Category: News Transcript Opinion
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Lewis F. Loker
Mr. Loker, 75, of Long Branch, died July 27, 2009, at the St. Barnabas Hospice and Palliative Care Center at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. He had resided in Middletown before relocating to Long Branch. Mr. Loker was a retired postal supervisor for the U.S. Postal Service in Middletown Township. Following retirement, he was a…
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Warning: Your computer may be smarter than you
Coda • GREG BEAN There is a huge debate among some national scientists about whether we should set limits on how smart we allow computers to get so they don’t eventually kill us all and take over the world. Although they all agree we’re a long way from Hal, the evil computer that commandeered the…
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Lenore Harmon
Mrs. Harmon, 70, a resident of Manalapan for the past 42 years, died July 24, 2009, at St. BarnabasMedical Center, Livingston, after a six-year battle with cancer. She was a school teacher for the Marlboro Township Board of Education for 30 years before retiring in 2007. Surviving is her husband of 50 years, Aaron;…
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Charlotte Wilson Borden
Mrs. Borden, 88, of Freehold, died July 20, 2009, at The Manor, Freehold Township. She was a founding resident and chairperson of the Sunshine Committee of Monmouth Crossing where she resided for the past nine years. Mrs. Borden had been a school bus driver for Freehold Township Board of Education for more than 40 years…
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Drinking has devastating effects and many costs to society
My heart goes out to Chris LaPatin and to the family of Theresa Kling. The letter (“Decision To Drink and Drive Can Lead to Tragedy,” News Transcript, July 29) is written from the heart. I, however, would take it one step further. The expression “Drunk Drivers Kill” needs to be reduced to its lowest common…
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School board eyes savings in new computer link-up
BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — Administrators in the Marlboro K-8 School District are looking to move toward virtualizations in the media centers of the district’s two middle schools. A discussion on that topic was held during the Marlboro Board of Education workshop meeting on July 14. Technology Supervisor Kimberly Alexander said she was…
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Kathy Ann Bolger
Ms. Bolger, 57, of Manalapan, died July 21, 2009, at the Pine Brook Nursing Home in Englishtown. She resided in New York until moving to The Villages, Freehold, with her parents in 1975. In April 1995 Ms. Bolger moved to the Alexandria Group home and remained there until moving to Pine Brook Nursing Home. She…
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Marlboro residents deserve a councilman who is on duty in town
In pointing out the possible election of a potential absentee councilman, Jeff Cantor, in Marlboro’s November election, News Transcript Managing Editor Mark Rosman has rightly posed a provocative question (“Marlboro Election is More Than 1 Issue,” July 29). It suggests that shouldMr. Cantor, (who is) scheduled to be on duty in the Middle East, be…
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Preservation funding advances
Sen. Jennifer Beck, Assemblyman Declan O’Scanlon and Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande announced the unanimous passage of three bills by the state Senate awarding nearly $6 million in funding to 12th District municipalities for farmland and historic preservation purposes. Senate bill S-2712 appropriates $27.75 million from the 2007 Farmland Preservation Fund and Garden State Farmland Preservation Fund…
