Category: News Transcript Opinion

  • Evelyn M. Lewis

    Mrs. Lewis, 82, of Howell, died Jan. 4, 2008, at home. Born in Edwardsville, Pa., she had lived in the Parlin section of Sayreville and the Laurence Harbor section of Old Bridge before moving to Howell in 1962. Mrs. Lewis was a homemaker. She was predeceased by her husband, Dayton E. Lewis, in December. Surviving…

  • Robert G. Evans

    Mr. Evans, 86, of Silvermead, Freehold Township, died Dec. 22, 2007, at The Manor Care Center, Freehold Township. Born in New York City and raised in Massachusetts, he had lived in Freehold Borough and Howell before moving to Silvermead in 1996. Mr. Evans was a graduate of Gould Academy in Bethel, Maine. He was a…

  • Gov. Corzine has not placed New Jersey on a path to stability

    “In the old West these people were called snake oil salesmen.” Greg Bean’s column that appeared on Dec. 26 was right on the mark (“Day of Reckoning Is on the Horizon for Budget”). I would like to add that Gov. Jon Corzine and the lame duck Legislature don’t apparently get the message, “the money well…

  • Pupil seeks Garden Staters’ help in study of New Jersey

    Iam a seventh-grade student who is studying the United States. I have chosen New Jersey as my area of study and I was looking for information and/or artifacts, whether from present or past day, from your readers. It would be extremely helpful for me to gather firsthand information from as many people as possible that…

  • Mildred L. Reid

    Mrs. Reid, 74, of Jackson, died Dec. 19, 2007, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. She was born in the Adelphia section of Howell and had lived in Englishtown before moving to Jackson 25 years ago. Prior to retiring in 1998, Mrs. Reid was a store manager for Mendokers’ Quality Bakery, Jamesburg, for 20 years.…

  • Eleanor V. Profita

    Mrs. Profita, 90, of Middletown, died Dec. 27, 2007, at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. Originally from Brooklyn, N.Y., she was a journal clerk for JP Morgan, New York City, for many years before retiring in 1982. She then became a sales clerk for Zaslow’s in Middletown, where she lived for 19 years. Mrs. Profita was…

  • In the News

    The name’s the same MARK ROSMAN Over the course of the 25 years that I have worked for Greater Media Newspapers, beginning with my assignment as the News Transcript’s Marlboro reporter in the summer of 1982, I have enjoyed the opportunities I have had to review our papers from days gone by. Mark Rosman is…

  • Make political parties responsible for campaign signs

    It is heartening to see that the Manalapan Township Committee is “retooling its ordinance regulating political sign … (to try to control) sight pollution.” A few days after this year’s elections I was driving in the township and passed a Manalapan Township labeled pickup truck and crew removing election signs from the area. Who is…

  • Let park system know how you feel about deer hunting

    Ring in the new year hikers, mountain bikers, equestrians and cross country skiers – courtesy of the Monmouth County Park System’s “Deer Management” program. In Tatum Park, Middletown, unless you happen to have a hunting license and a special use permit you will be denied access to some of the most scenic sections of Tatum…