Category: News Transcript Opinion

  • Sounds of the season

    SCOTT PILLING staff Members of the Manalapan High School band perform for their parents in the school auditorium on Sept. 1 as they prepare for their first show of the fall season Sept. 9 at Lacey High School during a football game between the Braves and the Lions.

  • Officials must serve residents throughout town

    A recent letter faulting Marlboro Mayor (Robert) Kleinberg for the construction of the cellular tower in the Union Hill lot adjacent to Prides Crossing represents only part of a greater problem that affects Marlboro today. Marlboro has grown tremendously over the last 25 years and has developed from a residential community surrounded by farmland to…

  • Resident is very grateful to Howell community for support

    Editor’s Note: Claudia Thomas, of Howell, was struck by a car in December 2004 after she stopped to see if anyone needed help after a motor vehicle accident. Her story appeared in an Aug. 2 News Transcript article. Yes, it has been one year since my return to my beautiful home, which I now consider…

  • Check salaries and draw your own conclusions

    The president of the New Jersey Association of School Administra-tors wrote a “Your Turn” guest column titled “N.J. Superintendents Paid Less Than Neighbors” that appeared in the Aug. 16 issue of the News Transcript. The president, Diane D. DeGiacomo, wrote, “I realize, therefore, that the point I’d like to make today may not be well-received,…

  • Obituaries

    Helen Hogan Mrs. Hogan, 87, of Middletown, died Aug. 20 at Montgomery Care Center, Freehold Township. Born in Middletown, she was a lifelong resident. Mrs. Hogan was a security person at Food Circus Foodtown, Middletown, from 1977 until her retirement in 1990. She was predeceased by her husband, William Frederick Hogan Sr., in 1977. She…

  • Chesterbrook Academy names new principal

    Moni Cheagle MANALAPAN – Chesterbrook Aca-demy, Woodward Road, has named Moni Cheagle as its new principal. In this role, Cheagle will be responsible for building strong relationships with parents, students and staff, as well as marketing the school to the community. Chesterbrook Academy is a private school for students in preschool through eighth grade. Cheagle,…

  • Resident has a different view of Marlboro Grande project

    I am responding to the Your Turn guest column from Allan Solomon (“Mayor Doesn’t Always Know Best,” News Transcript, Aug. 23). I assume that Mr. Solomon is a resident of Prides Crossing, as I am and have been for 23 years. Before I continue, I would like to point out something that Mr. Solomon conveniently…

  • Town officials must reject proposal for housing at Village

    After reading the article written by staff writer Kathy Baratta in the Aug. 16 News Transcript (“Village Developer Proposes Housing”), I could not help but question the true intentions of the developer (The Village at Manal-apan) and the Township Committee. This time when the developer came before the committee, I wonder if he viewed this…

  • Town, not developer, must control housing

    The members of the Manal-apan Township Committee should not allow themselves to be forced into making a decision that could have serious ramifications for the community. Manalapan officials must act promptly and seriously on the municipality’s affordable housing business now so that the township is not left defenseless and vulnerable to overwhelming residential development at…