Category: News Transcript Opinion
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Right wing seems out of touch with most Americans
Sen. Marco Rubio’s recent response to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union speech, unfortunately, was just a replication of basically the same old talking points from the last failed election. Sen. Rubio’s sweaty, water-gulping speech would not have made the “Great Communicator” proud. The Republican television network, Fox News, excused Sen. Rubio’s performance, saying…
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March: Can you dig it?
GREEN SCENE GOTTI KELLEY “There is no gardening without humility. Nature is constantly sending even itsoldest scholars to the bottom of the class forsome egregious blunder.” — Alfred Austin A garden myth: Lawns are beautiful, vegetable gardens are ugly. Not true. Vegetable gardens in a front yard (a hot trend) can create an inviting focal…
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We’re in it together
IN THE NEWS MARK ROSMAN A brouhaha appears to be brewing among groups that represent the state’s Latino community. About two weeks ago, the Latino Leadership Alliance Political Action Committee, the political arm of the Latino Leadership Alliance of New Jersey (LLANJ), endorsed Gov. Chris Christie’s bid for a second fouryear term. Martin Perez, president…
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Lake Weamaconk in Englishtown provided a serene scene following a snowfall on March 8. JEFF GRANIT staff
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Mom comes to the rescue on campus
ARE WE THERE YET LORI CLINCH There is a strange phenomenon that occurs in the relationship we have with our kids after they go off to college. Without the everyday contact, a parent starts to see their young adults as special on a whole different level. When she thinks about them, she envisions a halo…
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for the record
In a March 6 News Transcript article about the passing of Regina Finn of Manalapan, the cause of death of Finn’s son, Vincent, was incorrect. Vincent Finn died in August 2009, but not in a motor vehicle accident as was stated in the article.
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on campus
Brian Puricelli, son of Anthony and Maureen Puricelli of Morganville, was named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Penn State University-Behrend, Erie, Pa., where he is majoring in chemical engineering. Brian is a 2010 graduate of Marlboro High School. Adam M. Pearlstein, son of Drs. Caryn and Eric Pearlstein of Morganville, was…
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Freeholder misses the point on farm deal
I just finished reading a letter to the editor from Monmouth County Freeholder Lillian Burry that was published in this newspaper. If anyone has had a narrow-minded approach to Mayor Andrew Lucas’ land deal in Manalapan, it has been Mrs. Burry. Once again she beats the drum of “the people not understanding the sole purpose…
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Candidate says freeholder board needs a Democratic watchdog
I would like to thank the over 400 Democrats who nominated me at the convention recently to run for Monmouth County freeholder. The monopoly control of any political body by one political party is not healthy and leads, inevitably, to corruption. The Republicans now have an unchallenged and unhealthy monopoly on the freeholder board, and…
