Category: News Transcript Opinion

  • Pupils enjoy Japanese culture

    FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – Third-grade pupils at the Marshall W. Errickson School celebrated Japan Day on Jan. 26 as a culminating activity to follow their study of Japanese culture and customs. During the day, pupils dressed in kimonos for a traditional Japanese tea ceremony. They also took part in activities to learn to speak the language…

  • Grant would help assure children’s safe passage

    Walkers, bike riders are primary concern in Freehold Borough BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer FREEHOLD – School district administrators want to be part of a federal program that will focus on making the route to school safer for children who walk or ride a bicycle to school. Many of…

  • Discussion belonged in front of the public

    We question the judgment shown by the members of the Man-alapan Township Committee to discuss the appointment of a Western Monmouth Utilities Authority (WMUA) commissioner behind closed doors on Jan. 31. After meeting in private, the committee members came into public session and voted 3-2 to reappoint Steve Toubin as a commissioner on the WMUA.…

  • Internet Web site should require posters to use their real name

    News Transcript Managing Editor Mark Rosman’s column about how NJ.com has allowed vile and potentially libelous postings is right on target (“Vicious mes-sages must be silenced on Web site,” News Transcript, Jan. 10, 2007). The political discourse in Manalapan has progressed with many disturbing changes. It started with candidates accusing each other of being incompetent.…

  • Pupils find creative voice with help from author

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff Children’s author Betty Tatham helps fourth-graders Fernando Tablas, 11, and Emanuel Lundy, 10, hone their writing skills at the Freehold Learning Center. FREEHOLD – Children make up elaborate stories all the time – sometimes to the chagrin of their teachers. On…

  • Coda

    Is the nest ever empty when it’s full of junk? Greg Bean My wife and I are now officially empty nesters, but when the last child left recently to take an out-of-state job, we came to a shocking realization: You can’t have an empty nest when the chicks leave all their junk behind to clutter…

  • Area’s feral cats deserve compassion and protection

    I am writing to respond to an article that appeared in the News Transcript on Jan. 24 titled “Freehold Board of Health Turns Attention to Strays.” I understand there are many stray cats all over, but trying to remove them or ignore them will not work. I am an animal activist and have read a…

  • Around Town

    Poignant memories are music to my ears Amy Rosen I remember playing “Taste, Touch and Smell” as a child in which a blindfolded person used their senses to determine an object before them. We’d hold cheese under my father’s nose, something he despised the smell of, and roar with laughter at his reaction. I can…

  • Article brought attention to ongoing issue in the area

    I am glad you recently published the article titled “Freehold Board of Health Turns Attention To Strays” (News Transcript, Jan. 24, 2007). It shed some much-needed light on the stray cat issues our communities face, and I would also like to comment on a few things mentioned in the article. The Monmouth County SPCA currently…