Internet Web site should require posters to use their real name
      News Transcript Managing Editor Mark Rosman's column about how NJ.com has allowed vile and potentially libelous postings is right on target ("Vicious mes-sages must be silenced on Web site," News Transcript, Jan. 10, 2007). The political discourse in Manalapan has progressed with many d...
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Area's feral cats deserve compassion and protection
      I am writing to respond to an article that appeared in the News Transcript on Jan. 24 titled "Freehold Board of Health Turns Attention to Strays." I understand there are many stray cats all over, but trying to remove them or ignore them will not work.
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Article brought attention to ongoing issue in the area
      I am glad you recently published the article titled "Freehold Board of Health Turns Attention To Strays" (News Transcript, Jan. 24, 2007). It shed some much-needed light on the stray cat issues our communities face, and I would also like to comment on a few things mentioned in the article.
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Students are learning to care for their community
      Many children read or hear about how important contributing to their community is. The students of the Kiddie Academy of Marlboro have recently had the opportunity to experience it for themselves. In October the children participated in a trike-a-thon for the St. Jude Children's Researc...
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Humane society supports trap-neuter-return program
      The Board of Health should rethink several of its strategies to reduce feral cat populations and protect the community ("Freehold Board of Health Turns Attention to Strays," News Transcript, Jan. 24).
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Spaying and neutering cats can protect community
      Kudos to the Freehold Board of Health for looking for ways to reduce the number of feral cats in the city ("Freehold Board of Health Turns Attention to Strays," News Transcript, Jan. 24, 2007). Allowing cats to live on the streets not only poses a rabies risk to humans, it puts the cats...
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Official has done nothing to earn a place in Legislature
      What a surprise! Almost a month after Joe Locricchio ran afoul of the Monmouth County Repub-lican organization resulting from his performance associated with the Manalapan organizational meeting, he has decided that he'd rather run for the 12th District state Senate seat independent of party ...
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