Category: News Transcript Opinion
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Committee caught up in a political pickle
The members of the Manal-apan Township Commit-tee need to take a step back from their present position and realize the 2007 election season is well under way. There are two seats up for grabs on the governing body this year, and a hard campaign will be waged by five people seeking office. Unfortunately for Manalapan…
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Americans share history of immigration and hope
Greg Bean Coda Greg BeanCoda It’s tough to know the exact details, because family legend sometimes takes on certain fictional properties. In other words, the family members (at least in my family) passing the legend along don’t always let facts get in the way of a good story. That said, here – according to family…
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Obituaries
Anne Grinkevich Rose Ms. Rose, 73, of Howell, died Aug. 1, 2007, at home. Born in Elizabeth, she was a longtime resident of Marlboro and Freehold before moving to The Villages, Howell. A graduate of Freehold High School, she was employed in the clerical staff at Marlboro Psychiatric Hospital, Marlboro, for 35 years before her…
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Obituaries
Alan J. Holland Mr. Holland, 67, of Port Orange, Fla., died July 25, 2007, at Halifax Medical Center, Port Orange. Born in Neptune, he had resided in Marlboro before moving to Port Orange in 1988. Mr. Holland was a self-employed truck driver for many years. He shared ownership of Holland Farms and was superintendent of…
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A New York City icon on the Green River’s banks
Coda Greg Bean A New York City icon on the Green River’s banks Greg Bean Coda This is a story about optimism, but before I tell it, I have to tell you a little bit about small towns in Wyoming. When I was growing up there, I went to high school in Casper, which…
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Obituaries
Abigail Elizabeth Jacob Thomas Zachary Michael Detamore Abigail Elizabeth, Jacob Thomas and Zachary Michael Detamore, newborn triplets of Howell, died July 30, 2007, at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, where they were born. They are survived by their parents, the Rev. Thomas N. and Kristin Detamore of Howell; paternal grandparents, Thomas and Debby Detamore of…
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Former coach has questions for administration
I feel compelled to write this letter since the administration at Freehold High School refuses to take responsibility for their actions and continues to deny culpability in my “forced retirement.” At the end of the 2005 soccer season I was told by the current administration that I would need to submit a letter of resignation…
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People come to the United States seeking opportunities
I am sick and tired of reading articles regarding immigrants by such biased people like George Sabia (“Illegal Immi-grants Are Draining United States Resources,” Letters to the Editor, News Transcript, July 25, 2007). How many times do I have to state that many Europeans came here for the same reason that the Mexicans and other…
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School board has responsibility of ‘selling’ its budget
In June I was at a Howell Board of Education meeting and I heard the board president say how happy and surprised she was at the big turnout, it being the biggest turnout she had ever seen. I must agree with her that, in fact, it looked like one of the (most well-attended) school board…
