• Joel Ellis MacLean

    Mr. MacLean, 67, of Union Beach, died Oct. 26, 2010, at Beth Israel Hospital after a battle against pulmonary fibrosis. He started his first business servicing appliances, eventually growing it into MacLean’s Heating and Air Conditioning. Mr. MacLean later became a builder/developer with his wife, Diane, and friend Jim Carton. He was predeceased by his…

  • Couple disappointed that special decoration was stolen

    Yesterday was Halloween. Our house on Windfall Lane in Marlboro was decorated and candy was left out as usual. What happened which was sad and disappointing was that the candy, the Halloween bowl and a Halloween decoration we have had for 10 years were stolen from our front porch — in the middle of the…

  • Find a way to honor a veteran on Veterans Day

    It is not the reporter who has given us freedom of the press, nor the lawyer who has given us the right to a fair trial. It is not the politician who has given us the right to vote, nor the author who has given us our freedom of speech. For all of these privileges,…

  • Disagrees with Greg Bean’s description of tenure

    This letter, in response to Greg Bean’s Coda column “Tenure Must Be on the Table in Reform Talks”(News Transcript, Oct. 6), is in support of teacher tenure and my prediction of the dire consequences of its removal. Before you discredit my opinions as selfserving, let me state upfront that I am not a teacher, and…

  • Ask local officials to consider Safe Routes to School options

    In response to the letter to the editor of Oct. 27, “Lack of Pedestrian Crosswalks Is a Problem,” Larry Simon speaks to the issue of students finding it difficult to cross Route 79 to get to Marlboro High School. The idea of being able to walk or ride to school on a bicycle, although somewhat…

  • Veterans deserve our appreciation, respect

    It seems fitting on this Veterans Day that the loving words of an American patriot paid in tribute to living and dead American veterans be retold on this day. “Today we remember our veterans, those whose blood reddens the paths and fields of honor; those who died upon the plain of battle, in the charge,…

  • State’s pine forests under attack by voracious bugs

    CODA GREG BEAN The last time I was in Colorado near Estes Park and Rocky Mountain National Park over a decade ago, the pine beetle plague that had devastated forests on the eastern side of the Continental Divide had not crossed over to attack lodgepole pines in the lush Roosevelt National Forest on the western…

  • ‘Navesink 52: A River Year’

    The changing vista of the Navesink River viewed from Locust Point is the subject of a series of photographs by local artist Gerda Liebmann that are now on display in Red Bank. The exhibit, “Navesink 52: A River Year,” captures a year of changing light and mood over the Navesink. The photographs may be seen…

  • Marlboro targets land for preservation

    BY REBECCA MORTON MARLBORO — Steps are being taken to preserve open space in Marlboro, with municipal officials using funds to acquire two additional properties. During the Township Council’s Oct. 21 meeting, held at the Marlboro Greens adult community, two resolutions and an ordinance pertaining to open space were acted upon by the governing body.…

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