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  • Policeman responds when youngster puts out a call for help

    On Aug. 7 at approximately 6:30 p.m., a very fierce storm ripped through Monmouth County. Freehold, Marlboro and Colts Neck got the worst part of it. In my neighborhood, trees were blowing, some even falling, the lights flickered and I heard the sound of torrential downpours along with booms of thunder as I was watching…

  • Seniors lose, residents

    win h.s. parking debate School district reps agree not to place new spaces along Elton-Adelphia Rd. By Mark Rosman Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Teen-agers who will be seniors at Freehold Township High School this year and planned on driving to school will be getting some unwanted news this week. Residents who live near the…

  • Resident supports elimination of tolls on Garden State Parkway

    I found the article "Toll Elimination May Not Work in New Jersey" to be interesting and informative. However, I disagree with Melverne Cooke’s justification for having tolls. Tolls are a road tax and as such they represent double taxation since gasoline taxes already cover road maintenance. At best, they are an unfair and inefficient way…

  • 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…

  • Veterans must press for continued care at hospitals

    The Allied Council of New Jersey Veterans Organizations, representing the more than 1 million voting veterans of New Jersey and their families, held their regular meeting in the New Jersey Veterans Memorial Home in Menlo Park on Aug. 9. With the New Jersey Legislature represented by Sen. Joseph Azzolina (R-13) and a representative from the…

  • Conflict arises in mix of politics and public safety post

    I read with interest the recent story in the press about the Monmouth County Democrat Party’s choice for freeholder to run against the incumbent Republican, Freeholder Ted Narozanick. What I found most interesting is the fact that the Democrat freeholder candidate is the director of public safety for the city of Asbury Park. For those…

  • Builder had no right to make claim about railroad line

    As a Route 9 Manalapan resident I strongly support the commuter rail and felt compelled to respond to Joann Damante’s ludicrous reasoning. I think anyone can sympathize with a mother of small children concerned with their safety. However, she states that "if they want to work in New York City and live in the suburbs,…

  • U.S. Constitution will win out in new cell phone debate

    The U.S. Constitution provides, at Section 8(3) that "The Congress shall have power to regulate commerce … and among the several states …" This clause has continually been interpreted by our courts in such a way that anything that encourages, promotes, protects, prohibits or restrains interstate commerce is vested in the Congress. Cellular telephone calls…

  • Volunteers helped to make local golf tournament a real success

    In a day and age when peoples’ lives seem so cluttered and cumbersome, it seems virtually impossible to imagine that close to 200 people would give up their weekend to volunteer. During the week of July 12, when the SBC Futures Golf Classic came to the Colts Neck Golf Course this impossible concept was a…