Category: News Transcript Opinion
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Parent wanted more information from school district
Iread with disappointment your article on the substitute teacher who had an (alleged) alcohol problem at Pine Brook School (“Substitute Faces Charges After Classroom Incident,” News Transcript, Dec. 12, 2007). It is one of several differing “news” reports of the incident. The principal sent a letter home only to the parents of the one classroom…
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Bennett clarifies information on base housing
Iread the recent article with respect to the Tinton Falls Borough Council joining the efforts to change the law on the location for the education of children residing at Naval Weapons Station Earle. I felt the president of the Tinton Falls Board of Education, Peter Karavites, has significantly misrepresented certain facts and felt obligated to…
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David R. Patrick
Mr. Patrick, 39, of Freehold Township, died Dec. 21, 2007, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Born in Philadelphia, he had lived in California and Pennsylvania before moving to Freehold Township in 1996. Mr. Patrick was the director of application development for Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., Whippany. He was also a wildlife conservationist. He…
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Gerard William Monroy
Mr. Monroy, 92, of Marlboro, died Dec. 19, 2007, at home. He was born in New York and had resided in Sarasota, Fla., for 26 years before moving to Marlboro three years ago. Prior to retiring in 1973, Mr. Monroy was the owner of Monroy’s Liquors in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, N.Y. He was a U.S.…
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Red State/Blue State
All tuckered out from the holiday ‘debates’ 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: The holidays are over and this Red State Republican/conservative is one…
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Teacher must face consequences of actions
Ijust had to say that I am so glad News Transcript staff writer Kathy Baratta reported the incident with Mary Kaminski at the Pine Brook School in Manalapan (“Substitute Faces Charges After Classroom Incident,” News Transcript, Dec. 12, 2007) and more importantly, ended with the atrocious quote made by the Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District Superintendent…
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Office of president would force Obama to make choices
Barack Obama joined Washington’s Senate club from the Illinois state Senate with a voting record creating inventive flip-flopping credentials, fine-tuned to the art of speaking with “forked tongue.” Casting votes and still not really casting any vote added new dimensions to proverbial old Chicago boss routines for covering two sides of one’s backside. Placating both…
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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…
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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…
