Category: News Transcript Opinion
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Idea of teachers and students carrying guns is way over the line
“… guns are used against their owners at a much higher rate than they are ever used to protect them.” I simply have to respond to the letter published in last week’s News Transcript (“Gun-Free School Zones Do Not Deter Attackers,” May 2) advocating the end of “gun-free” school zones. In the letter, the author-writer…
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State grant to help deliver services to autistic pupils
BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer Manalapan MANALAPAN – The Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District was recently awarded a major academic grant. According to information provided by the superintendent’s office, state Education Commissioner Lucille E. Davy announced that the K-8 district was one of 55 Garden State school districts that will share in…
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Chief says officers would have welcomed trial in lawsuit
“These officers did absolutely nothing wrong and were removed from the lawsuit prior to the settlement that was arranged by the attorneys who represent the insurance carrier.” For the past 28 years that I have been in law enforcement I cannot remember ever seeing an officer, let alone two, so passionate in their desire to…
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Alison H. Parinello Maggio
Mrs. Maggio, 33, of Jackson, died April 24, 2007, at Kimball Medical Center, Lakewood. Born in Edison, she had lived in Sayreville and Howell before moving to Jackson in 1996. She was a graduate of Freehold Township High School and had attended Brookdale Community College, Lincroft. Mrs. Maggio was a past president of the Moms…
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Firing of Circuit City employees irks Howell resident
Shame on Circuit City Stores Inc. who fired 3,400 of its highest paid hourly workers and will hire replacements willing to work for less. It is people like this that require a labor union. I will never shop at a Circuit City store. I welcome Best Buy to Howell. Paul Schneider Howell
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Around Town
The treadmill that never stops – it’s motherhood Amy Rosen When I was growing up, my mother stayed home and my father worked. I depended on my mom to wake me up in the morning, give me breakfast and drive me to and from school. She even picked me up for lunch, took me home,…
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Manisero, Green voted to top posts
BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer ENGLISHTOWN – What’s old was new again when members of the Manal-apan-Englishtown Regional School Dis-trict Board of Education voted to keep Anthony Manisero as president and Ryan Green as vice president, and former board member James Mumolie rejoined the panel when it held its annual reorganization…
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Alliance: Blood donations and alcohol mix may be lethal
The American Red Cross has gained a reputation for helping those in need, providing care, concern and safety. It is therefore incredulous to find this humane organization condoning the use of alcohol. The American Red Cross in conjunction with local central New Jersey bar owners has created “A Pint for A Pint” program to encourage…
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Stagnant Assembly has defused bomb threat bill
“Events in the news of late have made us wonder whatever happened to that proposal…” It has been almost a year since we first supported a state bill that would crack down on those who make false public alarms. Events in the news of late have made us wonder whatever happened to that proposal, and…
