Category: News Transcript Opinion
-

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…
-

Sheriff’s department comes through with blue lights
Sheriff’s department comes through with blue lights I wish to express my appreciation and special thanks to the Monmouth County Sheriff’s Department, namely Sheriff Joseph Oxley, Undersheriff Thomas Pegut and Undersheriff Adam Puharic, for their help on the Blue Light Program and for supplying some blue lights to the residents of Wickatunk Village, Marlboro. Also,…
-

Count on volunteers
I would like to thank the EMS team from the Englishtown-Manalapan First Aid Squad that came on Aug. 13 to Pine Cluster Circle in Covered Bridge. The six young men who came for my mom were the finest examples of young men I have seen. They were efficient, knowledgeable and very kind. You can have…
-

Safety an issue for residents living near railroad line
As a resident of Heritage Drive, I was thoroughly appalled by Dorothy S. Peterson’s letter in the Aug. 16 News Transcript, where she sympathizes about the concern for our children but says people who buy houses near railroads and other "non-desirable" areas deserve what they get. Ms. Peterson, if you knowingly bought a home near…
-

Manalapan-Englishtown gears up for new year
Staff Writer By Kathy Baratta Manalapan-Englishtown gears up for new year ENGLISHTOWN — "Change" is the watchword for students heading back to school in the Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District this fall. Staff members will report on Sept. 5, and students will return from their summer vacation on Sept. 6. Included among the school closings this…
-

New courses, technology signal start of school year Enrollment in FRHSD reaches 9,500 students
Staff Writer By dave benjamin New courses, technology signal start of school year Enrollment in FRHSD reaches 9,500 students More students, more teachers, new advanced subjects, Internet availability, interactive television and bus service for all students — that’s what the 2000-01 school year has in store for the Freehold Regional High School District. The doors…
-

Commuter plan was on back burner at time of purchase
I would like to say that I do not have the "not in my backyard" disease. Before purchasing our home we did do research and found out that the rail was owned by Conrail, which only runs a freight train once a week, and that the issue of this becoming a commuter rail has been…
