Category: News Transcript Opinion
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Cell phone law enacted to benefit majority of residents
It isn’t often that I take issue with your editorial comments. However, your remarks in the July 12 issue about Marlboro’s new cell phone ordinance seem to call for a response. You raised a number of issues that merit consideration and more thought than you seem to have given them. Giving due credit to Chief…
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Two faces in new places at Freehold Boro schools Levinson transferred to learning center; Mazer hired at Park Avenue
By dick metzgar Two faces in new places at Freehold Boro schools Levinson transferred to learning center; Mazer hired at Park Avenue JEFF HUNTLEY Freehold Borough’s elementary school principals, Dennis Levinson and Marion Mazer, prepare for new jobs for the 2000-01 school year. Levinson has been transferred to the Freehold Learning Center, Dutch Lane Road,…
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Freehold school board tries to fill open seats
By dick metzgar FREEHOLD — Janet Kalafat now knows how the captain of a ship feels when he suddenly finds himself with a brand new crew on board. That’s just about the situation the superintendent of the borough’s school district finds herself in with one important exception. Because of resignations, the people who serve at…
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‘Audubon Adventures’ available to teachers
‘Audubon Adventures’ available to teachers The Monmouth County Audubon Society will offer "Audubon Adventures," a program for teachers of grades four, five and six. The program is free of charge. According to the Audubon Society, "Audubon Adventures" was developed by professional environmental educators and presents basic, scientifically accurate facts about birds, wildlife and their habitats.…
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Children’s safety must be of paramount importance in Manalapan
It is amazing to me how quickly some people open their mouth, just to put their foot in it. Such is the case of Raymond Kostanty’s July 12 letter in which he minimizes the issue of safety of the children of Manalapan to lazy parents who do not take responsibility for their actions, including breeding…
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There are alternatives to dropping off pupils unattended at bus stops
I must question the motives behind the letter Raymond Kostanty sent to the News Transcript. I am curious why I have never seen him at a school board meeting. I haven’t missed a meeting except this July. I am a member of the ad hoc committee charged with making recommendations to the board concerning the…
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A united fight led to a new Union Hill Road traffic light
It was only with the help of the taxpayers in Manalapan that we will have a traffic and pedestrian light on Union Hill Road and Wild Turkey Way. The shopkeepers, Union Hill Synagogue, doctors and others, including the retirement (Covered Bridge) area, all tried for almost 20 years to obtain a light. My action included…
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Shedding light on issues is way to get some help
Shedding light on issues is way to get some help Something smells at the Knob Hill housing development in Manalapan, and it isn’t the retention basin that some residents claim fails to work properly. When a News Transcript reporter visited the new housing development recently, residents pointed out a retention basin that was filled with…
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How long before we get the message? Mark Rosman
How long before we get the message? Mark Rosman I have a good head for names. That’s good for me, but bad for Andrei Glickstein of Howell. Why, you may ask, is Glickstein’s name so notable that the editor of a community newspaper would know it? Is he a local municipal official? Did he star…
