• Letters provide look at two sides of society

    While perusing the Nov. 18 edition of the News Transcript, I was struck by the juxtaposition across the fold of two seemingly unrelated letters to the editor. However, they both deal with “documents” of one sort or another. In the first instance on the lefthand opinion page, Albert DeGracia of the Latino Leadership Alliance discusses…

  • When it comes to love, can the third time be the charm?

    Girl Talk • CLARE MARIE CELANO There’s a great dialogue exchange betweenC hristopher Plummer and Diane Lane who play father and daughter in the film “Must Love Dogs.” Lane is admonishing her widowed father about dating indiscriminately, seemingly unconcerned about hurting the women who have come to truly care about him. Plummer delivers a line…

  • This mom’s a member of the running club for scaredy-cats

    Are We There Yet? • LORI CLINCH At a gathering not too long ago, my good friend Terrie made a profound proclamation. “I’m a runner,” she said as though she was making a confession. “Not in the sense that you girls might think. I don’t put on a pair of Nikes and sprint down the…

  • Out of the blue

    In the News • MARK ROSMAN The Internet and email are amazing resources. For all of the bad things that go on in cyberspace, there is something to be said about how easy it is these days to contact someone whom you might not otherwise reach out to. Certainly, online social networking sites have made…

  • Business Briefs

    Dr. Allan Baas, podiatrist, and Judie Toth, occupational therapist, of Helping Hands announced that they are moving their practices to 98 Craig Road, Manalapan. All are invited to celebrate at an open house party slated for 6-8 p.m. Dec. 3. Details: 732-625-7700. Custom Window Decorators is celebrating its grand opening in Monmouth County. For 37…

  • That’s a big hole to fill, so he’d better get shoveling

    Coda • GREG BEAN It sure didn’t take our governorelect long to start looking like someone had whacked him upside the head with a two-by-four, did it? There he was on the news last week after a meeting with the state treasury people, saying that things are even worse than he imagined. What everyone was…

  • Peter Zamrzycki

    Mr. Zamrzycki, 71, of the Port Monmouth section of Middletown, died Nov. 16, 2009, at home. He was a cycle counter at IFF, Hazlet, for 20 years, retiring in 1995. He is survived by his wife, Patricia Zamrzycki; a son and daughter-in-law, Ralph and JoAnn Zamrzycki of Jackson; a daughter and son-in-law, Terri Lynn and…

  • Lucy Tiberio Brogna

    Mrs. Brogna, 82, of Lakewood, died Nov. 11, 2009, at Kimball Medical Center, Lakewood. She had resided in Hazlet before relocating to Lakewood in 2004. Mrs. Brogna is survived by her husband of 62 years, Salvatore Brogna; two sons and daughters-in-law, Joseph and Jacqueline Brogna of Toms River, and Richard and Grace Brogna of Middletown;…

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