Category: News Transcript Opinion

  • Residents awaiting report from Manalapan planner

    This letter is in response to a column by News Transcript Managing Editor Mark Rosman, “Businessman’s Proposal Raises Residents’ Hackles,” as also referenced by attorney Gerald Sonnenblick at the Dec. 21, 2011, meeting of the Manalapan Township Meeting. The clapping (at a Manalapan Planning Board meeting) on Dec. 8, in my opinion, was not sheer…

  • How about a nice watch when these folks retire?

    CODA GREG BEAN A ll right, wage slaves — at least those of you who have toiled in the mines of the dreaded private sector — I’ve got a question. I remember my last day on nearly every job I ever had, and I remember my final paycheck. I remember getting paid for vacation accumulated…

  • FRHSD to hold orientation

    The Freehold Regional High School District will host an orientation event for current eighth-grade pupils and their parents at each district high school during January. The program will provide information to help parents become familiar with each school, mission and philosophy, academic offerings, course registration process and all of the educational and extracurricular opportunities the…

  • ‘Bare with us …’ Uh, no thank you.

    BLOOPERS ADELE YOUNG Every new year, we like to disclose some of the amusing constructions that came across our desks during the previous 12 months. Thank goodness, most of the gaffes in this column were caught in time and did not make it into one of our weekly publications. Alas, some did. We try very…

  • Ranney Lower School makes healthy eating fun

    Chef Chris DiStefano (l) and Chef for a Day Trinity Dalmazio n conjunction with the health and wellness programs that Ranney School in Tinton Falls has implemented campuswide, the school’s dining services, FLIK, recently developed a nutrition program available to Lower School students. As a means of promoting healthy eating habits, developing an enjoyment of…

  • Technology has changed lives, but has it been for the better?

    GUEST COLUMN BRIDGET LANE I t can hardly go unnoticed that over the last 20 years, technology has changed the wayAmericans live their lives. With email, Facebook and texting, traditional forms of communication are becoming passé, and with newer capabilities, the computer will make it possible to never have to leave the comforts of home…

  • Bowled over by football

    ARE WE THERE YET LORI CLINCH Oh, what a busy time. Hustling and bustling, moving to and fro. The food has to be right, the attire must properly coordinate and traditions considered. Someone has to fluff the couch cushions, others are to hang the banners, and let’s face it, sports fans, the dip simply isn’t…

  • You’re not getting fat, you’re just a survivor

    CODA GREG BEAN I got on the scale last week after avoiding the thing since summer and thought I had forgotten to change the batteries because itwas givingme such a crazy reading. Instead of the svelte guy I see in my mind’s eye every morning, it was informing me I’d somehow transformed into Jabba the…