• Italian Amer. Assoc. plans open house

    The Italian American Association of Monmouth County will hold an open house and general meeting at 7:30 p.m. March 25 at St. Mary’s Church in Madonna Hall, Route 34 and Phalanx Road, Colts Neck. Anyone 21 years of age or older is invited to attend. Members of the association will be on hand to answer…

  • Writer says Loeb is well-suited to serve on FRHSD board

    President Dwight Eisenhower said, “The qualities of a great man are vision, integrity, courage, understanding, the power of articulation, and profundity of character.” This quote best depicts Gordon Loeb, who was recently appointed to fill the Marlboro seat on the Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education. I have had the pleasure of knowing…

  • Resident is still looking for answers from sewerage authority officials

    Iwrote a letter to the editor in March 2008 about the Western Monmouth Utilities Authority’s rates. I saw that Raymond Kostanty of Manalapan addressed that same issue in a recent letter. Here is what I said a year ago: “How does one start a letter that affects thousands of homeowners? I am referring to the…

  • Two board members should be replaced

    The upcoming elections for four Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education members allow the public to send the current board a message about (Superintendent of Schools) Mr. (James) Wasser and his recent attempt to anoint himself as a doctor without the benefit of going through the hard work of completing the requisite coursework…

  • The maddening, glorious times of our children’s lives

    Are We There Yet? • LORI CLINCH My friend’s child has just turned a year old. As the birthday girl licked the frosting off a flower cookie that didn’t look so much like a flower, my friend observed that she didn’t know where the last year had gone and then wondered, “Will the time always…

  • Girlfriends: the anchors that keep single women grounded

    Girl Talk • CLARE MARIE CELANO Divorce changes you. It’s been almost 10 years for me, and my life now bears little resemblance to my life before my marriage ended. Running into a close friend I hadn’t seen in a long while allowed me to remember this. The truth is, when two people split up,…

  • Libraries are helpful resource during an economic crisis

    Guest Column • Norma E. Blake During the past year, more than 100,000 New Jersey residents lost their jobs, adding their names to a list that was already well over 200,000. Many families in our state are facing economic challenges, some for the first time. Businesses, both large and small, are closing their doors as…

  • On ethics panel, McMorrow does the right thing

    Guest Column • Arthur Z. Kamin In the end, Monmouth County Freeholder Director Barbara J. McMorrow did the right thing. She rose to the occasion. She climbed the mountain. She hit the heights for herself, for the Board of Freeholders and for the Monmouth County residents she serves. After initial hesitation, McMorrow cast the deciding…

  • For the Record

    The Social Jewish Singles evening of champagne and chocolate that was listed in the March 18 Datebook section of the News Transcript will not be held on March 26 at Temple Shaari Emeth, Manalapan.

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