• Restaurant tasting supports foundation

    MARLBORO — Taste buds will be tantalized during the Marlboro Educational Foundation’s fourth annual restaurant tasting to be held on May 4. The fun-filled and food-filled event be held at the Excelsior, Route 9 south, Manalapan, from 6-10 p.m. Tickets purchased in advance are $50 for adults and $25 for children under 16. Tickets purchased…

  • Shared services group gets boost from Gov.

    BY REBECCA MORTON Staff Writer MARLBORO — Representatives of 22 Monmouth County municipalities came together for the first official meeting of the Central Jersey Council of Governments (CJCG) on April 7. Gov. Jon Corzine was present as the local officials signed the council’s ceremonial charter at Marlboro Town Hall. The organization is dedicated to seeking…

  • Register for Freehold Vacation Bible School

    First Presbyterian Church of Freehold, 118 West Main St, Freehold, is accepting registration for Vacation Bible School, Camp EDGE. The program, which is open to ages 3 through adult, will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. July 27-31 at the church. The cost is $10 per person with family discounts available. Music, handbells,…

  • Earth Day puppet show slated at library

    Earth Day with “Magic Pots & Recycled Bottles,” a puppet show presented by Kathleen Jacobs, will be presented from 2 to 2:45 p.m. April 16 at the Monmouth County Library Headquarters Library, 125 Symmes Drive, Manalapan. Puppets made from familiar household items will be featured in three comical folktales from around the world. “The Goat…

  • Nuclear power a safe, dependable energy source

    I take issue with your cartoonist’s slant on nuclear energy in New Jersey (News Transcript, April 8). We have an administration that is openly allied with the liberal green parties that refuse to consider building new reactors. Oyster Creek has shown that nuclear energy is a safe technology and would solve our need for a…

  • Resident asks for help on issue of sewer line charges

    I do commiserate with the letters to the editor that were published previously (about the Western Monmouth Utilities Authority) — one from Marlboro and two from Manalapan. Let me start with Marlboro — you were 100 percent when you told them why can’t we look for a better deal? How would you like it if…

  • Development fee providing money for affordable homes

    We agree with state Sen. Jennifer Beck’s recent comments that New Jersey needs more housing people can afford. However, Sen. Beck (R-Monmouth and Mercer) does not propose to do anything new or different that will help build these homes or create jobs. Instead, she proposes that New Jersey return to failed and unfair policies of…

  • Reader says community newspapers provide a very important service

    I feel very confident that the News Transcript that I read and all of the other weekly newspapers that Greater Media Newspapers puts out will continue to flourish, even in these apparently dire times where large newspapers are going into bankruptcy. I say this because I can sit at home and get all the current…

  • Hunting bills spark anger in area residents

    We are angry and extremely opposed to bill S802/A1669, which will allow hunting on Sunday with bow and arrow, five months out of the year (mid-September to late February) in wildlife management areas. Presently, bow hunters are allowed six days out of the week to hunt. Now they want seven days a week to hunt…

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