Category: News Transcript Opinion

  • Pupils show concern for U.S. troops

    BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer BY TOYNETT HALLStaff Writer HOWELL – Members of the Howell Middle School North Student Council paid tribute to U.S. military forces on March 27 when they delivered 55 boxes of goods to the New Jersey National Guard Armory in Toms River. Students filled the boxes with toiletries and snacks, and…

  • 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…

  • Two ballot questions posed in H.S. district

    BY TOYNETT HALL Staff Writer BY TOYNETT HALLStaff Writer Voters who live in the Freehold Regional High School District’s eight sending communities will answer two ballot questions in the April 17 school election. The first question will ask voters to approve a general fund tax levy of $105.3 million to support a budget that totals…

  • 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…

  • Obituaries

    William R. Jones Jr. Mr. Jones, 78, of Southern Pines, N.C., died March 20, 2007, at home. He was born in Freehold on June 11, 1928, to William and Lillian Emmons Jones. Mr. Jones was a land surveyor for Birdsall Engineering, Belmar. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II. He served on…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Obituaries

    John “Jack” Soule Mr. Soule, 72, of Howell, died March 7, 2007, at CentraState Medical Center, Free-hold Township. He was born in Syracuse, N.Y., and had lived in Springfield, Belleville and Jackson before moving to Howell in 2000. Prior to retiring in 2000, he was a warehouse worker in the shipping and receiving department of…