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Marlboro Board of Education failed township residents
If Marlboro’s teachers are happily stepping along Marlboro’s byways, it is no wonder. They have pulled off the most aggressive “caper” since the “hostile takeover” of the Marlboro Township Municipal Utilities Authority. The Marlboro K-8 School District Board of Education folded in defeat like a cheap old camera during their disgraceful contract negotiations with their…
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Health care reform bill fails to treat citizens equally
Our Declaration of Independence states in its second paragraph “ … that all men are created equal ….” Our Constitution, which is only about 12 pages long, is short because it only contained a few broad exceptions to equal treatment of its citizens. And those exceptions were corrected by amendments to the Constitution, the first…
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Poison Information & Education System needs protection
Never look a gift horse in the mouth, but that is exactly what the state of New Jersey has recently done by cutting funds to the New Jersey Poison Information and Education System (NJPIES), and potentially forgoing federal funds of over $150,000. The federal funds come with strings attached and cannot be accessed without the…
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Manalapan resident compliments road department employees
I would like to give a special thanks to the Manalapan Township Road Department for the fantastic job they did removing the many broken tree branches I had due to a recent snowstorms. I made a phone call on a Tuesday, put the branches out at the curb and on Wednesday morning a full crew…
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Managing editor’s column is going after the wrong individuals
This letter is in response to the column “School Districts Face A Moment of Truth” by Greater Media Newspapers Managing Editor Mark Rosman. I am a relatively new teacher. I changed careers in my late 40s. Prior to teaching, I worked at a large telecommunications company for many years, earning a very good salary. Now…
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Naming of building is quite appropriate
I was most happy to hear about the approval of the apartment building in Freehold Township for those afflicted with multiple sclerosis and so aptly named Kershaw Commons. It is a fitting honor to an outstanding advocate for MS, former Freehold Township Mayor Ray Kershaw. For over 10 years, we served together on the Township…
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Resident likes slowdown in local development
I am writing in response to the Your Turn guest column by Jeff Kneler (“No Jobs, But at Least We Have Open Space,” News Transcript, Feb. 17). How about hearing from a resident who lives in one of these towns. I have been living in Marlboro for 15 years and I don’t think there was…
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Rose A. Snyder
Mrs. Snyder, 93 of Freehold Township, died Feb. 23, 2010, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. She was predeceased by her husband, Frank; two brothers, William and Edward; and a sister, Elizabeth. Surviving are two sons, John Snyder of Sandyston and the Rev. Michael J. Snyder, M.M., of Tanzania; three daughters, Mary Snyder of Spring…
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Sophie E. Byk Snodgrass
Mrs. Snodgrass, 90, of Freehold Township, died Feb. 23, 2010, at home. Born in Jersey City, she had lived most of her life in Freehold and wintered in Winter Park, Fla. Mrs. Snodgrass had been a registered nurse at the John L. MontgomeryMedical Home, Freehold Township. She was predeceased by her husband, James Snodgrass; a…
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