Category: News Transcript Opinion
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Writer has ties to town, knowledge of issue
Iam writing in response to the letter to the editor in the Nov. 28 News Transcript, “Hurtful Words From Outsider Have Wounded Freehold Borough.” Let’s set the record straight. Richard Kelsey is my son. At the age of 20 he ran for councilman in Freehold Borough; quite an achievement for a 20-year-old. He moved to…
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Parking to be restricted on two streets near FHS
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD – Residents who live on Douglas Road and Runyon Avenue in Freehold Borough may be pleased to know their streets will now be designated as permit parking streets. Residents who live on streets near Freehold High School, Broadway, had asked the members of the Borough Council to do…
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Take note to register in time for Feb. 5 presidential primary
The League of Women Voters of Western Monmouth reminds all citizens that New Jersey’s presidential primary will take place on Feb. 5, 2008. Registered voters affiliated with either the Democratic Party or the Republican Party may vote for one of that party’s candidates in the primary. If you have voted in a primary before, or…
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Alice Carow Kratzman
Mrs. Kratzman, 90, of Freehold Township, died Nov. 6, 2007, at Applewood Estates nursing center, Freehold Township. She was born in Elizabeth and had resided in Plainfield for most of her life before moving to Jamesburg and then to Freehold Township in 2001. Prior to retiring, Mrs. Kratzman was employed as a librarian for the…
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Manalapan taxpayers facing prospect of protracted legal battle
The case of Manalapan vs. Moskovitz has degenerated from a farce to the surreal (“Manalapan Case Draws Google Into the Mix,” News Transcript, Nov. 28, 2007). The case started as a thinly disguised attack on a political opponent of the current incumbents of the Manalapan Township Committee and now we find the township on the…
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Preserving state’s landscape: a daunting challenge
New Jersey voters have never been reluctant to spend public funds for the protection and preservation of open space. Over the past half-century, we have been asked 11 times to approve statewide bond issues for open space, farmland and historic preservation. And all 11 times we’ve done so – to the tune of a total…
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Second resident also has an issue with sewer charges
Iwas amazed to read the guest column by Howell resident James J. Gerard in the Nov. 20 edition of the News Transcript (“Mysterious Sewer Charge, Lack of Explanation Irk Resident”) because it mirrored my experiences with the New Jersey American Water Company (NJAWC) almost exactly. Although I live in Lakewood, I, too, have been victimized…
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Samaritan Center appreciates Thanksgiving donations
On behalf of the Board of Trustees and the clients of the Samaritan Center Inc., I would like to thank all the wonderfully good-hearted people who gave Thanksgiving baskets and food donations to the center. Your generosity has helped to put food on the tables of our neighbors who are in need. Thank you to…
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Red State/Blue State
Nobel winners sample some wine and cheese with Bush 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. Let us know what you think. Dear Greg: Did you notice…
