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‘Mad Dog’ gains spot in rock hall of fame
Founding drummer of E Street Band will join mates for honor By AMY ROSEN Staff Writer Vini Lopez of Jackson, a founding member of the E Street Band, will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame during a ceremony in Brooklyn, N.Y., in 2014. SUZY GRAHAM PHOTO Past and present members of…
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State’s cannabis program is ‘going to pot’
With 1,400 patients signed up for the medical cannabis program in New Jersey since August 2012, many have yet to see access. Greenleaf Compassion Center, which was opened briefly and closed during the summer of 2013, served only 140 patients the entire year. With one of the program qualifications being less than six months to…
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Manalapan officials respond to Green
We are responding to a Jan. 1 News Transcript letter to the editor written by Manalapan Township Committeeman Ryan Green concerning the agreement between Manalapan and the Englishtown-Manalapan First Aid Squad. The agreement was approved by a 5-0 Township Committee vote (unanimous) on Dec. 11, 2013. Mr. Green’s comments concerning the agreement with our first…
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Youngsters find the conditions for sledding to be just right at the former Howell municipal complex on Jan. 3. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR
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Support sought for county’s Child Advocacy Center
A s a new year begins, and having recently celebrated a festive time of the year when the happiness of children is uppermost in our minds, I am asking Monmouth County residents to consider helping in the effort to fund phase two of a capital campaign to complete the expansion of the Monmouth County Child…
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DWI convictions deserve jail time
I have just read the Dec. 25 News Transcript article that had the headline “Marlboro Police Look for Drunken Drivers.” The police are doing their job as best as they can, but even if they arrest 1,000 drivers for driving while intoxicated, it does not mean a thing, for the courts just give the offenders…
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It is time to rein in cable TV costs
The cable television industry is out of control. It is time for the FCC, Congress, New Jersey legislators and/or the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities to take some action in order to bring some sanity to an insane situation. A la carte pricing is part of the answer. The public should not have to…
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Freehold Twp. Independent Fire Co. celebrates 50 years
By CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer The members of Freehold Township Independent Fire Company No. 1 have provided service to the community since the organization’s founding in 1963. The fire company is pictured here in May 2013. FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Abe Conk grew up on a farm on Siloam Road in Freehold Township and remembers…
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Surge in snowy owl sightings is wintry treat for bird spotters
By JOSEPH SAPIA Correspondent A bout 10 years ago, Kathy Krygier was at her kitchen sink, doing the dishes, when she saw a commotion of birds at a tall Norway spruce about 100 feet away. Then, she saw what caused the commotion: a large, white bird that promptly started flying toward the window she was…
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