• Civil rights of all in U.S. should be protected

    Iwas very saddened when I read the Your Turn guest column by Brian Sullivan and Richard Kelsey in the June 16 News Transcript (“Answers Needed in Freehold”). I was one of the founding members of Casa Freehold. For personal reasons, I left the organization in 2006. One of the main objectives of this organization during…

  • Practical advice for grads: once more into the breach

    CODA GREG BEAN As happens every year at this time, we’ve heard a lot of graduation addresses filled with uplifting exhortations that basically come down to “be the best that you can be.” I think First Lady Michelle Obama’s speech to graduating high school students in Washington, D.C.’s Anacostia neighborhood was the most moving of…

  • Performance raises funds for fragile X research

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — Wrapping up her senior year at Marlboro High School by doing what she loves most while raising money for a charity that is close to her heart, Rachel Kaufman organized the “SupercaliFRAGILEisticXpialidocious” night at the high school. The event, which was held in May, was a Walt Disney-themed…

  • Town will buy police cars

    MARLBORO — New vehicles will be added to the Marlboro Police Department’s fleet with funds that are already in place. During the June 3 meeting of the Marlboro Township Council, the governing body unanimously passed resolutions authorizing the acquisition of seven new vehicles for the police department through state contract purchases. The first resolution was…

  • Manalapan eyeing purchase of 7-acre tract for open space

    BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — The Manalapan Township Committee has introduced an ordinance that, if adopted, will allow the township to purchase a 7.2-acre piece of property and preserve it for open space purposes. The committee introduced the ordinance at its meeting on June 9. A public hearing on the ordinance will be…

  • Three streets identified for strict motor vehicle law enforcement

    BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer MANALAPAN — The Manalapan Township Committee has designated three streets in the municipality as target enforcement zones for the remainder of 2010. For the past several years the committee, working with recommendations made by the Manalapan Police Department, has designated streets around town as target enforcement zones where police officers…

  • Local youth to study oil spill recovery in Alaska

    Hands Across the Sand event June 26 to protest offshore oil drilling, advocate clean energy BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Jake Calvitti has been lobbying against drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska since the age of 10. After five years of working with the Alaska Wilderness League, Jake, 15, a…

  • AAUW hosts book sale in Freehold

    FREEHOLD — The annual book sale hosted by the Freehold branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) will get under way tonight, June 23, in Freehold Borough. The AAUW will host its fundraising book sale at the air conditioned First United Methodist Church, 91 W. Main St., Freehold, from June 23-26. More than…

  • Rock’n Idol finale delivers winners

    The Rock’n Music Idol 2010 live finale was held June 6 at the Keyport Veterans of Foreign Wars, and many local residents were among the winners. The finale was a culmination of the third year of the Rock’n Music Idol competition and featured performances by 22 finalists from around New Jersey, as well as special…

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