• Students’ mural of Main Street adds to appeal of holiday event

    BY JOSEPH SAPIA Correspondent A mural completed by local students helped to set the scene for the holidays at the bus/train station in Freehold Borough. FREEHOLD — As Conrail’s Santa Train rolled into Freehold Borough on Dec. 8 for its annual visit, it was greeted by something new: a 9-foot by 12-foot mural. The mural…

  • Phone scam starts bad, ends well for resident

    BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — A telephone scam that almost cost a Freehold Borough resident $4,000 had a good resolution because of the efforts of Freehold Borough Patrolman Diego Flores. Sgt. Rich Ciampa said that in recent months, several borough residents have been targeted in a phone scam. Ciampa said that on…

  • Time to ban all guns

    GUEST COLUMN DENNIS LEVINSON I am a retired elementary school principal. The massacre at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., has left me extremely upset about the murders of innocent children and adults, and disgusted with this country’s acceptance of gun violence. Our politicians are unwilling to stand up to the terrorist organization…

  • Freehold councilman knocks JCP&L while brush still lines local streets

    I n the Dec. 19 issue of the News Transcript, I read that during a Borough Council meeting in Freehold Borough, Councilman Jaye Sims heard, from a resident, an anecdote told by an out-of-state contractor about “antiquated equipment” (owned by Jersey Central Power & Light). Councilman Sims then said that a JCP&L application for a…

  • Costs appear to be adding up in FRHSD

    I could not agree more with Leon Sirulnick’s Dec. 12 letter to the editor regarding the Freehold Regional High School District’s superintendent of schools merit goals. Every week I read in the News Transcript about the salaries of FRHSD Superintendent of Schools Charles Sampson and his assistant superintendents and I get more and more upset.…

  • Don’t force Sandy victims off their property

    Eight weeks in and there was still a need to provide a hot meal to approximately 150 of the 250 or so folks who showed up for clothes and dry goods in Keansburg. How do we as a state, a nation, look at ourselves in the mirror when children and seniors are still going to…

  • Law enforcement puts brakes on large-scale heroin operation

    52 individuals charged following lengthy investigation BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Monmouth County Acting Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni delivered a message to drug dealers on Dec. 17 when he said, “This isn’t going to happen in Monmouth County. Don’t bring it here. We will find you. We will arrest you. We will put you…

  • Stage to stay dark at Starland after Sandy strikes Sayreville

    SAYREVILLE — In the weeks since Post-Tropical Storm Sandy hit the Jersey Shore, the floodwaters have receded, downed trees have been removed from the roads, and most of the coastline has begun the arduous task of rebuilding. However, at the Starland Ballroom, a popular concert venue on Jernee Mill Road in Sayreville, the stage is…

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