-

Rose-pruning demo April 4 in Eatontown
The Jersey Shore Rose Society (JSRS), will hold a hands-on rose pruning demonstration 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. April 4 at Wampum Park, Route 35 south, Eatontown (rain date, April 5). The event is free and open to the public. Attendees should bring gardening gloves and pruners. For more information, call 732-389- 5353.
-

Community Band will perform in Colts Neck
The Colts Neck Community Band will perform at Colts Neck High School, Route 537 and Five Points Road, Colts Neck, at 7:30 p.m. April 2. Conducted by Lyn Lewis, Richard Grossman, Joseph Lawler and Kelly Tyma, the band is now in its seventh season. The New Jersey Youth Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Roy D. Gussman,…
-

Optimists are looking for people who received awards
Atouch of Optimism in this difficult year. The Freehold Optimist Club is celebrating its 50th anniversary. I am the oldest surviving member of the club (now in my 81st year), having joined in 1959. During those years our club accomplished many things in the community. We raised $100,000 for the hospital — beginning long before…
-

Resident continues debate about WMUA sewer rates
Judging by their rebuttal letter in the Feb. 25 edition of the News Transcript (“WMUA Responds to Resident’s Letter About Sewer Rates”), Western Monmouth Utilities Authority commissioners Abraham, Toubin, Rosen and Pernice either didn’t bother to read completely my Feb. 18 letter, or chose to raise bogus issues in an attempt to divert attention from…
-

Tyrannical policies are breaking the will of New Jersey residents
Only in New Jersey could black-robed “unelected” dictators — I mean judges — tyrannically find a constitutional right for citizens to have cheap housing at the expense of the taxpaying citizens, who somehow don’t have that same right. Only in New Jersey would state government use taxpayer money to pay farmers not to develop land,…
-

Utilities authority should heed suggestions from its customers
Iread the response of the Western Monmouth Utilities Authority commissioners to Raymond Kostanty’s inquiry into the billing methodology used by the WMUA (“WMUA Responds to Resident’s Letter About Sewer Rates,” News Transcript, Feb. 25). Quite frankly I don’t get it. In these trying times, some of our friends, neighbors and colleagues are hurting. Retirement accounts…
-

Judge supt. on pupil performance & finances
The reality of the investigation by the state Board of Education is that (Freehold Regional High School District Superintendent of Schools) James Wasser did nothing illegal and is not subject to any sanctions. He has gotten the benefit of his degree search and is running possibly the most effective high school district in our state.…
-

Never too early to start saving for college days
Guest Column • Joseph Mercurio Family members can be taxing, no pun intended, and having them fire you is embarrassing. Such was the case when I suggested a 529 college savings plan to my daughter who had recently graduated with over $20,000 in loans. As her dad, I explained that she could not fire me…
-

For the Record
Manalapan Township is a plaintiff in two, not 22, ongoing lawsuits. An article in the March 11 News Transcript incorrectly stated the number of actions in which the township is a plaintiff. The township is a defendant in 95 ongoing lawsuits.
View our current articles
Stay connected to your community
