Category: News Transcript Opinion
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Study results are needed before making a decision
Amid the recent, unnecessary hysteria regarding future 911 calls going unanswered if certain legislation isn’t passed immediately, let’s take a few deep breaths and discuss the situation rationally. Can New Jersey’s emergency medical service (EMS) system stand improvement? Absolutely. Can the solution be found in hastily mandating narrowly worded bills that likely would cause the…
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ACLU attorney responds to statements about settlement
In the News Transcript’s April 4 article about Manalapan’s settlement of the racial discrimination lawsuit (“Both Sides Claim Victory in Settlement of Lawsuit”), Manalapan Mayor Andrew Lucas asserts that the Manalapan Police Department was “vindicated,” and Man-alapan police Capt. Lou Moreto notes the police department’s commitment to “high professional standards.” Capt. Moreto also claims that…
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Lori Clinch
Are We There Yet? Gender equality has its own disadvantages Although I’m not a die-hard feminist, you’d be hard-pressed to find a woman who feels stronger about the equality of women than I do. I’ve always felt that anything that a man can do, I can do. If I want to, that is. This belief…
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PBA president says officers did nothing wrong to youths
Why is it that the public does not always hear the rest of the story? The media reported that a bias lawsuit was settled against the Manalapan Police Department in the amount of $275,000. What was not clear is that the lawsuit against the two officers and any demands on the police department were dismissed…
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Greg Bean
Coda Pension fund fiasco is Enron on the Delaware For a while, it looked like Monmouth and Middlesex counties were developing a monopoly on political corruption and sleight of hand. In Monmouth County, there were so many bribes being paid to politicians at local bars and restaurants the bad guys had to buy brown paper…
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School budgets deserve more attention from voters
How apathetic will people be for this year’s school board and budget elections on April 17? If two separate meetings I attended this past week are any indication then this election, like most others, will be poorly attended. On March 22 I attended the Marlboro K-8 School District budget presentation at the Marlboro Middle School…
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New resource available for parents of teenagers
Millstone resident helps launch monthly online magazine BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPPStaff Writer It is an era when parents need to know about cell phones, instant messaging (IM) and “gap” years following high school. Parents also must know enough to be able to give their kids advice on chat rooms, drinking, drug…
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Love of music joins Howell generations
Students pay a visit to senior center and brighten up the day BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer BY TOYNETT HALLStaff Writer PHOTOS BY TOYNETT HALL Youngsters from Howell’s Ardena and Southard elementary schools visited the Howell Senior Center recently and entertained the community’s older residents. In photo above, Nicholas LaPani, a Southard School fifth-grader, and…
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Memorial middle school selected as grant recipient
MARLBORO – Marlboro Memorial Middle School, under the leadership of Principal Joanmarie Penney, Vice Principal Mark Edery and Vice Principal John Pacifico, has been awarded a $10,000 grant for the New Jersey Department of Education’s Caring Schools Inclusion Project (CSIP), one of only 12 middle schools in the state that received this award. According to…
