Category: News Transcript Opinion

  • Resident asks for assistance with removal of branches

    Can someone please tell me why for the last two or three years a church in Freehold Borough refuses to take the responsibility of caring for the ground that their church sits on? They planted three maple trees in their backyard many years ago and they refuse to clean up all the branches and the…

  • Policy on housing developmentally disabled people is shortsighted

    GUEST COLUMN DR. SALVATORE PIZZURO The plight of New Jerseyans with developmental disabilities has received considerable media attention in recent weeks. Perhaps the most immediate burning issue regarding this population is the housing problem. In many cases, the parents of adults with developmental disabilities are elderly and unable to continue to care for their offspring…

  • Still waiting for that uninvited holiday guest

    ARE WE THERE YET LORI CLINCH The days leading up to Christmas were certainly eventful. The lights were lit, presents were wrapped and after I summoned the courage to hit the super center that one last time, my spirit lit up along with the tree. But I knew in my heart of hearts that there…

  • on campus 

    Gregory Scott Gobat of Colts Neck, an architecture major at Clemson University, Clemson, S.C., has spent the semester studying in Spain. Katelyn Mary DeMaio, daughter of Jim and Kathy DeMaio of Manalapan, has earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree magna cum laude, from the Fashion Institute of Technology, NewYork City. She was named to…

  • Auto dealership not a good idea for Manalapan tract

    This is in response to the Dec. 7, 2011, News Transcript article “Talk of Rezoning to Resume Dec. 8.” I take exception to the statements in the article, which quotes two former mayors of Manalapan. The article mentions their reasons for supporting a zoning change to allow a Ray Catena automobile dealership to be constructed…

  • New Jersey pols come through for veterans

    CODA GREG BEAN Soldiers won a couple of big ones last week, and on Dec. 13, my wife and I were in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., to see one of those victories in the making. Since our son, Coleman — a U.S. Army sergeant and veteran of two combat tours in Iraq —…

  • And for her birthday? A new filter!

    ARE WE THERE YET LORI CLINCH When Pat, my beloved husband of many years, walked in the door on a recent night, he was beaming with pride. “I’ve been thinking about you all day long,” he said. Then he smiled slyly, looked at me with love and reported, “And I’ve been considering an expensive gift.”…

  • Businessman’s proposal raises residents’ hackles

    IN THE NEWS MARK ROSMAN There has been some good give and take over the past few months as members of the Manalapan Township Committee and the Manalapan Planning Board have considered a businessman’s request to make an automobile dealership a permitted use in an office-professional zone at Route 9 and Taylors Mills Road in…