Category: News Transcript Opinion
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Committeewoman wants all the details before voting
I attended the Feb. 23 Manalapan Township Committee meeting and I have to take exception to the letter signed by Peter Hall (News Transcript, March 9) regarding Committeewoman Rebecca Aaronson’s vote against the introduction of an anti-corruption ordinance. Mrs. Aaronson explained that the ordinance was only delivered to the Township Committee one day prior to…
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Officials need to exercise sane municipal planning
Once upon a time, far, far away, there was a “nice place to live” called Manalapan. It had healthy air because large diesel trucks did not congest its roads. It had lots of trees to absorb pollutants as well as a healthy ground cover and animal habitat to prevent erosion and flooding. It had farms,…
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‘Old people’ still get the job done for the community
In response to Carol Abaya’s remarks regarding “older people” in the March 2 News Transcript: “Will you still need me, will you still feed me when I’m 64?” As a 27-year resident of Marlboro and a former teacher, I know many “older people” who do not vote down school budgets and bond issues. We old…
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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…
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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…
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Obituaries
Dorothy Zucker Mrs. Zucker, 64, of Manalapan, died March 11 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Born in New York City, she had resided in Manalapan since 1968. Prior to retiring three years ago, she was the owner of Gateway Travel Agency, Freehold Township, for more than 25 years. Surviving are her husband,…
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For them, the choice was black and white
Greg Bean Coda I remember a day in early spring, sometime in the late 1960s, when Uncle Earl showed up on our doorstep with a new vacuum cleaner. It was his first day on the job, selling Hoovers door to door, and he wanted to try out his new sales pitch on my mother, who…
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Group’s event raises funds for tsunami relief
On Feb. 26, the Reform Democratic Club of Marlboro held its first event, a free showing of the movie “Shrek II” to Marlboro residents at the Strathmore Theater on Route 34 in Aber-deen. The purpose of the event was to raise money for tsunami relief. Many residents and their children attended the event and charitably…
