Category: News Transcript Opinion
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Savings from school closing have already disappeared
Guest Column • Amy Fankhauser The Howell Township K-8 School District Board of Education and administration have begun next year’s (2010-11) school budget process and guess what it will mean to the taxpayers of Howell? Once again the administration is warning that the budget will cost us more then the 4 percent increase the state…
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Uniform retirement ceremony was very moving to local family
Thanks to Tim Morris, staff writer for the News Transcript, for the kind article he wrote regarding the retirement of our son Chris’ football number on Sept. 26 prior to the Manalapan High School football game against Toms River North High School. We as a family would like to thank everyone who was connected with…
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Joseph L. Menville
Mr. Menville, 88, of Union Beach, died Sept. 6, 2009, at Bayshore Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, Holmdel. He served with the Army Signal Corps in World War II. Mr. Menville retired from Williamsburg Savings Bank, Brooklyn, N.Y., as a mortgage supervisor in 1981. He was a fourth degree knight in the Knights of Columbus, St.…
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Teachers union’s demands are out of step with present economy
Marlboro senior citizens are probably aware by now that for the first time in three decades, there will be no yearly cost of living increase in their next year’s Social Security check and probably in 2011 as well. Seniors will once again be asked to make sacrifices as the nation’s weak economy aimlessly lingers on.…
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Alan J. Nuccio
Mr. Nuccio, 60, of Eatontown, died Sept. 16, 2009, at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. He was a social studies/history teacher for 29 years at Manalapan High School, and received the Teacher of the Year Award. Mr. Nuccio is survived by his wife of 40 years, Nancy; a son and daughter-in-law, Joseph and Michelle;…
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Writer tired of defending N.J. to friends from other states
Enough! That is what I and I am confident many others thought after hearing of yet another corruption sting involving New Jersey politicians. This latest sting busted 44 people, including a number of office holders and others associated with politics from both parties. I am tired of trying to defend New Jersey to my friends…
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Eleanor Vitola
Mrs. Vitola, 90, of Toms River, died Sept. 22, 2009, at Bey Lea Nursing Home in Toms River. Born in Jersey City, she lived in Freehold and Howell for 60 years prior to moving to Toms River 11 years ago. Mrs. Vitola retired 27 years ago from Brockway Glass Co. in Freehold where she was…
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Resident has question after reading letter to the editor
In a letter published in the Sept. 30 issue of the News Transcript (“Town Committee Played a Role in Keeping Taxes Stable”), the Manalapan Democratic municipal chairman deplored remarks made by the Republican Party club president and accused him of “trying to advance a political agenda.” This is an example of situational irony. How can…
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Robert Stephen “Captain Bob” Kaiser
Mr. Kaiser, 77, of Marlboro, succumbed to cancer Sept. 4, 2009, at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. A veteran of the Korean War, he was president and owner of R.S. Kaiser Industrial Doors and Treasure Charter Fishing. Mr. Kaiser, a dedicated member of the Garden State Model Boaters and an avid fisherman, was a…
