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  • Establishing golden rule in foreign policy

    A t a Republican presidential primary debate in South Carolina in January 2012, Congressman Ron Paul was booed by the audience for advocating the golden rule in foreign policy. That audience echoed Mahatma Gandhi’s assertion that the West has rejected the Sermon on the Mount. The golden rule is at the heart of the sermon…

  • Ideas wanted for use of township property

    I am writing to let the residents of Manalapan know that the Township Committee is entertaining proposals for what to do with a 25-acre piece of land known as the Tillis property, located off Route 522, adjacent to the Manalapan Recreation Center and bordering Englishtown. The property was purchased exclusively with taxpayer funds in 2009…

  • ‘Sandy Bill of Rights’ deserves to become law

    I t is always nice to see our beaches and boardwalks come to life after Memorial Day, but we cannot continue to ignore life beyond the sand. Far too many people are still struggling with the effects of superstorm Sandy, even a year-and-a-half after the storm. Drive a little farther out from the beaches and…

  • Group may help those with a brain tumor

    This is in response to Laura Munoz’s recent letter to the editor regarding her son’s brain tumor experience. She may want to consider attending a brain tumor support group meeting with her son to experience the challenges other brain tumor survivors have faced. Monthly support group meetings are hosted by the Monmouth and Ocean County…

  • ARE WE THERE YET

    And the babysitter years are finally over Lori Clinch We rarely left our boys when they were little. It wasn’t that we were compelled to spend every minute of every day with those little dears. It wasn’t that I didn’t trust anyone with their care or that I felt they would suffer with abandonment issues.…

  • Fair set to open on July 23

    The Monmouth County Fair will return to the East Freehold Showgrounds, Kozloski Road, Freehold Township, from July 23-27. Hours are 5-11 p.m. July 23-26, and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. July 27. “This is an especially exciting year as we celebrate the 40th annual Monmouth County Fair,” Helen Fiore, 2014 fair chairwoman, said. “Every year…

  • Alice Goldstein

    Alice Goldstein, 89, of Manalapan, died May 27, 2014, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Born in New York City and raised in the Bronx, N.Y., she moved to Brooklyn, N.Y., in the 1970s where she remained before moving to Covered Bridge, Manalapan, 12 years ago. Mrs. Goldstein was a receptionist for the Y.M.H.A. in…

  • State fails Freehold Borough

    DR. DANIELLE FARRIE The Freehold Borough K-8 School District is emblematic of the many districts across New Jersey that are struggling to meet the academic and social needs of their students as a result of years of underfunding by the state. Rapid population growth has the district facing severe overcrowding without the resources to increase…

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    A double rainbow is visible in the sky over Manalapan following a rainstorm on May 19. AMY ROSEN/STAFF