Category: News Transcript Opinion
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Mayes ends service on school board
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer CLARE MARIE CELANO Julius Ramsey, president of the Freehold chapter of the NAACP, congratulates Stella Mayes as she bids farewell after completing 20 years of service on the Freehold Borough Board of Education. FREEHOLD – Board of Education members, friends and family said good-bye…
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Freehold H.S. Hall of Fame chair says tradition is just beginning
Thank you for the extensive coverage provided by the News Transcript, and especially reporter Clare Celano, for our second annual Freehold High School Hall of Fame induction ceremony. Reading the article, I felt like I was reliving our joyous celebration of the accomplishments of some of our school’s most notable graduates. When there is so…
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Teaching staff being reduced in Freehold Regional district
BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer BY MARK ROSMANStaff Writer There will be fewer teachers in the Freehold Regional High School District in the 2007-08 school year. Based on the fact that more than 2,000 sections (classes) had under 19 students enrolled in them during the current 2006-07 school year, administrators made the decision to inform…
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School offers PJ Library programs
MARLBORO — Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Monmouth County will host a series of PJ Library programs for children from 6 months to 5 years old and their parents or grandparents on Sundays. The first program will take place on Oct. 14 from 10-11 a.m. Families will enjoy a PJ Library Shabbat themed book;…
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Coda
We don’t like the smoke, but we do like the money Greg Bean The sad fact is that we can moralize all we want about the evils of tobacco, pass all the punitive laws aimed at smokers we want, but at root we’re a society of hypocrites. There’s a word for people who drive around…
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‘Gun-free’ school zones do not deter attackers
Another school shooting; 32 innocent lives snuffed out senselessly. How many more kids have to die a violent death before we correct our faulty thinking behind laws that hamper the innocent and enable murderers? While the intent behind the Gun-Free School Zones Act may be good, the results are highly questionable. Clearly, the law has…
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Obituaries
Dorothy C. (Cottrell) Patton Mrs. Patton, 95, of Englishtown, died March 31, 2007, at CareOne at Holmdel. Born in Keyport, she had resided in Millstone and Matawan for 41 years. She was co-owner of Ceronics Inc., Matawan, for 30 years, where she worked as a bookkeeper and a secretary. Mrs. Patton was a communicant of…
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Jordan, Evans, McGough win Freehold board seats
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer FREEHOLD – Two incumbents and one newcomer were elected to three-year terms on the Freehold Borough Board of Education in the April 17 election. Incumbent Annette Jordan, who has served on the board since 2001, incumbent Audrey Evans, who was appointed to the board…
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Parent clarifies law on one aspect of home-schooling in New Jersey
I am writing in reference to the article “Parents Enjoy Experience of Teaching Children,” published in the News Transcript on April 18, 2007. I am a home-schooler in Mon-mouth County. While it’s always nice to see an article on home-schooling, I was surprised to see the quote by Howell Assistant Superintendent of Schools Susan Vonsover.…
