Category: News Transcript Opinion

  • Resident feels very much at home at Marlboro business

    This letter is in response to Mayor Robert Kleinberg’s invitation to write about exceptional Marlboro residents and their accomplishments. I have lived in Marlboro for 15 years. Up until four years ago my life was fairly normal. One day life as I knew it changed drastically and forever. In 2003, at age 51, I was…

  • Fight N.J. Supreme Court’s decision on Abbott districts

    So New Jersey, are we any better since Gov. Corzine has taken office? I would have to say no. No tax reform, a shutdown of government services in July, and an increase to the sales tax. Yet is that bad? There must be some light at the end of the tunnel, right? Hmmm – is…

  • Coach is more than just a leader to school’s track team

    I keep up with news from my hometown via the News Transcript online. I want to congratulate the Colts Neck High School girls indoor track team for their victories and accomplishments. They have a great coach in Joe Lykes. He is a great teacher, mentor and my hero. You see, he is my uncle and…

  • It is time for N.J. residents to form a union

    For several years we have been trying to achieve fairer and lower property taxes. Thus far we have failed. Three governors, two state senators and several assembly people have all agreed with our aims and done nothing. Now, thanks to the wisdom of our present governor, we have seen the way. We must form a…

  • Change in school times riles township parents

    Board president says proposal is not ‘done deal’ BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer BY MARK ROSMANStaff Writer Freehold Township FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – New Jersey’s school funding realities met angry parents head on in a battle at a Board of Education meeting on Feb. 13. The question of who won may be decided in the next…

  • Vaccine a question of health, not morality

    In considering whether to make a vaccine that immunizes girls against human papillomavirus (HPV) mandatory, lawmakers should decide solely on its merits for protecting the public health. Instead, the issue seems to have been partially obscured by some flimsy arguments about parents’ rights. The bill, currently pending before the Assembly, would require girls entering seventh…

  • Obituaries

    Greater Media Newspapers prints obituaries as a free community service, at no charge to the families of the deceased or to the funeral homes that provide the information. Ethel Lee Maples Mrs. Maples, 57, of Freehold, died Jan. 15, 2007, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township, after battling a long illness. She was born in…

  • New Jersey taxpayers got the charlatans they voted for

    The trumpets are blaring in Trenton. The so-called leaders of our state are congratulating themselves for a job well done. They have addressed the property tax issue in New Jersey. One can only ask whether these people really believe themselves. If they do, they do not belong in Trenton. If they do not, they do…

  • ‘Kiss Me, Kate’ comes to Howell

    HOWELL – A cast of Howell High School students is preparing to present their first production in the school’s newly renovated auditorium. Cole Porter’s “Kiss Me, Kate” will be performed at 8 p.m. Feb. 23-24 and March 2-3 at Howell High School, Squankum-Yellowbrook Road. Tickets will be $10. For more information call (732) 919-2131, ext.…