Category: News Transcript Opinion
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Greg Bean
Coda Gov’s hospital bed tax is a ludicrous plan I appreciate new Gov. Jon Corzine’s predicament. He came into office faced with a financial mess of astronomic proportions and now has to close a $4 billion budget gap by July 1. But like too many politicians, he has so far seemed reluctant to take the…
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Honor real meaning of Memorial Day
We have in the past looked back to the pages of the old Free-hold Transcript for commentary on issues that are still topical today. In preparing the Yester-year column that appears in today’s edition of the News Transcript, we came across the following editorial from May 1906. An unknown author discusses the topic of Memorial…
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For the Record
Following a $375,000 reduction in the Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District budget for the 2006-07 school year, the spending plan totals $69.3 million. The total amount of the revised budget was incorrect in a May 17 News Transcript story.
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Two towns slice $375K from defeated school tab
Tax increase will not be as large as initially proposed BY KATHY BARATTA Staff Writer BY KATHY BARATTAStaff Writer The governing bodies of Manalapan and Englishtown have resolved to cut $375,448 from the budget put forth by the local K-8 school district for the 2006-07 school year. The Manalapan Township Committee and the Englishtown Borough…
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Obituaries
Charles T. Misuraca Mr. Misuraca, 64, of Freehold Township, died May 13 at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. He was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and had lived in Freehold Township for the past 36 years. Before his retirement, Mr. Misuraca was an electrician for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local No. 3, Queens, N.Y.…
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Greg Bean
Coda With John Merla, it’s one goofy thing after another ‘Merla Blames Outburst on Mother Insult, Split Pants.” Unless you get the Indepen-dent, the Greater Media newspaper that covers the Monmouth County Bayshore towns that include Keyport, you likely would have missed that headline in last week’s edition of the paper. But for those of…
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Voter apathy shows residents do not care
With all due respect to Managing Editor Mark Rosman, it is my belief that the News Transcript’s April 26 editorial, “Keep Up the Pressure for School Funding Fix,” may have confused some and misguided others. The nature of the editorial was to inform the public that in voting down your local school budget, a message…
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It is time to reassess funding to New Jersey’s Abbott school districts
I have a vested interest in ensuring that my daughter receives a quality educa-tion, yet I voted against the 2006-07 school budgets. It’s disgraceful the way that scare tactics are used in this state to promulgate an educational system intent on lining pockets. It is absolutely not about the children anymore. Consider the Abbott vs.…
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Friends come through for family as child fights cancer
On March 7, our family learned the devastating news that our 11-year-old son was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). It is the most common form of childhood cancer. It affects lymphocytes, a type of white blood cells. Leukemic cells accumulate in the bone marrow, replace normal blood cells and spread to other organs including…
