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  • Let the people decide on gay marriage

    I n his Feb. 1 letter to the editor, Barry Fulmer opposed the radical notion that the public should be able to vote on the issue of gay marriage, rather than relying on legislative action. In a representative republic form of government, the legislators are supposed to represent the majority of those in their district,…

  • Yvonne Kelsey Cook

    Mrs. Cook, 74, of Freehold, died Jan. 28, 2012, at Sunnyside Manor, Wall, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. She was formerly employed by the Freehold Regional High School District for 33 years. Mrs. Cook was predeceased by six siblings, James, Raymond, Frank, Mary, William and Elizabeth. Surviving are three sons and daughters-in-law, Thomas…

  • Bean’s statements are ‘at best, premature’

    A fter reading Greg Bean’s recent column “A Bag of Ganja May Have Cost a Young Man His Life,” I feel compelled to respond. Bean writes, “Was race a factor in the killing? I don’t know, but I know this: Graham was black, and all the cops in the surveillance video are white.” He further…

  • Marcia Tatelbaum

    Mrs. Tatelbaum, 58, of Freehold Township, died Jan. 28, 2012, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. She was a homemaker. Surviving are her husband, Barry Tatelbaum; a daughter, Jessica Lynn Tatelbaum; her father, Charles Nichols; and a sister, Beth Eckstein. A funeral service was held at the Clayton & Mc- Girr Funeral Home, Freehold Township.…

  • Integrity of Manalapan’s master plan should be upheld

    I read with great interest the letter that was published in the Feb. 8 News Transcript from Jack Walsh (“Auto Dealership Would Work at Route 9 Site”). Mr. Walsh stated that he lived in the Monmouth Heights section of Manalapan for 40 years, but now lives in a gated community at Four Seasons and he…

  • Charles S. Kurczeski

    Mr. Kurczeski, 72, of Freehold Township, died Feb. 1, 2012. Prior to retiring, he was the founder/owner of Perfect Paving Co. Mr. Kurczeski was a U.S. Army veteran, having served in Germany from 1959 to 1961. He was predeceased by a brother and a sister. Surviving are his wife, Sharon; two sons, Scott Kurczeski and…

  • New law lets a little more sun shine on government

    CODA GREG BEAN Over 30 years in the news business, and much of that in New Jersey, I learned firsthand how hard it is to find out how some branches of government are spending your tax dollars. When state governments or local municipalities released their annual lineitem budgets for public inspection, the numbers were often…

  • Edwin Gerard McAdam

    Mr. McAdam, 86, of Howell, died Feb. 5, 2012, at Van Dyke Hospice Center at Community Medical Center in Toms River. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in science from Seton Hall University, South Orange, and a Master of Science degree in science from Rutgers University, New Brunswick. Mr. McAdams worked as a manager…

  • He says I don’t need my floppy anymore

    ARE WE THERE YET LORI CLINCH I s it me, or is technology moving at the speed of light? It seems like just yesterday that I was riding around in my car with a newfangled cassette player as I sang Foreigner at the top of my lungs. Then the next thing I know, I have…