• Joseph A. Montalto

    Mr. Montalto, 77, of The Villages, Howell, died Dec. 13, 2010, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. He was a U.S. Army veteran, having served in Korea. Prior to his 1989 retirement, Mr. Montalto was a letter carrier for the U.S. Postal Service for 30 years. He was predeceased by a brother, John. He is…

  • Robert “Jeff” J. Jeffery

    Mr. Jeffery, 76, of Lake Ariel, Pa., formerly of Lincroft, died Dec. 12, 2010, at Community Medical Center, Scranton, Pa. He was the principal of Holmes & McDowell Inc., Holmdel, for more than 30 years, retiring in 1991. Mr. Jeffery was a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, a former volunteer for the Lincroft…

  • Colin John Costello

    Mr. Costello, 65, of Middletown, died Dec. 10, 2010, at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, after a long illness. He served his country in the U.S. Army and met his wife, Christa, while he was stationed in Heidelberg, Germany. They returned to the U.S. and settled in New York City before moving to Middletown in…

  • Private sector employees get their share of benefits

    This is in response to Joel Drobes’ letter to the editor (“Teachers Should Be Rewarded Based on Merit,” News Transcript, Dec. 15) regarding teaching and teachers in general. Mr. Drobes obviously has problems with not only teachers’ salaries, but the number of days per year they work as well as the length of the school…

  • Privatization works for only corporations, politicans

    There is a big push from “less-is-best” deficit hawks who claim we have to privatize many traditionally government run programs to reduce our deficits. For example, Gov. Chris Christie’s carefully culled pro-corporate “advisory” panel proposed that we even privatize our state parks, among other things, to save money. Nonsense. Our state’s fiscal crisis has nothing…

  • CARE appreciates newspaper notices and the effort of volunteers

    In response to the Around Town column Greater Media Newspapers staff writer Amy Rosen wrote on Nov. 17, “One Good Deed,” I would like to tell you that you have helped our organization immensely by spreading the word about the work CARE does to help defenseless animals. Greater Media Newspapers has helped us place about…

  • Obama made the right call to compromise

    President Barack Obama’s decision to compromise with the Republicans on taxes was both wise and necessary. The compromise will ensure that middle class Americans will not see a rise in their income tax bill during difficult economic times. Additionally, the compromise will provide extended unemployment insurance benefits for millions of Americans. This is not only…

  • Sarah Palin a threat to Obama’s constituency

    In reference to Greg Bean’s Coda column “Duck and Cover, Because Sarah’s Locked and Loaded” (News Transcript, Dec. 15), what would make anyone believe that Mr. Bean had a political agenda? In the words of Saul Alinsky, in his book “Rules for Radicals,” with which I’m certain Mr. Bean is familiar, “Ridicule is man’s most…

  • The mailbag: Readers weigh in on Palin’s big-game hunt

    CODA GREG BEAN People who write columns are nowhere without readers, and as this year ends, it’s appropriate to give some of mine a last word. Feedback from last week’s column on the general ineptitude of Sarah Palin as a big-game hunter was a mixed bag. Some was from folks taking me to task, some…

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