Category: News Transcript Opinion
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Marlboro storekeeper did the right thing for customer
Recently I dropped off dry cleaning at First Class Cleaners on Route 79 in Marlboro. When I returned home, there was a message informing me that I was charged for three blouses when I had only brought in two. I was told to come back to the store to correct the situation. I had looked…
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New Jersey legislators should take action on noise levels
It was very interesting to read the article about Route 18 noise in Marlboro (“Talk of Route 18 Noise Draws Crowd in Marlboro,” News Transcript, Oct. 10, 2007). I was even more interested to read that state Assemblyman Michael Panter “promised to go to bat on this issue for the residents.” He made similar claims…
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Questions abound on Marlboro’s artificial turf field
In the Sept. 12 issue of the News Transcript, a photo of a large expanse of dirt was featured on the cover. If you attended Marlboro Day, you were able to see the heap from up close. Not too close, however, because what once was a welcoming field for the children of Marlboro is now…
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Resident asks why town’s revaluation is being delayed
Truth is something citizens hope they find in their elected leaders, be it on the local, state or federal levels. Unfortunately we here in Marlboro have been subject to some “untruths” and “outright lies.” Marlboro was supposed to undergo a district-wide tax revaluation last year. The purpose of the revaluation is to equalize the assessments…
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Letters to the editor should identify author’s connections
How ironic that in the same edition of your newspaper where Executive Editor Gregory Bean writes of politicians abusing the letters to the editor section you continued your policy of printing letters without full disclosure from the author. On Oct. 3 you printed letters from both Steven Glickman and Howard Tilis. One letter was in…
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The dangers of mixing energy drinks with alcohol
The definition of a stimulant is a substance that temporarily quickens a vital process or the functional activity of an internal organ. The stimulant we are most familiar with today is the traditional cup of coffee. For college-age students, between 18 and 25, the beverage of choice has become a can of Red Bull, Monster…
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There’s no substitute for experience on the road
GREG BEAN Coda Last week, there was yet another story in one of our newspapers about a teenager killed in a horrific auto accident. This time the accident happened in East Brunswick near the Brunswick Square Mall. Dead was 16-year-old Dana Centanni of Middletown. Badly injured was 16-year-old Lindsay Capatasto, also of Middletown. As of…
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Her short-term memory is at a serious deficit
LORI CLINCH Are We There Yet? In my youth, I was a detail gal. I knew who I was, who others were and where I was going at all times. I rarely found myself in the middle of town wondering how I’d gotten there and why I’d come. I never once ran into the kitchen…
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Agency helps victims of domestic violence
‘Last night was the first time I slept peacefully in years.” At first glance you might think that is a testimonial for a new mattress or some new sleeping aid. In fact those are the words of a domestic violence victim who fled her violent home with her two children in tow and stayed in…
