Evils of bias and bigotry must not be allowed to go unnoticed
     We all should feel outrage at the recent spate of hate literature, bias incidents and bias crimes that are happening in our state. From racial and religious hate mail planted in high school students’ lockers, to bags of material packaged with anti-Semitic and racial hate messages to the attack on a ...
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Marlboro rabbi takes offense to mention in resident’s letter
     In the News Transcript of June 26, Mark Grill made an incomprehensible — and offensive — reference to me. In the letter, he grouped me with Hamas, the Islamic Jihad and Yasser Arafat, apparently as people one might consult to learn about traveling to Israel.
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Owner’s comments a turn-off to restaurant patrons
     Hospitality is welcoming with warmth and generosity. It is a fondness for entertaining. It is what has brought us back to Freehold’s downtown restaurant scene many times over. This certainly was not the case on a recent Friday outing to a neighborhood restaurant that my husband and I have enjoyed fo...
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Organization thanks supporters for book sale success
     Thanks to the help of many, the annual book sale this June of the Freehold Area Branch of the Amer-ican Association of University Women was a great success.
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The press must place correct labels on all groups
     In response to the article, "Freehold Residences Latest to Get Provocative Fliers," I am a white, American-born male. My wife is a South Korean immigrant to the Unites States, now a citizen. Although she reflects Korean culture in eating habits and in some ways in home decor, Rebecca is 10...
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Knights appreciate support for monthly breakfasts
     Once again we had a banner year with our monthly breakfasts. The reason for that is the staff of volunteers who make it all possible. In the last four years we served more than 5,009 adults and 1,062 children for a total of 6,071 people.
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Public funds should not fund private sports leagues
     I was stunned by your recent editorial in which the claim is made that "the public’s money should not fund a sport that appears to be a private club for those who have already enjoyed the advantages of years spent learning the sport." What were you thinking before this was written?
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E-ZPass works for driver
     Anyone who thinks that toll barriers will become obsolete in the near or far future is either naive or just plain dumb.
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Writer seeks former friend
     I grew up in Freehold until eighth grade — I attended St. Rose of Lima School. Then our family moved to Connec-ticut.
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