Category: News Transcript Opinion

  • Dr. L. Glenn Barkalow

    Dr. Barkalow, 85 of Freehold, died March 9, 2011, at home. He was born on a farm in the Adelphia section of Howell and moved to Freehold, where he attended Freehold High School. He graduated from Princeton University in the Navy’s V12 program, went to medical school at Long Island College of Medicine and had…

  • Johanna “Joy” Moreto

    Mrs. Moreto, 73, of Freehold Township, died March 17, 2011, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. She was a former commissioner of the Freehold Township Parks and Recreation Department. Prior to retiring, she was the office manager at Brooks Insurance Agency in Englishtown. She was predeceased by a daughter, Eileen Spadavecchia, in 2000. Mrs. Moreto…

  • March 2011: The rational optimist

    GREEN SCENE GOTTI KELLEY “So much is written of the gardener’s role in the creation and enjoyment of flowering beauty and so little said of the relish of honest labor that gardening requires.” Author unknown M arch — a roller-coaster month full of promises, but unreliable to the last day. Spring officially starts this month,…

  • A great mystery: the cordless dryer

    ARE WE THERE YET LORI CLINCH There is nothing quite like a good running dryer. You show me someone who thinks that isn’t true and I’ll show you someone with a stellar clothesline and a dependably warm southerly breeze.  Within months of meeting me, my beloved spouse took pity on me and my shower-rod-drying ways and purchased me the best used dryer…

  • Commuters take hit with parking permit hike

    Well, Manalapan Township Committee, you’ve done it – you have managed to pass a tax increase without raising the municipal tax rate that you were so proud of keeping flat. I am referring to the 34 percent increase in commuter parking fees, which was passed by the committee on Feb. 23. I find it interesting…

  • East Freehold Fire Company has no difficulty responding to calls

    We the undersigned are the five fire commissioners for Freehold Township Fire District No. 2. In that elected position, we are responsible for the East Freehold Fire Company and all firefighting services for the residents of Fire District No. 2. This letter is in response to a letter to the editor from Ronald Griffiths of…

  • Foundation’s president appreciates support

    I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the township of Marlboro for the outpouring of support to the Marlboro Educational Foundation this year. Thanks in part to the dedication and generosity of our community, we have awarded more than 40 grants totaling $40,000 this school year to the district’s teachers. Our most recent…

  • Writers seek to shed light on union voting procedures

    Just to set the record straight, Robin Zegas, the president of the Marlboro Township Education Association (MTEA), finally did get back to News Transcript Managing Editor Mark Rosman with a more complete answer (regarding a vote on a school district matter), but some of what she said is untrue. She states that she followed the…