Category: News Transcript Opinion

  • On Campus

    David Schwartz, son of Ira and Barbara Schwartz of Marlboro, has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at the Rochester Institute of Technology, N.Y. A third-year student in RIT’s Kate Gleason College of Engineer-ing, Schwartz is studying industrial and systems engineering. He is a 2004 graduate of Marlboro High School. Michael…

  • Resident says taxes are forcing some people to leave Manalapan

    I have sent Manalapan Mayor Andrew Lucas and Township Committeeman Anthony Gennaro the following letter. I read in the June 20 issue of the News Transcript an article by Kathy Baratta concerning the Manalapan budget (“Officials Taking Another Look at Town Budget”). There are a lot of numbers. Some would say confusing. Allow me to…

  • Handlin saluted for shining light on drinking problem

    I would like to publicly thank state Assemblywoman Amy Handlin for bringing attention to the underage drinking situation at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel. Underage drinking at this venue has gotten to be a public health issue and is totally out of hand. We all need to see underage drinking as it really…

  • Leave law-abiding immigrants alone in Freehold

    It has been a while since I read a letter as hateful as the one written by Joan Kelly (“Government Must Respond to Illegal Residents,” News Transcript, June 20). It seems that you would like Freehold to return to the terrible days of 2003 and 2004. I was afraid that Ted Miller’s remarks would stir…

  • Manalapan teen should have received harsher penalty

    What message does this slap on the wrist do to the young bright senior from Manalapan High School (“Teen Has Chance to Clear Record,” News Transcript, June 13). Dealing with cocaine in a school zone has to come with hard time, certainly a period of parole. No, not in this land of Oz dealings with…

  • Are We There Yet?

    Her mother’s intuition has skipped a generation Lori Clinch Her mother’s intuition has skipped a generation Lori Clinch   My mother has always had a knack for knowing when things weren’t right with her loved ones. She can be totally engaged in a project, engrossed in a TV show or at lunch with friends and…

  • Coda

    With opposable thumbs, they would rule the world Greg Bean With opposable thumbs, they would rule the world   I once made friends with a government trapper out West whose job was to catch predators that attack livestock and put them out of business. In the CIA, what he does is called “terminating with extreme…

  • Familiar faces leave district

    BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer As the 2006-07 school year concludes, a number of veteran employees are retiring from the Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District. John Dawes, who has served as the Board of Education’s attorney for four decades, is retiring from that position. The board recently announced that a new school…

  • Our lives are in the hands of those who can’t decide

    CODA GREG BEAN A long with 50 or 60 million other Americans, I was glued to my television last Wednesday night, Oct. 3, for the first of three debates between President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Willard (Mitt) Romney. But unlike many of those viewers, my expectations were lower than most. I didn’t expect either…