Category: News Transcript Opinion

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  • Bid for ‘good news’ appears transparent on election eve I t’s been quite a while since we’ve seen the type of political grandstanding Howell Mayor Timothy Konopka at-tempted to pull off last week when he announced that a local business, Tokyo Therapy, would not have its operating license renewed. That the mayor chose to make…

  • Letting others do the talking W e are convinced one week before the primary in Howell that the two candidates running under the Regular Republican banner – James Stanberry and Cynthia Schomaker – are candidates in name only. We believe that if they were eventually elected in November, they would be nothing more than front…

  • Plan for traffic light moves at snail’s pace A pparently, the safety and convenience of motorists at one intersection in Marlboro is not a priority for those responsible for installing a traffic light at a traffic "hot spot." How else can an appalling lack of progress over the course of several years be explained in…

  • Your opinion counts The future of passenger rail service through Western Monmouth County has been in the news in recent months, and Greater Media Newspapers wants to know if its readers support the establishment of this mass transit alternative. Readers can vote in the survey by visiting Greater Media Newspapers’ new Web site at www.gmnews.com.

  • How did Howell land designation come to be changed? T his is in response to the News Transcript article of May 17, "Lines Drawn in Debate Over Apartment Com-plex," in which Howell Demo-cratic candidate for mayor Steve Meier complains about residents living within close proximity to a proposed project not receiving formal notification as proscribed…

  • Pappas stands as a defender of the U.S. Constitution I found this hard to believe. On May 15 at a taping of Inside Trenton, Dick Zimmer re-fused to support the Boy Scouts of America as they defend their First Amendment right to free assembly from a host of radical, left-wing gay and lesbian fringe groups.…

  • Board member provided true leadership I would like to thank Carol Majonis for her years of untiring service to our community, and personally, for her leadership and mentorship. Anyone who knows Carol is aware that she is one of the most dedicated people you will ever know. I can tell you from firsthand experience that…

  • Teen driver needs work on rules of the road On the evening of May 17, I was driving on Tennent Road in Manal-apan. I was stopped in traffic with my left blinker on, attempting to turn left at the light on to Craig Road. There are yellow hash marks on Tennent Road indicating a "No…