Category: News Transcript Opinion

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • A literary phenomenon that spans the generations

    Greg Bean Coda Greg BeanCoda In the spring of 1965, I thought I might actually have to run away from home in the dead of night, hop a tramp steamer to Mongolia, and spend the remainder of my days building yurts, because I simply could not face the embarrassment of my life. At issue was…

  • Charges linger in case of purloined gasoline

    The wheels of justice turn slowly sometimes, and as they do, they leave people wondering why that is so. On March 22 the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office issued a press release that said that Harry Conover, the coordinator of the Monmouth County Office of Emergency Manage-ment, had been charged with official misconduct, tampering with public…

  • Home is a place, not a number on a list

    Mark Rosman In the News Mark RosmanIn the News Something is wrong in a pair of western Monmouth County municipalities. Well, that statement is true, according to Money magazine. The magazine annually rates America’s best places to live, and this year is no different. The magazine recently published its Best Places to Live: Top 100.…

  • Obituaries

    Howard James Montgomery Mr. Montgomery, 77, of Manahawkin, died July 3, 2007, in Greenville, S.C. Born in Queens, N.Y., he had lived in Manahawkin for six years and had previously resided in Whiting, Manalapan, Staten Island, N.Y., Brooklyn, N.Y., and Queens. He was a service manager for IBM in Cranford and New York City. A…

  • Middle school teacher wins award

    MARLBORO – Stacy Schiller, a Marlboro Middle School social studies teacher, is one of eight recipients in New Jersey of the 2007 Honey and Maurice Axelrod Award which recognizes outstanding educational and community leaders in the state who lead the fight against bias, prejudice and discrimination through education about the Holocaust and genocide. The Axelrod…

  • Candidate’s plan makes sense to resident

    The lack of action at the federal level on illegal immigration has forced local elected officials to confront this important issue. I would like to applaud Monmouth County sheriff candidate Kim Guadagno’s plan to authorize correctional officers inside the county jail with the power to check an inmate’s immigration status. This is a positive step…

  • Resident says she will get off of the political sidelines this year

    A township committee should be a group of concerned, mature, dedicated public servants. It should not be a psychiatric ward. After reading Drew Shapiro’s attacks in the recent News Transcript (“Attorney’s Actions Deserve Attention,” July 18), it’s not hard to see how our taxes were raised 28 percent this year, the symphony was lost, good…