Category: Atlanticville Opinion
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Get to work on impeachment — for the children
Your Turn Guest Column • Lynn M. Petrovich (Letter to U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez): Thank you for your recent letter in response to my request asking for your support of impeachment proceedings against the current administration. I do appreciate your reply and have reviewed your letter in great detail. Rarely is Congress synonymous with accountability.…
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Books that are works of art
BY LINDA DENICOLA Correspondent “Verdigris” Artists’ books are fun to open and amazingly complex to create. But to peep inside one of these handmade books is to anticipate opening up a mysterious little world. Ocean Township resident Richard Burton, who goes by his initials R.D. Burton, is a book artist who conceptualizes his own little…
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Inner-city youth experience simple summer pleasures
This summer, 26 New York City children found out just how special summer is in the northern Monmouth County area. Thanks to the dedication of Fresh Air Fund hosts, volunteers and supporters, inner-city youngsters experienced simple summertime pleasures in your community. None of this would be possible without Corinne LeBaron, your local Fresh Air Fund…
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Residents won’t suffer from relocation of ice stand
Here they go again! No one has the talent to make a bad situation worse like the Allisons! If the Ocean Ave North residents are going to suffer from the relocation of Strollo’s Ice stand, (and I personally doubt that), imagine how the residents will be affected by a multi-commercial group of businesses. To date…
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Help available to victims of domestic violence, abuse
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. October — which has been designated Domestic Violence…
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Palin gives as good as she gets
A political discussion between Red State conservative Dave Simpson — a former reporter, editor, publisher and columnist — and Greg Bean, Blue Stater and executive editor of Greater Media Newspapers. Dear Greg: Welcome back, old friend. Our hearts have been with you for the last few weeks. On the political front, I have to admit…
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‘Tis the stressful season for us ‘guerrilla shoppers’
Coda Coda • GREG BEAN (Editor’s Note: Greg Bean is taking a temporary sabbatical from writing his column due to the death of his son. This column was originally printed Dec. 19, 2007). Not long ago my wife said one of the most surprising things she’s said in over 25 years of marriage. …
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The scary sump pump and other tales of dread
Coda • GREG BEAN (Editor’s Note: Greg Bean is taking a temporary sabbatical from writing his column due to the death of his son. This column was originally printed May 9, 2007). My home repair motto is: If you can’t fix the problem with a hammer, get a bigger hammer. That says a lot about…
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DeStefano continues to defy common sense
Long Branch Mayor Schneider and Council President Michael DeStefano can’t be serious in their recent denials that they provided the developer of the new Strollo’s preferential treatment in the controversial plan to relocate the noisy nighttime landmark to a purely residential block on Ocean Avenue North. After one year of denials and stonewalling Mr. DeStefano…
