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  • What did we do before cell phones? Sleep.

    Are We There Yet? • LORI CLINCH In the predawn hours of a dark, dark morning, an alarm sounded somewhere in the master bedroom of the Clinch abode. To the tune of a bumblebee flying through the air on a summer day as it goes from flower to flower, the music rang out with glee.…

  • Legislators have raided funds to detriment of the state

    In another spectacular example of the lack of fitness of our legislators to exhibit any sort of trustworthiness to properly handle the state’s fiscal affairs, we now hear that unless additional revenue is found, New Jersey could lose $1.6 billion in federal funds to be used for replacing bridges, aging roads and transit facilities. What…

  • Writer clarifies comments made at Marlboro meeting

    Ispoke during the public session on the former Entron site redevelopment plan at the Marlboro Planning Board meeting on March 17, 2010, as reported on the front page of the News Transcript on March 24, 2010. The meaning of what was reported differs from my full comments that evening. First, I did not applaud the…

  • After cuts in education will come a ‘teachable moment’

    Coda • GREG BEAN Our clan no longer has children in public schools in New Jersey, but I certainly don’t envy the parents of children who are attending those institutions these days. As we all know, the bill for years of mismanagement, overspending and prolific waste at the state level has finally come due, and…

  • Golden ‘devastated’ at depth of state aid cut

    Layoffs, program cuts will have to be made to Howell school budget BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer HOWELL — Superintendent of Schools Enid Golden spent much of last week doing something she hoped she would not have to do — meeting with employees of the Howell K-8 School District who will lose their jobs…

  • Florence A. Hall

    Mrs. Hall, 86, of Freehold, died March 18, 2010, at The Manor, Freehold Township. She was a registered nurse who performed private duty care, an assistant nurse for the Borough of Freehold, and a school bus driver for the Freehold Regional School District. She was predeceased by her husband, James Hall, in 1970; her second…

  • Jacqueline Boldridge

    Mrs. Boldridge, 80, of Brick, formerly of Freehold, died March 11, 2010, at Kimball Medical Center, Lakewood. She earned associate degrees from Fairleigh Dickinson University and Brookdale Community College. She was predeceased by her husband, Austin, in 1997, and a grandson, Kevin Riley Clawson, in 2008. Surviving are two sons and one daughter-in-law, James Boldridge…

  • Patricia S. Spero

    Mrs. Spero, 66, of Freehold Township, died March 11, 2010, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. She was a graduate of Montclair State University and went on to be a business teacher at Raritan High School, Hazlet. After moving to Freehold Township, she taught in the Freehold Regional High School District. Mrs. Spero was also…

  • Constituent is critical of Congressman Pallone’s mailing

    The franking privilege permits members of Congress to transmit mass mailings to each of their constituents … at taxpayer expense. Its purpose is to allow our representatives to provide their constituents with important congressional updates. Rep. Frank Pallone (D-N.J.) unconscionably abused the intent of this privilege recently with his direct mailer, which was simply his…