Category: News Transcript Opinion

  • Lower assessment, same taxes, is upsetting

    The Manalapan Township Committee has come up with a property tax scheme, the likes that I have never seen before. It does not matter, Republican or Democrat, all members of the committee should not be proud of what they have done, instead they should be The 2009 reassessment reduced the value of my home by…

  • Americans cherish the right to speak out about elections

    We do not burn books. It is as simple as that. Greater Media Newspapers columnistGreg Bean’s article castigating the recent Supreme Court decision Citizens United rested on a principle as old as the Republic itself. The government cannot censor materials published by American citizens, no matter how rich or powerful they are. This is as…

  • For the Record

    A sentence in the article “Senator’s Bill Proposes Putting End to COAH” that was published in the News Transcript on Jan. 27 should have stated that the bill (S-1) proposed by Sen. Raymond Lesniak would also do away with affordable housing obligations that have gone unmet for decades in some towns. The sentence as published…

  • Preserving farm for open space would be a winner

    Coda • GREG BEAN When we bought our old house in East Brunswick in the fall of 1997, one of the biggest selling points was the fact that we could look out our living room window to the Foerter Farm across the road. The farm — a 30-acre parcel between Riva Avenue and Farrington Lake…

  • Voters were in no mood to OK school projects

    In the News • MARK ROSMAN The phrase “the voters have spoken” certainly rang loud in New Jersey on Jan. 26. On that date school districts around the state, including two school districts served by Greater Media Newspapers, put questions before the public and saw them soundly rejected. I am quite certain that the nation’s…

  • Shirley A. Harrison

    Mrs. Harrison, 79, of West Long Branch, died Jan. 14, 2010, at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. She resided in the Elberon section of Long Branch, prior to relocating to West Long Branch in 1950. She was a cashier at N.J. Bell Telephone, retiring in 1987. She is survived by her husband, A. Paul Harrison;…

  • Dolores Masiuk

    Mrs. Masiuk, 78, a resident of Manalapan for more than 30 years, died Jan. 14, 2010, at home. She was a communicant of St. Thomas More Roman Catholic Church in Manalapan and a secretary at the Office of the Monmouth County prosecutor in Freehold before retiring. Mrs. Masiuk was predeceased by her husband, Alphonse, in…

  • Retired teacher thanks doctors for finding some answers

    I retired from teaching (29 years in Marlboro) in 2008 with the objective to become healthier and fit. My daughter, Peggy, was to be married in August so I joined the gym and had a personal trainer. It wasn’t long before I started to lose weight and injured my left leg muscle trying to perform…

  • Ann C. Brooks

    Mr. Ann C. Brooks, 100, a resident of Freehold since 1971, died Jan. 15, 2010, at McAuley Hall Nursing Home, Watchung. She was the executive secretary for the Brooklyn’s District No. 20 Community School Board (N.Y.) until her retirement in 1977. She was also a former concert violinist and member of the Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra…