Category: News Transcript Opinion
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Rayshaun Tyrone Morgan
Rayshaun Tyrone Morgan Rayshaun Tyrone Morgan, 28, son of Angel Marie Morgan and Eric Green was born on November 12, 1979 in Lakewood, NJ and departed this world on Thursday, July 17, 2008. Rayshaun was raised in Lakewood and attended the Lakewood Township School System and furthered his education at Edison Job Corps & Delaware…
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Mayor and council take issue with candidate’s letter
Republican Freehold Borough council candidate Ted Miller’s recent letter to the editor (“Council Members’ Taxes Covered by Raise They Voted For,” News Transcript, July 16, 2008) egregiously set forth as “facts” several blatant misrepresentations. While we appreciate and encourage our citizens to voice their opinions and to review the facts, we are compelled to set…
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Group says no approved plan ever included rail line
Iam the president of the Battlefield Restoration and Archaeological Volunteer Organization (BRAVO) and the volunteer archaeologist at Monmouth Battlefield State Park, Manalapan. I have written to Monmouth County Administrator Robert M. Czech on behalf of the members of BRAVO who have been excavating the battlefield for the past 21 years. I am responding to the…
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Future of Marlboro to be discussed at Aug. 12 meeting
On June 5, the Marlboro Township Council approved a resolution to establish a Plan Endorsement Citizens Advisory Committee in compliance with New Jersey State Plan Endorsement Guidelines and State Planning Rules. But the work does not stop there. The creation of the advisory committee is just one step in a process designed by the New…
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In Denver, things take a turn for the truly weird
Red State/Blue State DAVE SIMPSON & GREG BEAN A political discussion between Red State conservative Dave Simpson — a former reporter, editor, publisher and columnist — and Greg Bean, Blue Stater and executive editor of Greater Media Newspapers. Dear Greg: We’re on pins and needles out here in the Red States, Old Pal, anxiously awaiting…
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Roy W. Cottrell, 95, of Farmingdale, N.J.
Roy W. Cottrell, 95, of Farmingdale, N.J. died Aug. 3, 2008. Mr. Cottrell was born in Hightstown, NJ, was raised and had lived in Spotswood, NJ, before moving to Farmingdale in 1980. He was a former member and elder of the Spotswood Reformed Church. He was also a superintendent of the Sunday School at the…
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Let school officials hear opinions on phone plan
L et the debate begin — and we say that in a way that is meant to foster public discourse on an issue that must be dealt with: cell phones in schools. On July 28, the Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education introduced a policy that will prohibit students from keeping cell phones…
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Debra L. Gunderson, 54, of Toms River,
Debra L. Gunderson Debra L. Gunderson, 54, of Toms River, N.J., died Aug. 4, 2008. Ms. Gunderson was born in Neptune and had lived in Howell before moving to Toms River four years ago. She was a homemaker. Ms. Gunderson attended the West Farms United Methodist Church, Howell. She was an avid crafter and sold…
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Hot summer dreams keep rolling through my mind
Coda GREG BEAN I’m sitting out on the deck looking over my backyard in the dark of a hot summer night. The air is thick and close, and if I close my eyes, I can almost imagine I’ve been transported to an earlier, almost antediluvian time. The canopy of leaves on the big trees in…
