Category: News Transcript Opinion
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Backseat driver pops her cork
ARE WE THERE YET LORI CLINCH Believe it or not, there are people who accuse me of being a backseat driver. It might be the way that I scream and point. Perhaps it’s that I push my foot through the floorboard in an attempt to apply an imaginary brake. Most likely it’s the way that…
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It’s time to drop the hyphen; we are Americans
With all due respect to Shirley Lew (“Speaker’s Remark at Meeting Was Quite Offensive,” Letters to the Editor, News Transcript, Aug. 3), I was not in attendance at the July 25 meeting of the Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education, so I must rely solely on her interpretation of remarks that she found…
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TCNJ names local grads
The College of New Jersey, Ewing, has awarded diplomas to the following local residents: From Colts Neck: Elizabeth Schullstrom, a Bachelor of Science in accountancy; Andrea Petrou, a Bachelor of Arts in history; From Manalapan: Jenna Bush, a Bachelor of Arts in communication studies, magna cum laude; Esteban Martinez, a Bachelor of Arts in interactive…
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Mayor’s shot at Freehold Republicans really describes Democrats
I n response to a letter to the editor, “Writer Forgot One Detail” (News Transcript, July 20), Freehold Borough Mayor Michael Wilson appeared confused. The mayor wrote, “the same old, same old, for the last 30 years, no new ideas, just new faces.” He was referring to the Freehold Borough Republicans, yet that observation is…
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So-called ‘journalists’ are advocating for president
A letter in the June 22 News Transcript by E.J. Mitchell (“Writer Wants More Information About Obama”) was spot on and I could not agree with the writer more. The mainstream media in this country has proven unworthy of the title of journalists as regards their coverage of President Barack Obama not only during the…
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Angelo Piro
Mr. Piro, 74, of Manalapan, died Aug. 6, 2011, at home. He was a tool-and-die maker for Grefco, Jamesburg. Prior to that, he worked for Triangle Conduit & Cable. Mr. Piro was predeceased by a granddaughter, Avery Owenburg, in 2006. Surviving are his wife, Ellen; a son, Stephen Piro, of Manalapan; three daughters, Dianne Ryan,…
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Feliciano “Uchy” Colon
Mr. Colon, 36, of Freehold died July 27, 2011, at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident in Freehold Township. He was born in Boston and had resided in Freehold since 1988. Mr. Colon was a 1993 graduate of Freehold High School. Surviving are two sons, James Nicholas Colon…
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Michael Edward Conway
Mr. Conway, 42, of Freehold, died July 31, 2011. He was a graduate of Freehold High School. Mr. Conway was a member of BAC Local Union 7, Tile, Marble & Terrazzo of New York and New Jersey. He had a passion for auto racing, particularly Corvettes, and was part of the team “Raceway Park” family…
