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Backseat driver pops her cork
ARE WE THERE YET LORI CLINCH Believe it or not, there are people who accuse me of being a backseat driver. It might be the way that I scream and point. Perhaps it’s that I push my foot through the floorboard in an attempt to apply an imaginary brake. Most likely it’s the way that…
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North Carolina resident pleads guilty to robberies
A Kingston, N.C., man has admitted to robbing a bank in Howell, six fast food restaurants, and a convenience store in Monmouth and Middlesex counties between Jan. 29 and Feb. 12, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced in a press release dated July 27. Timothy Lester Johnson, also known as Amiri Allah, pleaded guilty to…
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Developer hopes to advance plan for apartment building
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer FREEHOLD — The president of a development firm is hoping the Freehold Borough community will welcome his proposal to bring an historic building on Bennett Street back to life. Friendship Inc. hopes to advance a plan to construct 12 upscale apartments in a building on Bennett Street that previously…
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N.J. libraries are a valuable resource for economic recovery
GUEST COLUMN NORMA BLAKE Last fall, thanks to a $5.1 million federal Broadband Technology Opportunity Program (BTOP) grant, the New Jersey State Library implemented a series of steps to enable libraries throughout New Jersey to better assist our unemployed and underemployed residents and their families. As unemployment in our state skyrocketed, going from 4.5 percent…
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Among readers, humor is in the eye of the beholder
CODA GREG BEAN I ’ve been writing a newspaper column for over 30 years, and I’ve never gotten in more trouble than when I penned something I thought was pretty funny that either fell flat, because some readers didn’t get the humor, or found what I’d said outright offensive. Two cases in point: Back in…
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Sept. 12 golf outing slated for Knob Hill
The third annual golf outing to honor the memory of Anthony Lombardi will be held on Sept. 12 at the Knob Hill golf course, Route 33, Manalapan. According to a press release, Lombardi served the community as a volunteer with the Englishtown-Manalapan First Aid Squad. He was a former president of the squad. Lombardi’s passing…
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Investment in children will make a better tomorrow
This letter is in response to a letter to the editor that was published in the Aug. 3 News Transcript (“Speaker’s Remark at Meeting was Quite Offensive”). I, too, was caught off-guard by the comment made at the Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education meeting on July 25. Unlike the author of that…
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So-called ‘journalists’ are advocating for president
A letter in the June 22 News Transcript by E.J. Mitchell (“Writer Wants More Information About Obama”) was spot on and I could not agree with the writer more. The mainstream media in this country has proven unworthy of the title of journalists as regards their coverage of President Barack Obama not only during the…
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Mayor’s shot at Freehold Republicans really describes Democrats
I n response to a letter to the editor, “Writer Forgot One Detail” (News Transcript, July 20), Freehold Borough Mayor Michael Wilson appeared confused. The mayor wrote, “the same old, same old, for the last 30 years, no new ideas, just new faces.” He was referring to the Freehold Borough Republicans, yet that observation is…
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