Help is available for domestic violence victims
      Crimes of violence against women and children are too often hidden. Only about 25 percent of violent physical assaults and 20 percent of rapes perpetrated against women by intimate partners are reported to police, causing untold physical and mental injuries to the weakest members of our society.
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FRHSD hockey boosters appreciate support from Mayor Roth
      We would like to take this opportunity to thank Manalapan Mayor Michelle Roth for her time and persistent effort as a public servant in Manalapan, on behalf of the many grateful families, friends and neighbors of Regional Ice Hockey Association.
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Democratic candidates in Manalapan earn praise from resident
      Over the past few years I've gotten to know Don Holland. He is usually found in the front row of Manalapan Township Committee meetings with his wife, Wanda, listening to the important business of our town.
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Writer says pet limit laws are not the best solution
      As a resident of Freehold Township, I am very concerned after reading your article "Limit on Cats, Dogs Proposed in Freehold" (News Transcript, Sept. 24). Although the proposed ban is in Freehold Borough, its main proponent, health officer Margaret Jahn, is also Freehold Township's health officer....
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Answers on superintendent are less than satisfying
      Iwas in attendance at the Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education meeting held at Howell High School on Oct. 6 and was absolutely dumbfounded by the [board] attorney's statements that, in essence, said we are stuck with this arrogant, egotistical, person who, along with others, c...
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Officials faced difficult choices in developing a budget
      For a number of years, I shared the responsibility of preparing the Freehold Township municipal budget. It was a collective process between administration and the governing body, and when done properly, it was an amazing balance between the needs expressed by the public and the money available to ...
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Manalapan resident supports Ron Paul for president
      Awrite-in vote for Ron Paul — with objection (wo) is the only moral and productive vote a citizen can cast in the upcoming presidential election. The right to life, which is the first right, and the life principle (to build the life of the life-giving movement of the essence of life [God)] ...
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Freehold should stress importance of spaying & neutering
      The article about Freehold Borough wanting to restrict the number of pets people own failed to even mention the importance of spaying and neutering ("Limit on Cats, Dogs Proposed in Freehold," News Transcript, Sept. 24). The borough may be missing the point completely when the health officer state...
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