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  • Planning board chairman clarifies comment

    After writing in this newspaper (“Candidates for Office Have to Come Up With Solutions, Letters to the Editor, News Transcript, Jan. 31, 2007), I realized that some may misinterpret my compliment, “The current zoning board is scrutinizing all applications so much there is a large backlog.” This is referring to the current members of the…

  • Students focus on nutrition

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – The Laura Donovan School staff has been working to promote a healthy lifestyle for students and their families by providing them with information on healthy eating habits and physical fitness. Several activities have been organized during related arts classes such as music, physical education and art to support the effort through many…

  • Doctor plans to help soccer team

    FREEHOLD – A former soccer player at Freehold High School wants to help do something special for the Colonials girls soccer team that won the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Group III state championship in the fall of 2006. Dr. Russell Brokstein, of Hometown Family Wellness Center, 9 Broadway, grew up in Freehold and…

  • Recommendations cover broad spectrum of landlord-tenant issues

    I must express concern about the unjustified focus on a single recommendation out of the 15 made recently by the Freehold Borough Rental Advi-sory Committee – that the Borough Council consider the feasibility of an ordinance that some other towns have adopted, which would require anyone renting an apartment or home to present valid proof…

  • Electrical, gas lines hit during school

    BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer Maureen Lally MANALAPAN – Just as uncharted waters can pose dangers to those at sea, so, too, can uncharted underground lines cause problems for construction crews on land. Such was the case on Feb. 7 and Feb. 8 at the Clark Mills School, Gordons Corner Road,…

  • Volunteers step up

    The Freehold First Aid and Emergency Squad, which has served the communities of the Freehold Township and Freehold Borough for more than 60 years, may finally be getting some good news. After several years of struggling with a declining membership roster, a squad official told the Borough Council in Freehold Borough at a recent meeting…

  • Can Smart Growth help control N.J. property taxes?

    Everyone in New Jersey agrees that property taxes are too high, but what most people don’t realize is that the damage goes far beyond our wallets. Skyrocketing real estate prices, never-ending traffic, an escalating loss of open space to more and more strip malls, pollution – nearly everything that makes it difficult to live in…

  • Your Turn

    Politicians have little incentive to change David Finkelstein Guest Column David FinkelsteinGuest Column It is common knowledge to every schoolboy and even every bachelor of arts, that all sin is divided into two parts. One kind of sin is called a sin of commission, and that is very important, and it is what you are…

  • Resident calls on committee member to leave position

    Freehold Borough Mayor Michael Wilson has reached out across our community, issuing many public appointments over the years. His judgment in making qualified appointments in the past has been fair and judicious. Appointees are expected to work as an extension of the trust the public has bestowed in our mayor. When an appointee violates the…