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  • Social Security benefits can help with cost of prescription drugs

    People all over the country are helping their moms save as much as $3,600 per year on the cost of prescription drugs. You can, too. We all know the high cost of medicine can be a burden on mothers who have limited income and resources. But there is extra help – available through Social Security…

  • Helen Schloeder

    Mrs. Schloeder, 101, of Silvermead, Freehold Township, and formerly of Farmingdale, died April 24, 2008, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. She was a bank teller for the Central Jersey Bank and Trust, Farmingdale, for more than 25 years, retiring in 1982.Mrs. Schloeder was predeceased by her husband, John, and a daughter, Joan Walsh. Survivors…

  • For some, it’s down to the lesser of two weasels

    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 GreaterMedia Newspapers. Let us know what you think. Dear Greg: I hate to admit this, but I think my big…

  • Writer takes issue with advocate for illegal immigrants

    Ithink I may have changed my way of thinking after reading Lazaro Cardenas’ rebuttal about my letter to the editor (“Time for Freehold to Embrace New Reality,” News Transcript, March 19). I may even feel sorry for the hordes of illegal men, women and children that have him as their voice. And for the record,…

  • Celia Lopatin Berman

    Mrs. Berman, 92, of Downington, Pa., died April 26, in Norristown, Pa. Born in Freehold, she had lived in the Villages, Howell, before moving to Pennsylvania four years ago. Mrs. Berman was predeceased by her husband, Oscar, in 1995, and a brother, Nathan, earlier this year. She is survived by her daughters and son-in-law, Susan…

  • Throng of readers responds to Sears service challenge

    Coda GREG BEAN Some days I come to work, click on my computer, and I can actually feel The Force flowing into me from my keyboard. That’s the way it’s been for more than a week, as readers responded to my Sears challenge. It’s made me chuckle as I imagined some actual humans at Sears…

  • Paper trail on votes comes to sad conclusion in Congress

    Long before we enter our voting booth on Nov. 4, we should contemplate as to whether or not our vote will actually be recorded with integrity. Congressman Rush Holt’s bill, “Emergency Assistance for Secure Election Act of 2008,” was just defeated. Confident that the legislation would overwhelmingly be approved, the Democratic House of Representatives leaders…

  • Sidney Goldstein

    Mr. Goldstein, 91, ofManalapan, diedApril 27, 2008, at CentraStateMedical Center, Freehold. He was a clerk for the United States Postal Service, working at the General Post Office in Manhattan, N.Y. Mr. Goldstein is survived by his wife of 58 years, Alice; a son and daughter-in-law, Hal Goldstein and Barbara Stone Goldstein ofManalapan; and two granddaughters.…

  • Unions counter gender-based bias

    Guest Column MARY BETH MAXWELL Rus already know:Americans are witnessing the highest inflation rates seen in over 20 years.According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, food prices climbed nearly 5 percent in 2007, and as housing and energy costs skyrocket out of control, working families are getting squeezed. In these difficult times, we should also…