Category: News Transcript Opinion

  • Public may be well served by police director After reading recent news articles concerning the proposed creation of a police director position in Howell, I find that many residents and public officials alike are uninformed as to what a police director’s responsibilities actually are. Controlling state law gives the governing body of a municipality authority…

  • Mayors are proud of school’s achievement A recent article in a local newspaper lauding the accomplishment of Freehold Borough High School compels us to jointly write this letter since both of our municipalities share the student population. We are very proud that this high school rates so high nationally, further proving what both our municipal…

  • Turning the lights out on the flow of information I t is ironic, and sad, that at the exact time advocates of greater public access to government records and documents are pressing New Jersey’s legislators for laws that will guarantee that access, Howell appears to be slamming the door on those who want to know…

  • New councilman is off to good start Just a note of appreciation for the News Transcript story about the work of Councilman Paul Kovalski Jr. of Marlboro in bringing the public’s attention to the rich heritage embodied in Black History Month, not only for the country but for the immediate community as well. I am…

  • Local transportation improvements are needed now This letter is to inform NJ Transit Executive Direc-tor Jeff Warsh why some of the communities are against the rail line from Lakewood to New York. NJ Transit’s "track record," in my opinion, for the commuters along the Route 9 corridor "stinks." How can NJ Transit make a proposal…

  • Former Freehold resident is seeking old friends Whilst on a trip to the United States two years ago, I managed to reacquaint myself with a small number of old friends and neighbours from the childhood I spent in Freehold. My family first moved to Freehold in 1957 when I was 5 and during that time…

  • Residents’ best interests are being ignored What is happening to our towns in New Jersey? One after the other, local governments are giving way to tyrannical political machines. More and more honest, public-minded citizens are being replaced by professional (or, better said, non-professional) politicians. In my town, the cost of a campaign has skyrocketed from…

  • Superintendent, president appreciate support We extend our sincerest thanks to the voters of Marlboro who on March 14 passed a referendum for the construction of two schools here, an early childhood learning center and a second middle school. For over three years, our pre-kindergarten through eighth-grade students have been traveling through a dark tunnel of…

  • State officials must explain funding formula One year ago, when the formula for state aid to local school boards was released, many boards and governing bodies were scrambling with their legislative teams to restore cuts in their aid package. To a limited extent these cuts were restored. This year we are told that the aid…