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  • Parent facing stiff penalties for assault

    The parent of a Colts Neck Pop Warner League football player has provided his hometown children’s league and the state of New Jersey with its latest youth sports black eye. It is another in a growing litany of parents behaving poorly in front of children. On Sept. 30 after Pop Warner youth football play at…

  • Obituaries

    Dorothy G. Fauser Mrs. Fauser, 88, of Howell, died Sept. 27, 2007, at Madison Center, Matawan. Born in Freehold, she was a lifelong area resident. Mrs. Fauser was a homemaker and a member of the First Baptist Church of Freehold. She was predeceased by her husband, Charles, in 1975, as well as two sisters, Helen…

  • Career night, open house at automotive academy

    To illustrate the rapid evolution of American cars, the Automotive Technology Academy at Manalapan High School, Church Lane, Manalapan, will showcase a large display of antique and classic cars at its annual Career Night/Open House on Oct. 16 between 6-9 p.m. (rain date is Oct. 18). The program, open to the public, provides students and…

  • No change for attendance areas

    Attendance area boundaries for the Freehold Regional High School District will stay the same for the 2008-09 school year. At its meeting on Sept. 24, the FRHSD Board of Education decided not to make any changes regarding the building to which incoming freshmen will be assigned in September 2008, according to Ilse Whisner, the district’s…

  • Resident will speak out against warehouse

    Iwonder how many people living along Tennent Road in Marlboro are aware that Monmouth County has a longrange plan to widen the road. This concerns me because I would lose nearly half my front lawn and would be faced with a four-lane road a mere 20 feet from the front doorstep of my 150-year-old home.…

  • Hornik earns support for Marlboro mayor

    In a past edition of the News Transcript (April 25, 2007), I read with interest as John Gibardi, Republican municipal chairman of Marlboro, defended Mayor Robert Kleinberg’s “record of accomplishments” here in Marlboro. He states, ” … When a mayor has accomplished as much as he has during his initial term, reality is that political…

  • Kleinberg, Pernice and Morelli have done a good job in Marlboro

    When I read that Money Magazine just ranked Marlboro as one of the top 100 best places to live in America, it confirmed what I already knew. Marlboro is moving in the right direction. After years of political corruption, overdevelopment and unfair tax increases, our community is on the upswing – and all of America…

  • State senator should stay away from food regulations

    Ellen Karcher (state senator) still doesn’t get it. In a recent article about obesity in the New Jersey, she said that “in the face of anti-obesity measures, we’re still fighting upstream.” You would think that after having her office inundated with phone calls by people outraged by her arrogant attempt to decide for people what…

  • Lack of a payment plan for turf field concerns resident

    Once again, Marlboro Mayor Robert Kleinberg is attempting to mortgage the future of the Marlboro taxpayer for his own political gain. In the Sept. 19 issue of your publication, a story appeared concerning the turf football field in Marlboro. The approval for this field was rushed through the Republican Township Council by Mayor Kleinberg in…