Category: News Transcript Opinion

  • On Campus

    Alaina Chorney, daughter of Rosanne and Stan Chorney of Manalapan, was named to the dean’s list for the spring quarter at the Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, N.Y., where she is studying graphic arts and design, and computer imaging. She is a 2003 graduate of Manalapan High School. Erica Berman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.…

  • Marlboro pupils honored at national history event

    MARLBORO — After months of intensive research and success at state level competition, Marlboro Middle School eighth grade pupils Larlee Jensen and Carolyn Todd, under the direction of social studies seminar teacher Barbara Gallo, placed ninth in the nation with their group exhibit Eleanor Roosevelt: Standing Up and Speaking Out for African-American Rights, in the…

  • Administrators named in Manalapan-Englishtown

    BY DAVE BENJAMIN Staff Writer BY DAVE BENJAMINStaff Writer ENGLISHTOWN — The Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District Board of Education recently hired two individuals to serve as assistant principals as well as a new science supervisor. It is expected that an assistant principal for the Pine Brook School will be selected in a few weeks. Jay…

  • Town should produce estimate of corruption

    The residents of Marlboro are paying and will continue to pay the price of corrupt activities committed or allegedly committed by people who saw an opportunity to enrich themselves and took it. Federal indictments and guilty pleas have dominated the news this year, as Marlboro residents have come to understand the depth of the corruption…

  • For the Record

    Marlboro Township Council President Joseph Pernice clarified a statement that was attributed to him in a July 20 News Transcript article. Pernice said Marlboro’s 2005 municipal budget did use deferred school taxes, but used less deferred school taxes than had been included in past municipal budgets.

  • Rock band, old fans enjoy a special event

    In the News Mark Rosman There are so many places one can start when one is 45 years old and attending a Twisted Sister concert. I don’t even know where to begin. I suppose the real story of my July 15 trip to Philadelphia to see a band I first came upon in 1978 at…

  • States rushing to curb eminent domain abuse

    Greg Bean Coda Coda Perhaps no U.S. Supreme Court ruling in recent memory — outside Roe v. Wade or the one that gave George W. Bush his first presidency — has generated the national anger of the court’s recent decision on eminent domain. The 5-4 ruling said that the city fathers in New London, Conn.,…

  • The summer months bring out the guests

    Are We There Yet? Lori Clinch The funny thing about the summer months is the abundance of drop-in visitors. Funny, that is, if you’re a neat freak with a dusted coffee table. But if your laundry has taken over and your mirrors lack luster, it’s about as funny as an elderly aunt who stops in…

  • Obituaries

    Joe L. Love Mr. Love, 65, of Freehold, died July 3 at Bartley Health Care Nursing & Rehabilita-tion, Jackson. Born in Downs, Ala., he had lived in Chicago for 35 years before moving to Freehold. Prior to retiring, he was a truck driver for the city of Chicago. Mr. Love was predeceased by his wife,…