Category: News Transcript Opinion

  • Minnie D. Sparapani

    Mrs. Sparapani, 75, of Marlboro, died Oct. 14, 2010, at home. She was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and resided in Marlboro for the past 11 years. Prior to retiring, Mrs. Sparapani was a bank teller for Manufacturers Hanover Trust in Brooklyn. She was predeceased by her husband, Patsy, in 2001. Surviving are three sons and…

  • Resident supports Golden for Monmouth sheriff

    The time is again here to head to the voting booth. I, like many of you, weigh my choices carefully and ask myself who has “earned” my vote. This is judged by a balance of the answers to certain questions. Does the candidate do the right thing? Do they do it the right way? Is…

  • Evelyn M. Ludwig

    Mrs. Ludwig, 88, of Freehold, died Oct. 14, 2010, at Bartley Healthcare, Jackson. Mrs. Ludwig was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and was a homemaker. She was predeceased by her husband, Howard Ludwig; and a sister, Lillian Ludwig. Surviving are four daughters, Constance Rosso, and her husband, Robert, of Fullerton, Calif.; Evelyn Ludwig of Forest Hills,…

  • Lack of pedestrian crosswalks is a problem

    Idrive my child to Marlboro High School a few mornings a week and am becoming truly alarmed at the number of “close calls” that I have witnessed as local students cross Route 79 on their way to school. I am amazed there is not a single marked crosswalk from any of the intersecting roads —…

  • John W. “Bebe” Higgins Sr.

    Mr. Higgins, 77, a resident of Hazlet for 52 years, died Oct. 17, 2010, at home. He worked as a freight handler with American Airlines, Newark, then as an insurance agent with Kirwin Insurance Co., Hazlet, and later as a photographer with Dupress Studio, Hazlet, before retiring in 1995. Mr. Higgins was a member of…

  • Car club is committed to helping food pantry

    The Blue Moon Kruizers Classic Car Club of Howell, celebrating our fifth anniversary, has concluded its 2010 season at Chick-fil-A of Howell. The final cruise of the season was a Halloween Cruise held on Oct. 16. A total of 148 vehicles were in attendance, and $1,020 was raised for the Howell Food Pantry. The club…

  • Electronic readers make way to school

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — With the ways that technology constantly changes, it is probably no surprise that today’s students would prefer to pick up an electronic reader rather than a paperback book. Members of the Marlboro K-8 School District Board of Education recently discussed students’ use of personal electronic devices in the…

  • Congressman Rush Holt has history of working with teen group

    Iread, with disappointment, the recent letter in the News Transcript from Nancy Williams criticizing the “powers that be” for allowing one of Marlboro’s representatives in Congress, Rush Holt, to give a civics lesson to Marlboro’s Teen Advisory Committee (TAC). As the people of Marlboro are well aware, Congressman Holt has worked diligently with TAC since…

  • Charles Kirman Sr.

    Mr. Kirman, 78, formerly of Lincroft, died Oct 15, 2010, at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. An Air Force veteran of the Korean War, he was a past member of the Red Bank Fire Department, Union Hose Fire Company. Mr. Kirman retired as owner of R.P. Boothe Brake Service, Neptune, after which he worked…