• Candidate says freeholder board needs a Democratic watchdog

    I would like to thank the over 400 Democrats who nominated me at the convention recently to run for Monmouth County freeholder. The monopoly control of any political body by one political party is not healthy and leads, inevitably, to corruption. The Republicans now have an unchallenged and unhealthy monopoly on the freeholder board, and…

  • Freeholder misses the point on farm deal

    I just finished reading a letter to the editor from Monmouth County Freeholder Lillian Burry that was published in this newspaper. If anyone has had a narrow-minded approach to Mayor Andrew Lucas’ land deal in Manalapan, it has been Mrs. Burry. Once again she beats the drum of “the people not understanding the sole purpose…

  • for the record 

    In a March 6 News Transcript article about the passing of Regina Finn of Manalapan, the cause of death of Finn’s son, Vincent, was incorrect. Vincent Finn died in August 2009, but not in a motor vehicle accident as was stated in the article.

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    Lake Weamaconk in Englishtown provided a serene scene following a snowfall on March 8. JEFF GRANIT staff

  • Teenagers join leadership panel

    MANALAPAN — An initial group of young people has been appointed to serve on the new Manalapan Teen Leadership Committee. According to a resolution appointing the panel’s members that was passed by the Manalapan Township Committee on Feb. 13, the purpose of the Teen Leadership Committee is “to provide a forum for the creativity and…

  • Foundation funds support conference

    The Tara Hansen Foundation has donated $10,000 to the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School to host an inter-professional continuing education conference on maternal health. According to a press release, the goal of the conference is to increase maternal health awareness in an effort to improve maternal healthcare throughout the United States. The foundation was formed…

  • Man admits courthouse bomb threat

    A Monmouth County man has admitted he was responsible for calling in a bomb threat to the Monmouth County Court House in October, Monmouth County Acting Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced. Ellis Goodson, 35, whose last known address was in Neptune, pleaded guilty on March 5 to third-degree charges of false public alarm and conspiracy…

  • March: Can you dig it?

    GREEN SCENE GOTTI KELLEY “There is no gardening without humility. Nature is constantly sending even itsoldest scholars to the bottom of the class forsome egregious blunder.” — Alfred Austin A garden myth: Lawns are beautiful, vegetable gardens are ugly. Not true. Vegetable gardens in a front yard (a hot trend) can create an inviting focal…

  • When did the Europeans get so smart about U.S. weather?

    CODA GREG BEAN If you are a person of a certain age, like me, you might remember the old days when the nightly weather forecast was about as accurate as Punxsutawney Phil’s on the day he pops out to check his shadow. In those days, it seemed like the local weathermen developed their forecasts using…

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