Category: News Transcript Opinion
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Closing youth detention center will not be best option
While I congratulate John Curley on his recent victory (election to the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders), his comments in the Nov. 11 issue of the News Transcript with respect to our juvenile detention facility are misleading and incorrect. He allegedly said in reference to the children in our Juvenile Detention Center, “they are murderers,…
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When it comes to love, can the third time be the charm?
Girl Talk • CLARE MARIE CELANO There’s a great dialogue exchange betweenC hristopher Plummer and Diane Lane who play father and daughter in the film “Must Love Dogs.” Lane is admonishing her widowed father about dating indiscriminately, seemingly unconcerned about hurting the women who have come to truly care about him. Plummer delivers a line…
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Margaret “Marge” B. Trocheck
70, of Howell Margaret "Marge" B. Trocheck Margaret “Marge” B. Trocheck, 70, of Howell passed away on Wednesday, Nov. 18th , at home. Mrs. Trocheck was born in Jersey City and had lived there before moving to Howell in 1989. She was the Office Manager for Dr. Sangita Nagpal, Howell, for the past 15 years.…
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Letters provide look at two sides of society
While perusing the Nov. 18 edition of the News Transcript, I was struck by the juxtaposition across the fold of two seemingly unrelated letters to the editor. However, they both deal with “documents” of one sort or another. In the first instance on the lefthand opinion page, Albert DeGracia of the Latino Leadership Alliance discusses…
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Edgar M. Hargis
93, of Howell, former superintendent of schools and former principal of the Ardena School Edgar M. Hargis Edgar M. Hargis, 93, of Howell Twp. passed away on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at his home. Mr. Hargis was born in Camden and had lived in Flemington before moving to Howell Twp. in 1957. He was the…
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Freehold Twp. winners appreciate support
We would like to take this opportunity to thank Freehold Township residents for their support in our reelection on Nov. 3. It is sincerely our pleasure and honor to serve the community in our capacity as Township Committee members. We truly love the town we live in and happily strive to make it the wonderful…
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James A. Eccleston
Mr. Eccleston, 68, of Manalapan and formerly of Howell, died Nov. 5, 2009, at JFK Medical Center, Edison. A veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, he was a ground service operator for Northwest Airlines in Newark for 37 years before his retirement in 2002. Mr. Eccleston was predeceased by his siblings, Bobby, Kenneth, Patricia and…
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Failure to teach our children world history will cost us in the end
This letter is in response to a letter from Jacquelin Duffy that was published in the News Transcript on Nov. 4 (“Objectors to the President Still Have the Right to Speak”). It is a real shame and disgrace to our younger generation that some people have seen fit to water down or eliminate world history…
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Carolann Alex
Mrs. Alex, 67, of Marlboro, died Nov. 7, 2009, at home. She was a real estate agent, retiring 25 years ago, and a member of Bnai Brith. Mrs. Alex was predeceased by her parents, George and Norma Jacobowitz; her husband, Moe Green, in 2004; and a daughter, Shelly Feig, in 2007. Surviving are her husband,…
