Category: News Transcript Opinion
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Marlboro schools ready to welcome back pupils
BY TALI ISRAELI Staff Writer BY TALI ISRAELIStaff Writer MARLBORO – The carefree days of summer vacation are coming to an end with 6,200 pupils preparing to return to Marlboro schools on Sept. 6. As the 2006-07 school year commences, Superintendent of Schools David Abbott and the administration will welcome back pupils in kindergarten through…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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Chairman says board acts in best interests of town
Let’s set the record straight about Syed Husain’s ironclad innuendo he wrote about in his letter (“Mayor’s Decision to Retain Board’s Attorney is Puzzling,” News Transcript, Letters to the Editor, July 26). The Sunny Acres “fiasco.” If anyone would take the time to investigate the truth in the application, they would see it is a…
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Reader lauds request for new committee
This is in response to the letter regarding the human relations commission request for continued monitoring of police. Actually, I was unaware that such a commission existed. I totally agree with this because I personally have experienced incidents that have depicted this racial behavior of police. You could live here as long as you want,…
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Letter about benefits for officials is a real eye-opener
Many thanks to Ed Russin (News Transcript, Letters to the Editor, Aug. 9) for his informative letter alerting the residents of Marlboro and Manalapan to the egregious and costly health benefits that our part-time township officials receive for their negligible efforts. New Jersey’s severe state and local fiscal deficits are due in part to overly…
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Obituaries
Joe L. Morris Jr. Mr. Morris, 79, of Freehold, died Aug. 12 at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. Born in Bullock, Ala., he had resided in Freehold since 1946. He was employed as a nursing attendant for both Marlboro Psychiatric Hospital, Marlboro, and the John L. Montgomery Care Center, Freehold Township, for more than 40 years.…
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