• Entries are being accepted for 2014 senior citizen art exhibition

    Monmouth County residents age 60 and over are invited to submit one piece of original visual art in Monmouth County’s 2014 Senior Citizen Art Contest and Exhibition. County residents may download the complete application packet from the website at www.visitmonmouth.com, pick up an application at the office of the county’s Division on Aging, Disabilities and…

  • Colonial history unearthed on banks of the old Raritan

    By THOMAS CASTLES Staff Writer Above: Replica tables at the Indian Queen Tavern are set with dishes typical of those that graced Colonial tables. Below: A mannequin is dressed in the traditional uniform of a British soldier in the Royal Army’s 35th Regiment. On the northern banks of the Raritan River — just below Rutgers…

  • Bike and Stroll set for this weekend

    MARLBORO — Residents are invited to enjoy a bicycle ride and ice cream with Mayor Jonathan Hornik this weekend. The sixth annual Marlboro Mayor’s Ice Cream Bike and Stroll is scheduled for 2 p.m. June 14 at the Bicycle Hub, 239 Route 79, Marlboro. Participants who choose to ride or walk with Hornik on the…

  • FOR THE RECORD

    Eagle Scout Jordan Standig presented his ideas for a bench project to the Marlboro Free Public Library board of trustees. The board that heard the presentation was incorrectly identified in a recent News Transcript article. Dr. G. Reid Lyon is the former chief of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human…

  • Resident seeking answers to erosion issue

    A fter reading a second article about the eroding creek issue that is taking place in Freehold Township, I felt a need to write to set the record straight. On Aug. 21, 2011, there was a mid-day rain storm that came through Freehold Township. During this storm, the Dubois tributary, which runs through the Wynnefield…

  • The left does not tolerate opposing views

    A ha, I said to myself, when I noted that John Calimano was a 1966 graduate of Rutgers. Then I got an even clearer picture when Mr. Calimano admitted in his recent Your Turn guest column that he had participated in “teach-ins and other protests” against Vietnam. Although definitely not my cup of tea, he…

  • Writer seems to have forgotten about WMDs

    I n his recent Your Turn guest column, John Calimano stated that “there were never WMDs [weapons of mass destruction] in Saddam’s [Hussein’s] arsenal …” Tell that to the Kurds and Iranians who were gassed by Saddam. Oh, and the scud missiles that rained down on Israel were a figment of the Israelis’ imagination. What…

  • Reader opposes privatization of facilities

    I n reference to a recent op-ed piece that appeared in Greater Media Newspapers, “Curley: County Health Care Facilities Must Be Privatized,” this is a perfect example of politicians talking out of both sides of their mouth. On one side, Monmouth County Freeholder John Curley says the Monmouth County freeholders have the opportunity to “put…

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    A cyclist rides the trail at Heavenly Farms in East Brunswick.

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