Category: Atlanticville Opinion

  • ‘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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • For the Record

    A letter to editor submitted by Cindy Zipf of Clean Ocean Action that appeared in the June 26 issue should have read: “The entire Atlantic Coast contains about 1 1/2 years of gas.” The published versions incorrectly state the supply to be 112 years of gas.

  • IN THE ARTS

    The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey’sNext Stage Ensemble presents a free performance of “Richard II” at 7 p.m. July 23 at the Middletown Main Library, 55 New Monmouth Road. For information, call 732-671-3700 or visit www.mtpl.org. The Borders Emerging Artist Series returns 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 5, with Beth Arentsen. The Matawan resident is the…

  • Anna E. Venezia Schibell

    Mrs. Schibell, 94, of Long Branch, died July 13, 2008, at home. She was predeceased by her husband, Andrew C. Schibell, in 1997; a brother, Peter Venezia; and four sisters, Philomena Anfuso, Josephine Perri, Pelligrina Rego and Vencenzia Ferrara. She is survived by three sons and two daughters-in-law, Salvatore and Lois Schibell of Eatontown; Richard…

  • Rita Mulroy Chamberlain

    Mrs. Chamberlain, 92, of North Andover, Mass., and formerly Rumson, and Tequesta, Fla., died June 14, 2008, at Edgewood Retirement Community, North Andover. She was predeceased by her husband, Melville P. Chamberlain Jr., in 1986; and two sisters, Marcie Hanning and Alicia Hamburg. She is survived by five daughters and sons-in-law, Martha Chamberlain and Harvey…

  • A call for fair play in this political back and forth

    DAVE SIMPSON & GREG BEAN Red State/Blue State 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: We’ve been writing these Red/Blue columns…

  • Mary Rhett Boynton

    Mrs. Boynton, 91, of the Elberon section of Long Branch, died July 16, 2008, at her daughter’s home in Elberon. She was a driver for the American Red Cross, and worked with disabled children for 20 years. She was predeceased by her husband, Thomas Boynton; and a son, Rhett Boynton. She is survived by two…