• Local inventors recognized for telecommunications patent work

    Tirunell V. Lakshman of the Morganville section of Marlboro, an Alcatel Lucent inventor, along with colleague inventors Thomas Y. Woo, Thyagarajan Nandagopal, Krishan K. Sabnani and Ramachandran Ramjee, was recognized for his role in inventing Softrouter, a fundamentally new way to architect Internet Protocol routers and networks that has a positive and significant impact on…

  • Law lays out rules to combat bullying

    The 12th District legislators reacted positively last week to the news that Gov. Chris Christie had signed into law theAnti-Bullying Bill of Rights Act, designed to better prepare schools to deal with the act of bullying and its consequences. Sen. Jennifer Beck and Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande (both R-Monmouth and Mercer) were co-sponsors of the legislation…

  • Make plans to have a backup plan ready

    AROUND TOWN AMY ROSEN Call me old-fashioned, but I don’t have a global positioning system device (GPS) to tell me where to go. My husband and I rely on our own innate sense of direction to find our way, and when we plan to explore unfamiliar territory, we use a map. As we all know,…

  • Filmmakers will need permit to shoot in Marlboro

    MARLBORO — Lights, camera, action — new rules are coming to Marlboro for groups thatwish to film motion pictures in the municipality. An ordinance creating regulations related to the filming of motion pictures in the municipality was adopted by the Township Council on Jan. 6. When the ordinance was introduced on Dec. 20, Councilwoman Carol…

  • Maintenance issues prompt town to act

    BYMARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — The Township Committee has declared the developer of the Brookside at Manalapan residential development to be in default of its maintenance responsibilities. The committee took the action at its Jan. 12 meeting. Mayor Andrew Lucas, Deputy Mayor Ryan Green, Committeeman Don Holland and Committeeman Jordan Maskowitz voted to declare…

  • Observe instructional assistants before outsourcing them

    Having sat through (Marlboro Superintendent of Schools) Dr. David Abbott’s presentation to the Marlboro Board of Education on proposed strategies to mitigate the anticipated 2011-12 budget shortfall, one thing became very clear. Dr. Abbott talked about Marlboro’s core values frequently, and what became clear is that special education is not one of the core values.…

  • Writer offers another viewpoint on Wikileaks matter

    The writer of the letter to the editor, “Writer Reflects on Issue Surrounding WikiLeaks,” published in the News Transcript on Dec. 29, reflects a onesided position regarding WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange. I respect the writer’s comments, but suggest the correct State Department definition of terrorism is as stated, but should be complete in its quote. “Premeditated,…

  • Lame duck session was not right time to ratify START

    Last month during the lame duck session of Congress, the Senate rammed through, voted on and passed the START treaty on Dec. 23. The START treaty stands for Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty. It was signed inApril 2010 by President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. Never has a major nuclear arms control treaty been…

  • Signs of the times: At least we’ve learned who we are

    CODA GREG BEAN Every once in a while, a piece of information falls into your lap that answers so many questions, such as why I’ve always felt a little bit psychotic, sort of like that lady in “The Three Faces of Eve,” except with one less face. And that same information explains why so many…

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