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Court had reasons for elevating act to a hate crime
On Sept. 5-6, unknown perpetrators painted swastikas and other anti-Semitic slurs in the Monmouth Heights development in Manalapan. After the News Transcript published an article titled “How Do You Stop Hate Crimes?” Manalapan resident Raymond Kostanty wrote a letter to the editor which begins by positing a very intelligent legal question before transitioning into a…
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For the record
Marlboro resident Wendy Berk said that in her recent comments to the Marlboro Township Council, as reported in the News Transcript, regarding notification to residents about burglaries in the community, her point was that there were not multiple media reports of recent burglaries in town, and that a more effective method of reaching residents might…
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Letter published on Yom Kippur was shocking to reader
I came home today from observing Yom Kippur and read, re-read and re-re-read Raymond Kostanty’s Sept. 26 letter to the editor in the News Transcript which had the headline “How Did Vandalism Get Upgraded to a ‘Hate Crime’?” No one wants to live under a rock. Despite our best efforts to dismiss or ignore people…
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Rabbi offers perspective on letter to editor
I did not know whether to be angry or sad when I read the letter in the Sept. 26 News Transcript decrying hate crimes as punishing “emotions or certain thoughts” (and which nearly tripled the 250-word limit you set for letters to the editor.) So instead, let’s be rational and examine the claims the author…
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Freehold Borough bucks trend with growing K-8 enrollment
District rents four classrooms in Freehold Twp.; may need to rent more rooms in future BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — While some school districts in the region are seeing their enrollment decline, that is not the case in the Freehold Borough K-8 School District. For the second consecutive school year, Freehold Borough…
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Freehold planning to advance youth council’s park project
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — The Freehold Borough Youth Government Council’s first project — sprucing up Veterans Park on Schanck Street — is moving forward. Borough officials have applied for a municipal open space program grant to get the ball rolling. The council is seeking $125,000 to fund the first phase of…
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Superintendent, business administrator are leaving Freehold Borough schools
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — Administrative changes are coming to the Freehold Borough K-8 School District. Superintendent of Schools Elizabeth O’Connell, who is currently on medical leave, has announced that she will retire from her position on April 30. Business Administrator and Board Secretary Patrick DeGeorge has announced he will be leaving…
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Resident: Neighbors surprised to find out about group home
MANALAPAN — Municipal officials are limited in what they can do when a state agency or other entity decides it wants to operate a group home in a community. That was the opinion offered by the township attorney when the issue of a group home that may be coming to a Manalapan development was raised…
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