Category: News Transcript Opinion
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Advocates should show concern for children
I am writing to share my reaction to the Borough Council meeting that took place in Freehold Borough on March 5. For those of you who did not attend, I will summarize briefly. Councilman Marc Le Vine wrote a reaction on a Web site in November 2006 to an article written by Heather MacDonald titled…
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Francis P. Sweeney Sr.
Mr. Sweeney, 73, of Hazlet, died Feb. 25, 2007, at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. He was born in the Bronx, N.Y. He was employed at Equitable Life, New York City, for more than 35 years, retiring in 1990. He served with the New York National Guard from 1954-56, and the U.S. Army. He was predeceased…
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Those who give have chance to get an organ
Christopher Ennis (“Friends Will Rally for Howell Infant,” News Transcript, Feb. 14) was very lucky to get a heart transplant. Over half of the 94,000 Americans on the national waiting list will die before they get a transplant. Most of these deaths are needless. Americans bury or cremate about 20,000 transplantable organs every year. Over…
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Charles L. Cromer Sr.
Mr. Cromer, 73, of Freehold Township, died Feb. 26, 2007, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Born in Long Branch, he had resided in Colts Neck before moving to Freehold Township in 1967. Prior to retiring 17 years ago, he was a machine operator for Circuit Foil USA, Bordentown. He was also a former member…
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COAH must embrace court’s mandate to develop new rules
A recent appellate court decision that voided the state’s guidelines for affordable housing was an essential step in getting back on course to providing homes for New Jersey’s low- and moderate-income workers. K. Hovnanian, the state’s largest homebuilder and the largest for-profit provider of affordable housing, joined other organizations taking a stand against the third-round…
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Consider Boss’ actions to unite, not divide, Freehold
So another politician has misappropriated Bruce Springsteen’s message. Campaigning in 1984, Ronald Reagan pilfered the feel-good, patriotic-sounding singalong chorus of “Born In the USA” to align himself with the populist rock artist, although the song’s message was obviously not complimentary of the conservative administration’s treatment of the disenfranchised. Now Frank Argote-Freyre has bandied about the…
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U.S. govt. should appoint a monitor for New Jersey
Consider the following quote: “A populated area of close to 8 million people finds itself heavily in debt. The executive and legislative branches are rendered impotent due to corruption, uncontrolled spending and an unwillingness to make the decisions necessary to achieve a sound fiscal basis. The overall atmosphere within this entity is of desperation and…
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Howell schools expected to propose $108M budget
BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer BY MARK ROSMANStaff Writer HOWELL – The K-8 Board of Education was expected to introduce a $108,583,670 budget for the 2007-08 school year at a special meeting to be held this week. The budget is tentative and subject to change before it is formally adopted by the board after a…
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Landlord offers suggestions to Freehold Borough officials
The (rental property) issues under discussion (in Freehold Borough) and some of the suggestions are doomed because of obvious issues of harassment, discrimination, bribery and all kinds of other accusations that are bound to follow. I believe the better path is to avoid any of the many pitfalls and simply leave it to the landlord.…
