• Parents must speak out for the sake of their children

    The following letter is a response to News Transcript Managing Editor Mark Rosman’s column in the Feb. 3 issue titled “Voters Were in No Mood to OK School Projects.” As a member of the Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District Board of Education with a tenure as such for 13 years and as a parent of three…

  • Public employees refuse to see the reality of today’s times

    Marc Gaswirth’s recent Your Turn guest column explaining how the state’s contract negotiation rules stack the deck against school boards and taxpaying citizens was excellent. It is vital that concerned citizens contact their state representatives and demand that something be done to end what has become an insult to all of us, not to mention…

  • Good Samaritan thanked for assistance

    Iam writing to share a true story of a Good Samaritan act, which we all like to hear in today’s world. Recently, while I was inside ShopRite, my van was hit by a couple who was parked next to me. A Good Samaritan named Michelle saw them hit my van and leave the parking lot.…

  • Resident attended meeting to send a message

    Iattended Congressman Rush Holt’s “town hall” meeting in Marlboro on Jan. 25, wearing my Jersey Shore Tea Party sweatshirt. I have also lived in Marlboro for 25 years. Thus, Harold Zwick’s assertion that none of the Tea Party people were Marlboro residents was incorrect (“Attendees’ Plan Was to Disrupt Congressman’s Meeting,” News Transcript, Letters to…

  • Boris Wolkow

    Mr. Wolkow, 90, of Jackson died Feb. 1, 2010, at Care One of Jackson. He was born in Russia and came to the U.S. in 1956, residing first in Clifton and Lakewood. He worked as a surveyor for Mauer- Lynch Engineering & Architecture, Hoboken, retiring in 1983. Mr. Wolkow is survived by a nephew, James…

  • Myrna Beth Schulman

    Mrs. Schulman, 68, of Jackson, formerly of Middletown, died Feb. 1, 2010, at Bethesda Memorial Hospital in Boynton Beach, Fla. Prior to her retirement, Mrs. Schulman was a supervisor of medical records at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank, for more than 25 years. Surviving are her husband, Paul; two sons and daughters-in-law, Aaron and Robin…

  • John L. Magyar

    Mr. Magyar, 59, of Toms River, and previously of Howell, died Feb. 13, 2010, at the Leisure Chateau, Lakewood. He was a systems analyst for IBM, Dayton, before becoming disabled in 1995. Mr. Magyar was a member of St. Andrew United Methodist Church, Toms River. He was predeceased by his parents, Frank and Dorothy Magyar,…

  • Marilyn H. Denise

    Mrs. Denise died Feb. 17, 2010, in Southern California, where she had been a resident for the past eight years. She was a former resident of Freehold. She was a graduate of New Jersey College for Women, now part of Rutgers University. Mrs. Denise taught vocal music in the Freehold Township schools for over 30…

  • James F. Gibbons Jr.

    Mr. Gibbons, 80, of Manalapan, died Feb. 13, 2010, at Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge. He was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and a member of American Legion Post No. 54, Freehold. Surviving are his wife, Catherine Gibbons; five sons, James Gibbons, Michael Gibbons and wife Ruth, Kevin Gibbons and wife Tra, Thomas Gibbons,…

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