to Raymond Kostanty’s letter of Sept. 20, I agree. There are occasions where taxpayer dollars can be better utilized, such as education and health care. While a study on bog turtles may have been in vain, I question his view on human interests being at the top of the environmental chain. Protection of…

  • It’s time for one Manalapan resident to find another great crusade

    I am greatly amused by the letter from Gert Feldman published in the Sept. 27 News Transcript. This is a continuing attempt on her part to milk as much publicity as possible out of the installation of a traffic light on Union Hill Road at the intersection of Wild Turkey Way. Apparently she is not…

  • Builders are ready to launch assault on Marlboro’s master plan Flopping about like a live, wet fish that has fallen to the kitchen floor, the Marl-boro Township Master Plan struggles to find some semblance of integrity

    Builders are ready to launch assault on Marlboro’s master plan Flopping about like a live, wet fish that has fallen to the kitchen floor, the Marl-boro Township Master Plan struggles to find some semblance of integrity It once again appears to stand ready to succumb to the influences of the "rezoning cliques" who are seeking…