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  • Manalapan residents must start asking officials tough questions about proposed development on Route 33

    It’s springtime, and hope springs eternal. At least that’s the hope of the deal makers and the developer with the grandiose plan to build a huge mall at the intersection of Route 33 and Millhurst Road in Manalapan. Richard Brunelli is the main spokesperson, president and partner of Manalapan Retail Partners, the company that proposed…

  • Red Cross is all about neighbors helping one another

    America is a special place, where someone you may not know will give you their blood, save you from drowning or provide you with shelter. In 1943, President Roosevelt recognized the American Red Cross as a true reflection of that humanitarian, volunteer spirit and proclaimed March as Red Cross Month, a tradition that has been…

  • All the laws in the world won’t stop bad behavior

    Greg Bean Coda Memo to members of the New Jersey Assembly: Your highly touted ban on talking on a cell phone while driving is a dismal failure, at least judging by the numbers of people I see happily flouting the law on my way to and from work every day. This morning, I actually saw…

  • Russian children appreciated heartfelt get-well wishes

    I would like to inform everyone in the Wemrock Brook School and our community that the wonderful gifts that the school collected for the victims of the Beslan school siege tragedy in Russia were finally distributed to the children. It took 10 weeks for the packages to arrive to North Ossetia, Russia. The packages were…

  • Residents should be careful whom they employ at home

    As stated in Richard Kelsey’s letter on Feb. 23, under U.S.C. 1324(a), it is a federal felony to induce an alien to enter or stay in the United States. Therefore, it must be illegal for landscapers and contractors to hire illegal aliens. However, they continue to do so and benefit from cheap labor. The residents…

  • Community support helped in pursuit of goal

    To the communities of Freehold Borough, Freehold Township, Colts Neck, Marlboro, Manalapan, and Howell: I wish to express my heartfelt thanks and appreciation of community support throughout the past 15 years. Because of your support I have been able to accomplish the many professional goals that I have set forth for myself. I have just…

  • Wasser explains ‘needs improvement’ label

    I was quite dismayed over the recent announcement that the Freehold Regional High School District did not meet the mandates of the federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). Although we were cited by the state Department of Education for not meeting required levels of improvement, I would like to set the record straight and…

  • Suggestions are offered to make Route 9 commute easier

    I am a resident of Freehold Township and for 20 years my wife and I have been commuting to New York City for work on a daily basis. We use the Route 9 corridor, traveling by bus from the Schibanoff Road bus stop to the Port Authority in New York City. While Route 9 is…