Category: News Transcript Opinion

  • Mayor has sacrificed for the benefit of Freehold Borough

    Cecilia Reynolds, how dare you judge anyone or state that someone’s comments are despicable (“Officials: Town Settled to Cut Flow of Legal Fees,” News Transcript, Nov. 21). Mayor Mike Wilson and his family sacrificed many years for the betterment of Freehold Borough and showed this once again by his decision. Are you a Freehold Borough…

  • In the News

    There is more to life than problems in the rain forest Mark Rosman I think a lot about telling the truth to children these days. I have two children, ages 10 and 12, and they go to good public schools; places where, I’m sure, the teachers and administrators care about doing a good job for…

  • Adults, youths prepare for ‘The King and I’

    BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer MARLBORO — A classic musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein will come to town on Jan. 19 in the Marlboro Players’ winter production of “The King and I.” Performances will be held at the Marlboro Middle School, Route 520, on Jan. 19, 20 and 26 at 8…

  • Don’t leave poor behind in property tax reform

    Property tax relief is essential in New Jersey, and in many cases it will be an anti-poverty measure for moderate- and middle-income households. However, in attempts to fix property taxes, it is important to recognize that for New Jerseyans with the lowest incomes, property tax relief alone means nothing. New Jersey is one of the…

  • Coda

    Next year, how Greg Bean Well, one more holiday season is nearly gone, and once again I’ve failed when it comes to having the perfect decoration for my living room window — a beautiful gal leg lamp like the one in “A Christmas Story.” My wife and I saw the movie when it first came…

  • Cameras to be installed in all Marlboro schools

    BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer MARLBORO — The Township Council has awarded contracts to two companies that will provide security equipment to be installed in Marlboro schools. In March the township was awarded a “Secure Our Schools” grant from the U.S. Department of Justice for $250,000. The municipality and the Marlboro…

  • School ceremony recalls drunken-driving victims

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer BY CLARE MARIE CELANOStaff Writer Rachel Sender FREEHOLD — Four years ago Freehold Borough Patrolman Ronnie Steppat did the hardest thing he has ever had to do — he told the father of an 18-year-old girl that the young woman would never be coming home again. “I had to…

  • Songs from classic cartoon are still teaching children

    BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR. Staff Writer BY LARRY HLAVENKA JR.Staff Writer SCOTT PILLING staff Members of the Surflight Theatre troupe bring a live-action performance of the 1970s television cartoon “Schoolhouse Rock” to the stage of the Ramtown School, Howell. HOWELL — All aboard! Students from the Ramtown School recently hopped on a train at Conjunction…

  • Legislature fails state’s average taxpayers

    I just finished reading Greg Bean’s column, “Tax Reform: They’ve Got Some ’Splainin’ to Do,” News Transcript, Dec. 13, (excellent, by the way), and I am perplexed. The source of this confusion is the realization that I have become a second-class citizen. When did I lose my repre-sentation in the state government? Who represents me?…