Degree is a character issue for superintendent
      Regarding the article published in the Aug. 6 issue of the News Transcript, "Administrators' Degrees Subject of Investigations," I agree there is probably no "significant legal issue" here, as the attorney for the Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education says. What about a charact...
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Resident says Kafton should be new mayor
      I was both excited and surprised to learn about the resignation of Mayor Mark Seda effective Oct. 17. Although I don't buy into his reasons for stepping down (his wife's pregnancy), I, nonetheless, welcome his decision. Having said that, it is my opinion that the person best suited to serve as ma...
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Students should take precautions to prevent against identity theft
      Summer is rapidly coming to an end for college students preparing for their return to campuses across the nation.
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State's children need advocates to prevent child abuse
      Like most New Jerseyans, I was horrified to learn of the Paterson mother who stabbed her 6-monthold infant to death. While it's unimaginable to comprehend the choice to harm a child, I found myself plagued with uneasy questions about how the tragedy came to be.
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Town should take steps to have 'tagging' cleaned up
      We all know that Jackson has a "nonpartisan" mayor and Township Council elected in (May), and if you vote in Jackson you know that one side of the ballot is Democrats and the other side is Republicans — by the way, that is "nonpartisan" in Jackson.
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Remove train tracks and roads to eliminate all traffic
      Daniel Sivilich's anti-light-rail letter ("Group Says No Approved Plan Ever Included Rail Line," Tri-Town News, Letters to the Editor, Aug. 7) appears like a personal attack against Monmouth County Administrator Robert Czech. It is when you get near the end of his lengthy letter that he also appe...
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