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  • Young adult supports village concept on Route 33 in Manalapan

    I have lived in Manalapan throughout most of my life and I am happy to call it my home. Now that I am in my 20’s I am ready to move out on my own. Unfortunately, there are a couple of problems. I don’t really want to live in a development like I grew up…

  • Residents can have a say in operation of local schools

    When it comes to results in education, New Jersey has much to be proud of. Our public schools rank in the top five among the 50 states in numerous measures of academic success. We are at the head of the class in terms of graduation rates; class size; the number of high schools offering Advanced…

  • Facts point to need for passenger rail now

    Jamie Grossman Guest Column I do not really understand the opposition to the proposed rail line through Monmouth County. Let’s face the facts here. Fact: Western Monmouth County, one of the “hottest places in America” to live, is extremely overcrowded. Fact: As a result of the overcrowding, traffic up and down Route 9 has become…

  • Business graduates should negotiate teacher contracts

    It’s safe to declare “these are the times that try men’s souls” and “these times” have arrived to suggest that all current members of Marlboro’s K-8 Board of Education should resign. Marlboro’s municipal government has run wild with biased politically-driven ordinances, so it seemed logical that the Board of Education would follow suit and run…

  • Schiavo case underscores importance of living wills

    Greg Bean Coda It’s now just over 20 years since my father lost his battle with cancer. He died on Father’s Day 1984. His illness was the only demon he ever faced that he could not conquer by sheer force of will, but he did not accept that going in. Days after he was diagnosed,…

  • Passenger rail decisions are enmeshed in politics

    On March 22, NJ Transit (NJT) presented its latest study of alternate passenger rail service routes for a Monmouth-Ocean-Middlesex line (MOM). The study focused on three routes which all start in Lakehurst and go to Farmingdale. From there, however, one route continues to Red Bank, another to Freehold to Monmouth Junction, and the third to…

  • Main Street in The Village can give Manalapan a soul

    The writer of the opinion piece has shown too much negativity about the lack of need for The Village at Manalapan project, as well as his own “chutzpah” about how this project “will never go forward.” Who gave him or me the sole insight into what this town needs or doesn’t need? We need his…