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  • Jerry Krieger

    Mr. Krieger died Aug. 24, 2008, after a long battle with multiple system atrophy, a rare neurological disease. He was a principal and educator in the New York City school system for more than 30 years. Mr. Krieger was predeceased by his wife, Barbara (Blumenson) Krieger in 1982. He is survived by his wife, Karen…

  • Resident frustrated with lack of discussion about superintendent

    I was at the Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education meeting on Aug. 25 and was one of the ones who spoke my mind. As with most others there, we were flabbergasted at the report given by (the state Department of Education) indicating that there was nothing wrong and that there should be…

  • George A. Sabia

    Mr. Sabia, 73, of Freehold Township, died Aug. 23, 2008, at Manor by the Sea, Ocean Grove. He served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War and was a machinist for PSE&G, Linden, where he worked for 35 years before his retirement. His wife, Nancy Egan Sabia, died in 1995, and a daughter, Donna…

  • Paper did fine job on story about Israeli girls

    On behalf of Chabad of Western Monmouth County, I want to thank the News Transcript for the outstanding article (“Israeli Guests Enjoying N.J. Summer of Peace”), which appeared on July 23, about the girls from Sderot, Israel, who were brought by Chabad to spend a month in our community. News Transcript staff writer Rebecca Morton…

  • Olga (Kuzmierski) Sliski

    Mrs. Sliski, 84, died Aug. 24, 2008, at her home in Edison. Born in Poland, she had resided in South River and Sayreville before moving to Edison 10 years ago. She was a communicant of Sts. Peter and Paul Orthodox Church in South River. Mrs. Sliski was predeceased by her husband, Al Sliski, in 1996.…

  • New Jersey’s preservation pipeline slowing to a trickle

    The last of New Jersey’s farmland preservation funding was allocated at the end of July. The last of its open space and historic preservation funds will be officially committed to projects this fall. Then the preservation pipeline will run dry — unless the state Legislature acts quickly to replenish funding for the Garden State Preservation…

  • Senior has questions about tickets handed out in park

    The police are everywhere! I was playing tennis in Michael Tighe Park in Freehold Township. Anyone who has gone to the park at 9 a.m. knows that the parking lots near the tennis courts are empty. My friend and I got a ticket for parking over the white line. The ticket cost $50. I was…

  • Administrators must set a high ethical bar for district

    Iwas pleased to read that (Freehold Regional High School District Superintendent of Schools) Dr. James Wasser and staff are interested in advancing their academic credentials by receiving advanced degrees. What deeply disturbs me is that there is no vetting process in place to ensure the validity of these diplomas. In the private sector, an employee…

  • Wasser may have more to worry about than bad press

    Coda GREG BEAN James Wasser (sorry, I can’t bring myself to call him by the honorific Doctor), superintendent of the Freehold Regional High School District, called me recently to complain about my column of Aug. 13, wherein I mocked the ginned-up doctoral degree he got from a suspect "university."   Regular readers of this column…