Student is proud to attend safe Freehold Intermediate School
     I am writing regarding the articles in your paper about the Freehold Borough Inter-mediate School. I will be attending eighth grade next year and have been attending borough schools all my life.
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Better accommodations for high school graduation are necessary
     The Freehold Regional High School District must change their graduation policy. Manalapan High School’s graduation was disgraceful. What should have been a happy occasion turned out to be a nightmare.
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Gas company will help to make CO detectors available
     New Jersey lawmakers recently made great strides to advance carbon monoxide (CO) safety in our communities by passing new requirements for detectors in homes.
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Writer says merger of roads will not produce savings
     With his most flagrant disregard yet for the public’s health, safety and welfare, Gov. (James) McGreevey has signed into law the merger of the New Jersey Highway Authority (Parkway) and the Turnpike Authority.
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Committee made right move not to cut school budget
     I was rather shocked when I saw that the Freehold Township local school budget was defeated at the polls this year. When I read further and saw that only 9 percent of the registered voters cast a ballot, it made me wonder who really voted, especially since I always hear people say that one of the ma...
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Request for refunds rejected by Marlboro Little League
     Mother Nature may dictate whether baseball games are played on any given day, but in Marlboro’s Little League, Cliff Radish, president of the league, believes he is the highest authority and dictates when and if our children play games or not regardless of how much they pay in league fees.
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Hospital plan still missing cooperation from Trenton
     The recent Town Hall meeting orchestrated in Marlboro may have created the illusion that substantial goals have been clarified connected with the purchase of the hospital acreage on Route 520.
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Fight not worthy of newspaper’s sensational coverage
     Is the subject of a fight in a middle school really front page news and worthy of three articles and one editorial? The News Transcript seems to think so.
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