• Master Gardeners graduate new members

    Twenty-seven men and women became certified Master Gardeners at a graduation ceremony at Jumping Brook Country Club, Neptune. Area graduates of the 2014 program are: Gary Adams, Allentown; Roseanne Duffy, Freehold; Marie Early, Howell; Debbie Gross Tulli, Manalapan; Beth Hutter, Marlboro; Jani Iyer, Freehold; Joan Janson, Freehold; Karen Laszlo, Freehold; Linda Lichardi, Freehold; Joe Luongo,…

  • Issue of hearing loss is near to teen’s heart

    By JEREMY GROSSMAN Staff Writer Garrett Zirkman MARLBORO — Garrett Zirkman may have mild-to-moderate hearing loss, but one thing is definitely loud and clear — he has the support of his friends and neighbors on every step of his journey. Garrett, 13, has spent most of his life dealing with issues associated with hearing loss,…

  • BUSINESS BRIEFS

    E. Thomas Allen Jr. has been appointed senior executive vice president and chief operating officer of Columbia Bank. Allen replaces Alex Grinewicz, who is retiring after a 41-year banking career. Allen joined Columbia Bank in 1994 as a financial planning and analysis manager, and later served as treasurer; vice president and treasurer; and senior vice…

  • Green saluted as long tenure on board ends

    By JEREMY GROSSMAN Staff Writer Cynthia Green MARLBORO — After nearly 1,000 Tuesday nights spent at board meetings, Cynthia Green — the longest-serving board member in the history of the Marlboro K-8 School District Board of Education — has ended her 25-year tenure. At the Jan. 6 reorganization meeting, Green was honored by board members…

  • Governors fail public on reform legislation

    Andrew Cuomo and Chris Christie, two ethically challenged governors, confirmed again that they would be moral dwarfs as president, the office they covet. Despite the unanimous endorsement of Port Authority reform legislation by all four New York and New Jersey legislative bodies, these governors vetoed the legislation. There is simply no honest defense of the…

  • Nonviolent offenders do not deserve prison

    Prison time should not be meted out to former Manalapan Mayor Andrew Lucas, who is scheduled to be sentenced in March for his conviction of wrongdoing involving the process of seeking farmland preservation money. Incarceration for nonviolent offenders does not protect society, costs the taxpayer thousands of dollars annually, inflicts pain and suffering on the…

  • Changes needed in Common Core standards

    I believe the Common Core curriculum is a disaster. It telescopes learning far too quickly, forces teachers to move rapidly, teach to the test, and worst of all, frustrates students to the extent that school is no longer a place children want to go. Math and science topics which were taught in grades 10 and…

  • Resident has issues with tax appeal process

    We should not have to pay a fee of $100 to appeal our Manalapan property tax assessment because of errors made on the official property card or to correct “facts” that are incorrect. Time should be given for residents to correct errors and dispute the assessments. Property assessments should be done in good faith and…

  • Writer takes issue with U.S. congressman

    On Election Day, Congressman Chris Smith was re-elected to represent us and write laws in Washington, D.C., that reflect our values. Congressman Smith’s voting record on women’s issues is egregious. In 2011, he wrote a bill to redefine the language of rape to forcible rape, which means, in Congressman Smith’s definition, women would have to…

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