• Helen C. Evans

    Mrs. Evans, 91, of Freehold Township, died Aug. 9, 2010, at home. She was born in Freehold and was a lifelong resident. Mrs. Evans was a former real estate agent and a childcare provider for children in her neighborhood. She was a communicant of St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church, Freehold. Mrs. Evans was predeceased…

  • Arthur R. Valentine

    Mr. Valentine, 84, of Freehold Township, previously of Rolling Meadows, Ill., died Aug. 9, 2010, at the CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. Mr. Valentine worked as a gas appliance serviceman for Peoples Energy Co., Chicago, for many years. He was predeceased by his wife, Shirley;…

  • Natolia “Tolie” Moreau Brown

    Mrs. Brown, 88, a longtime Monmouth County resident and retired editor of The Freehold Transcript, died Aug. 15, 2010, at Atria Stratford, Stratford, Conn. She was a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Mrs. Brown began her career at The Transcript, the county seat weekly newspaper founded in 1888 by her…

  • Kathleen Seese

    Kathleen Seese, 70, of Freehold Borough, died Aug. 8, 2010, at home. She was born in Kearny and lived in North Arlington before moving to Freehold seven years ago. Prior to retiring, she worked as a bookkeeper for C&J Glass, North Arlington. Surviving are a son, William; two nieces, Karen DeVoe and Diane Calabrese; and…

  • Days before tenure were not so terrific for teachers

    Herbert Resnick would like to return to the days when teachers got a pauper’s salary and had lunch, janitorial and yard duties in addition to their other myriad tasks (“Tenure Is No Boon to N.J. Educational System,” News Transcript, July 28, 2010). He would be thrilled at teachers being fired at the whim and fancy…

  • Writer questions sheriff’s assignment of take-home car

    Acting Monmouth County Sheriff Shaun Golden has had nearly a year to start acting as a true law enforcement manager. Unfortunately, he has failed the taxpayers of Monmouth County by permitting his second in command (an undersheriff/public information officer) the assignment of a 24/7 take-home unmarked police vehicle, despite the fact that she commutes only…

  • Howell K-8 School District deserves progressive leadership

    At the July 21 Howell K-8 School District Board of Education meeting, board member Tim O’Brien was proposing that the board look at making internal operating improvements and he suggested that the board form a brainstorming committee to develop ways to improve internal infrastructure and efficiencies, and eliminate waste. The board president, Mary Cerretani, responded,…

  • Freehold Borough school board member welcomes feedback

    As I announced several weeks ago, I have resigned my position as the chairman of the Freehold Borough K-8 School District Community Relations Committee over “philosophical” differences. However I am still an elected member of the Freehold Borough Board of Education who is accountable to each of you and I continue to believe that one…

  • Letter writer’s views are hurtful and offensive

    Icannot believe the News Transcript would ever publish such a hate-filled letter that Raymond Kostanty wrote (“Writer Says it is Time to End the Crusade Against Racism,” News Transcript, Aug. 11, 2010). Mr. Kostanty believes it is OK to believe that a racial or ethnic group is better, or as he says, superior to others.…

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