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  • Teachers, students ready to hit the books Sept. 7

    Teachers, students ready to hit the books Sept. 7 By dave benjamin Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — It will be back-to-school time for 4,050 youngsters on Sept. 7 as doors to elementary and middle schools swing open in Freehold Township and teachers greet their students. Looking ahead to the new school year in the Freehold…

  • Howell welcomes 7,300 pupils

    HOWELL — School district administrators are expecting an exciting, innovative year with help from an $8 million technology referendum which was passed two years ago. Administrators believe the 1998 referendum will enable them to make significant changes that will dramatically improve educational opportunities available to students in the district. "We’re excited about the technology initiative,"…

  • District approaching 1,500 pupils

    COLTS NECK — A revised language arts program will be one of the highlights of the township school district’s 2000-01 school year which began today, according to Superintendent of Schools Gregg R. Hauser. "We operate our language arts program on a five-year cycle," Hauser said. "This will be the first year of a new cycle."…

  • Observing effects of war reminds us of all we have  

    Observing effects of war reminds us of all we have   PPerhaps the best way to make Americans understand how good we have it here is to send more teen-agers like Lindsay Bonanno and Erika Porsche overseas and then let them speak about what they’ve seen. As reported in today’s News Transcript, Bonanno, of Millstone…

  • Group presses forward with ideas to end tolls Guest Column John Millett

    Group presses forward with ideas to end tolls Guest Column John Millett IIn response to the News Transcript editorial of Aug. 16, approximately one year ago when Citizens Against Tolls (CAT) was formed, our group’s initial proposal was to fund the operation costs of the Garden State Parkway with a 3-cent (per gallon) tax on…

  • Writer believes cell phone use in cars may be unconstitutional

    I am writing this letter in response to Ron Reich’s assertion in a letter to the editor that Marlboro’s ordinance to restrict cell phone usage from operators of moving vehicles is unconstitutional. This matter comes up repeatedly in my circle of friends. I am an 18-year-old graduate of Marlboro High School. While I live in…

  • Road is closed, and residents wonder when work will start

    In the early part of June, the township of Howell closed a section of Bergerville Road between Spruce Hollow Drive and Jackson Mills Road. Ostensibly this was done to complete some repairs in that area. Since that time, not one moment’s work has been done. I called town hall during the second week of August…

  • Marlboro fireman’s family is grateful for the support of friends

    On June 25 I was able to experience firsthand the kindness and thoughtfulness of others. My wonderful husband Ron Osadacz died on Jan. 11 after returning home from fighting a fire. I have been lost in all the thoughts of how things would get done around my house without Ron. I mentioned this to a…

  • State has right to decide fate of concrete crusher

    State has right to decide fate of concrete crusher Marlboro Councilwoman Mary Singer doesn’t have her facts quite right in her letter to the News Transcript Aug. 16 about the plan to build a concrete recycling plant behind the new Kiddie Academy day care center on Tennent Road in Marlboro. It’s actually the state Department…