Category: News Transcript Opinion
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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…
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Township government responds to Marlboro resident’s concerns
During the past few weeks, the News Transcript has printed letters from Marl-boro resident Alexander Ingham regarding a lack of responsiveness on behalf of our community’s elected officials. In truth, the News Transcript has no way of knowing whether the information contained in letters to the editor is correct or reflects the chronology of events,…
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School parking lot runoff concerns board member
Staff Writer By dave benjamin HOWELL — A member of the Planning Board is not satisfied with drainage plans for Howell High School. With the first phase of construction work at the high school under way, the addition of impermeable surfaces for expanded parking areas is a concern to board member David Marcks. Marcks expressed…
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Municipal governments have no say at all on certain facilities
I wish to explain the approval process necessary for facilities such as the proposed concrete recycling plant and the Kiddie Academy Day Care Center being built on Tennent Road in Marlboro. Any facility for recycling can be approved only by the Mon-mouth County Board of Free-holders. Any day care center, according to State of New…
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Road works because those who use it pay
Road works because those who use it pay No go. That seems to be the initial answer being delivered to a group calling itself Citizens Against Tolls (CAT) in its grassroots effort to eliminate toll booths on the Garden State Parkway. In recent weeks, CAT, which is based in Manasquan, has laid out its plan…
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Parking plan panned by board, residents
Staff Writer By dave benjamin FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Plan-ning Board members and residents have some problems with construction work to be done at Freehold Township High School. Drainage concerns, lighting issues, poor traffic flow, a concern about access for emergency vehicles, a lack of wetlands delineations and parking problems are some of the issues board…
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Newspaper piece misleads readers with ‘News’ head Guest Column Joseph DiBella
Newspaper piece misleads readers with ‘News’ head Guest Column Joseph DiBella Today more than ever, the media heavily influence what is reported in the news. We have watched select media outlets become transformed from respected news sources to "bully pulpits" for a select few with the power of the pen. Gone are responsible reporters like…
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Youngsters not capable of walking to and from bus stop
I would like to address a column written by staff writer Kathy Baratta in the July 26 issue of the News Transcript. Let me first say that I, too, live in the Holiday North development and the bus does not stop at every other driveway. As a matter of fact, the bus did not even…
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Well, maybe no one is listening in Marlboro government OK, are we ready to play Who Wants to Be a Politician? Let’s go! Our question is: Why didn’t the mayor of Marlboro or any Township Council members answer my letter about a developer’s illegal bu
Well, maybe no one is listening in Marlboro government OK, are we ready to play Who Wants to Be a Politician? Let’s go! Our question is: Why didn’t the mayor of Marlboro or any Township Council members answer my letter about a developer’s illegal bulldozing of trees on Tennent Road? The answers are: A. We…
