Category: News Transcript Opinion

  • Foundation reorganizes to assist local students

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — A revitalized education foundation is working for the benefit of 4,300 pupils in the Freehold Township K-8 School District. The Freehold Township Education Foundation has been launched to support innovative initiatives in the school district, according to Kenneth J. Reilly, chairman of the foundation. “From a…

  • Catena pupils link up with Ugandan youths

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Sylvia Allen, the founder of a nonprofit organization that provides children in Uganda, Africa, with services and necessities, recently put into place a program that now connects Ugandan youngsters with children in Freehold Township. The children are writing to each other as pen-pals. Recently, Freehold Township…

  • High school district should hold off on choosing new superintendent

    Choosing the new Freehold Regional High School District superintendent of schools raises some unanswered questions concerning the two choices for the post, and for that matter, their search or proper direction in order to fill this very important position. Past decisions about FRHSD choices have been known to unfortunately develop traumatic scenarios. Are we really…

  • Marlboro administrators discuss results of testing

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — A portion of the Marlboro K-8 School District’s special needs pupils did not meet required benchmarks in recent testing that measures adequate yearly progress (AYP) as defined by the federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). Administrators are hoping for a change in testing that could eventually assist…

  • Writer discusses the many faces of horse racing

    Those of us in the horse racing industry in New Jersey are in a battle for survival in an economy that has not been kind to many financial sectors. The hardworking people of racing, more than 15,000 in New Jersey, love what they do despite dealing with the aches and pains of wrestling 1,000-pound horses…

  • High school students sought for award

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — The Freehold Township Human Relations Council is seeking local high school students to be candidates for a humanitarian of the year award. The council will recognize a high school student who demonstrates behaviors consistent with its mission to foster and promote good will, cooperation and conciliation among all the residents of Freehold…

  • It is time for government to get out of the way

    After reading each edition of the News Transcript, I shake my head in disbelief at the obstacles that petty politicians and bureaucrats put up — even in these times of high unemployment — to obstruct new businesses, the expansion of old ones, and job creation. These little tyrants are incapable of seeing how their collective…

  • Duck and cover, because Sarah’s locked and loaded

    CODA GREG BEAN Although some of my critics won’t believe it, there is no political agenda at work when I make this bold statement: As a hunter, Sarah Palin is a greater menace in the field than Dick Cheney. And I have a feeling that real hunters among my readership will back me up on…

  • Gloria Marie DeSarno Boyle

    Mrs. Boyle, 86, of Freehold, died Dec. 2, 2010, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. She was a 1942 graduate of Asbury Park High School. Upon graduation, she became a draftsman for Fort Monmouth during World War II. She later worked in her husband’s law office and then in the Monmouth County Clerk’s Office. Surviving…