• Marlboro planning board gives OK to local farmland plan

    MARLBORO — A farmland preservation plan that is being proposed as part of Marlboro’s master plan received approval from the township’s Planning Board. A master plan is a collection of documents and regulations that guide the growth and development of a municipality. The farmland preservation plan is part of the entire plan. A master plan…

  • Collier High School to be featured on TV

    MARLBORO — Collier High School, in the Wickatunk section of Marlboro, is currently being featured on “Meet the Leaders,” a talk show on Cablevision. Viewers will see Principal Ray Bock and a the parent of a student talk about the program and what it offers . According to the school’s Internet website, Collier High School…

  • Time for fall family fun!

    DINNIGAN’S DIVERSIONS LIZZ DINNIGAN Starting with this issue, Lizz Dinnigan will be writing a new column every other week for Greater Media Newspapers called “Dinnigan’s Diversions,” based on her Facebook travel blog of the same name. Who I am In my former life (pre-kids), I was a staff writer and copy editor for a travel-trade…

  • Not everyone’s poor in ‘poorer’ school districts

    CODA GREG BEAN I f you want one more bit of proof that the Abbott district funding scheme is a colossally expensive failure, just look at what happened when Joseph Ferraina, the longtime superintendent of the Long Branch schools, retired recently with a $154,741- per-year pension. Ferraina ran the schools in his Abbott district like…

  • Municipal official asks voters to re-elect three Democrats in Marlboro

    I have always done my best to serve my community with the utmost honesty and integrity. I believe it is more important to do what is right for the people rather than doing what is right for a particular political party. That is why in 2009 I switched my party affiliation from Republican to Democrat…

  • Article provided significant information

    I want to commend News Transcript Managing Editor Mark Rosman for his article profiling the Manalapan Township candidates running in this year’s election (“Four Residents in Race for Manalapan Seats,” Oct. 19). I noticed that of the four candidates, only one did not mention his willingness to listen to and address constituents’ township-related problems. Points…

  • Incumbents moving town in right direction

    I am a Republican and former councilman in Marlboro. More importantly, I am a Marlboro resident and taxpayer. I have had the distinct pleasure of serving our community under Mayor Jon Hornik, and alongside of Councilman Frank LaRocca and Councilwoman Randi Marder. During my tenure on the Township Council, under the mayor’s leadership, party politics…

  • Higgins, Schnurr, DiBenedetto will serve town

    A s lawn signs began sprouting in Freehold Borough this election season, some residents were caught in an unfamiliar bind: Whose should they put up this year? The four candidates for the Borough Council are all widely known and respected in our community, with many overlapping ties of family and friendship. (Nolan Higgins is running…

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