Let the people decide if they support a train
      Ijust read in the newspaper that Marlboro Mayor Jonathan Hornik and Township Council President Jeff Cantor are opposing the famous Lakehurst to Matawan rail line (let's call it the train). Let me tell you that you are not speaking for me. I would also venture to say that the majority of Marlboro residents will support the proposed Lakehurst to Matawan train.
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Volunteers are backbone of the American Red Cross organization
      You may have heard that March is American Red CrossMonth.As one of the nation's best known humanitarian organizations, the Red Cross has been at the forefront of helping Americans prevent, prepare for and respond to large and small disasters for 127 years.
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Town must keep going after residential overcrowding
      It seems to me from what I read in the papers that the Freehold Borough code enforcement department is trying to take a stand against illegal renters and overcrowding and making sure the landlords and homeowners are not overloading their rental properties from cellar to attic with hoards of illegal men, women and children.
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Congressman Rush Holt is a fine representative for NJ
      It was with much chagrin that I read Greater Media Newspapers Executive Editor Greg Bean's comments about Congressman Rush Holt in your Feb. 13, 2008 edition ("Besides Rush, There Wasn't a Friendly Face in the House"). We are very fortunate to have a man like Rush Holt representing us in the U.S. Congress.
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Delay in settling teachers' contract makes no sense
      It is happening again, kind of like the swallows coming back to San Juan Capistrano … teachers in red shirts on Fridays at our local K-8 schools, pickets and homemade signs outside the Manalapan-Englishtown Board of Education offices before the weekends, and still no contract settlement between the teachers union and the board.
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Resident is still attempting to settle lawsuit with town
      The saying goes that "no good deed goes unpunished." Perhaps "no bad deed is forgiven" would be more appropriate. I have been a lifelong resident of Marlboro and despite our criminal problems, my partners and I have always considered Marlboro our hometown, having grown up here and invested our life's savings in this town that we love.
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Writers question WMUA's one-size-fits-all billing practice
      How does one start a letter that affects thousands of homeowners? We are referring to the gross inequities that the Western Monmouth Utilities Authority has foisted on all homeowners. We are homeowners in Covered Bridge andmembers of the Covered Bridge Condominium Association Board of Trustees.
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