Category: News Transcript Opinion

  • Resident says Sen. Beck’s bill contains significant loopholes

    I n herMarch 30 letter to the editor (“Law Would End ‘Legal Fleecing’ of Taxpayers), state Sen. Jennifer Beck boasted of the bill she is sponsoring that would supposedly end double-dipping by suspending pension payments while a retired employee is again employed by any public employer and collecting a paycheck. It sounds good if you…

  • for the record 

    The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders has awarded a bid to Greenman-Pedersen Inc., of Lebanon, a professional engineering firm, in the amount of $869,528 to design improvements to the intersection of Route 537 and Route 34, Colts Neck, and to reconstruct two nearby bridges over Mine Brook. The name of the firm that received the…

  • It is time for Brookdale to cleanse its Lincroft campus

    ‘I t’s time for the Brookdale Board of Trustees to begin taking action to rename Larrison Hall, its $15 million showpiece academic building that, amid a climate of county corruption and scandal, has become a tarnished symbol of Monmouth’s two-year institution of higher education.” Those words — that still have validity — are from an…

  • Is a college education worth the debt that is incurred?

    I n today’s economy there is no guarantee that college graduates will come close to getting a job in their field. They get the hype that if you go to school for a certain field, you can make a certain amount of money. But if 15,000 young people take classes for a certain field, there…

  • Young musicians from Freehold did an outstanding job

    I would like to take the opportunity to publicly acknowledge the great work of the Freehold High School concert band, jazz band, concert choir, chamber choir and indoor guard. They participated in Festival Disney, a national competition that was held on March 11-12. This fine group of 87 students should be extremely proud of themselves.…

  • No one asked residents their opinion about business

    I do not understand why Manalapan township officials and the news media are making such a big fuss over a “legal marijuana plant” being placed down the street from me. We in this area have bigger fish to fry with the Boy Scouts renting their land to Combat Sports laser tag, which causes constant traffic…

  • We’ve finally got a reason for celebration in April

    CODA GREG BEAN With the exception of my birthday — which I think should be a national holiday that includes gifting yours truly— there isn’t a lot to look forward to in April. So if you just got through reading the Sunday newspapers and are suffering a case of bad-news overload like I am, here’s…

  • Jamesburg parents ask FRHSD to reject overtures

    BY REBECCAMORTON Staff Writer During a March 28 meeting of the Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education, parents from Jamesburg voiced their objection to the possibility that their children could one day be sent to school in the FRHSD. The board meeting was held at Marlboro High School. School administrators in Jamesburg, Middlesex…

  • Pupils show great pride in efforts for military

    Applegate School youngsters enjoy visit from ROTC unit BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Children at the C. Richard Applegate School in Freehold Township showed their patriotism recently when they undertook a project to collect supplies for U.S. troops. The pupils were visited by the Colts Neck High School ROTC unit and participated in activities…