Hello? Anyone home?
      You have to wonder if the people in the Englishtown Police Department really know what's going on in the borough. On Jan. 11 a person informed the News Transcript newsroom that they had seen an accident in Englishtown in which a telephone pole had fallen through a car.
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For the Record
      Marlboro is not included on a list of New Jersey municipalities where Verizon is immediately planning to offer its FiOS fiber optic service because Verizon is still in the process of building its network in Marlboro. A story in the Jan. 17 News Transcript discussed the FiOS service being made available in western Monmouth County communities.
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Young drivers need a way to be identified in vehicles
      After the horrific and tragic loss of three Freehold High School students and a 68-year-old great-grandmother, I wrestled for days with the "what ifs.
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Your Turn
Personal view does not mean member has to quit panel
Lazaro Cardenas Guest Column
      This is in response to one written by Brian Sullivan calling for the removal of Frank Freyre from the Freehold Borough Human Relations Committee for attacking the questionable civil rights record of the administration of Freehold Borough Mayor Michael Wilson.
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Coda
Merla is guilty? Boy, we didn't see that coming
Greg Bean
      After last Wednesday, we can add at least one more entry to our lexicon of words describing former Keyport Mayor John Merla - felon. It looks like I won't be eating crow after all - which I might have been compelled to do had he gone to trial and been judged innocent. Since the day he was first indicted in February 2005, Merla has sworn that he was guilty of nothing (liar?
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Are We There Yet?
She's really had it with caulking those windows
Lori Clinch
      My husband is a building contractor, a carpenter and an all-around do-it-yourselfer kind of guy. With construction as his name and fortitude as his game, he can fabricate the kind of home that a woman dreams of. His tools are shiny, his speed square is superb, and just like Bob Villa, his walls are to die for.
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