Category: Atlanticville Opinion
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Photos taken ‘down under’
“Tree & Path” An exhibit of images by Red Bank-based photographer David Kenas is at the Monmouth Beach Cultural Center through Aug.2. The images represent a broad range of landscapes, architecture, sports action and portraits taken during a recent assignment in Australia. Kenas’ work relies heavily on natural light and capturing the moods of the…
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Student praises passage of Medicare act
I recently attended an event at the AARP New Jersey State Office regarding the recent passage of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act. All 15 New Jersey delegates voted in favor of the bill, which will help America’s seniors, doctors and taxpayers. Congressmen Frank Pallone and Rush Holt attended to event to celebrate…
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One thing’s for sure: these liberals are easily offended
DAVE SIMPSON & GREG BEAN Red State/Blue State 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: I have an admission to make, Old Pal. This may get me drummed out of…
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IN THE ARTS
Hot Sand, a glass studio on the Asbury Park boardwalk, offers walk-in activities daily. Reservations are not needed to: sit with a glass artist and blow glass bubbles; create a quick cast by pushing hands, feet or any object into sand with the impression filled with molten glass; create suntiles by assembling a glass collage…
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Government’s limiting of rights is offensive to all
The Supreme Court recently declared the Washington, D.C., gun ban unconstitutional and in the process made it clear that the rights identified in the Second Amendment were rights of the individual, just like the rights identified in the First Amendment. We hear a lot about our First Amendment rights. The press frequently reminds us that…
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Vaguely familiar streetscapes
The Monmouth Museum’s N.J. Emerging Artists Series continues this summer with oil paintings by Rick Buttari. His subjects are urban and suburban landscapes, featuring very specific yet undistinguished streets and places. The exhibit runs through Aug. 10 at the museum, located at 765 Newman Springs Road on the campus of Brookdale Community College in Lincroft.…
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‘Road Shrines: A Peripheral Blur’
BY MARIE MABER Staff Writer You’ve seen them and wondered – or you’ve passed them with a chill. Road shrines seem to have proliferated over the past few years. “Route 182” They’re created out of love, loss and a sense of necessity – but they rarely last in a state of beauty for more than…
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Change ‘business as usual’ in L.B.
I am writing about the article I saw in your paper about the city of Long Branch owing $500,000 to the developer of Pier Village. The council OK’d this contract if the developer spent more than $8 million buying property for his development. Why would the city sign an agreement when the developer bought most…
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Transforming Heaven and Earth
Large-scale paintings by artist Joan Hierholzer are currently featured in an exhibition titled “Transforming Heaven and Earth: Artistic Visions of Technology” at the Monmouth Museum in Lincroft. “Wings Light” The exhibition, which runs through Aug. 3, features powerful and dramatic murals and paintings of industrial and technological subjects. Intrigued by the role of technology in…
