Category: Atlanticville Opinion

  • Horseracing industry must ban whips

    Jockey Jeremy Rose was recently suspended from racing for six months after whipping a horse so severely that her eye hemorrhaged. Anyone who watched the Kentucky Derby could see Eight Belles being whipped down the home stretch before she collapsed with two broken ankles. Last year, Russell Baze, the winningest jockey in thoroughbred racing history,…

  • Joan E. Mania Hester

    Mrs. Hester, 74, of Hazlet, died July 6, 2008, at home. She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Howard and Theresa Hester of Keyport; two daughters and one son-in-law, Connie and George Anderson of Union Beach, and Deborah Shah of Hazlet; her former husband, Palmer Hester of Ocean; a brother and sister-in-law, Leon and…

  • Marie M. Kasper

    Mrs. Kasper, 82, of Long Branch, died June 26, 2008, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. She resided in Red Bank prior to relocating to Long Branch in 1961. She was an electroplating engineer at Atotech USA, Rock Hill, S.C., for 45 years before retiring in 1996. She was predeceased by her husband of 35…

  • Ernestina “Tina” Alterio Gugliotta

    Mrs. Gugliotta, 86, of Long Branch, died June 28, 2008, at St. Barnabas Hospice and Palliative Care Center, Long Branch. She was predeceased by her husband, Anthony Gugliotta; a brother, Anthony Alterio; and two sisters, Ursula Carlesimo and Phyllis Curtin. She is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Linda and Edward Musantry of Oceanport; two…

  • 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 a retired employee of Esquire Magazine, New York City. During the 1960s, she was also involved with Children’s Psychiatric Center, Eatontown. She was predeceased by her husband, Melville P. Chamberlain…

  • Group sees broad support for RCA ban

    Your Turn THE NEW JERSEY REGIONAL COALITION Guest Column Recently, we have heard many predictions of destruction and doom with calls for resistance from towns vowing to fight the recent legislative action to ban Regional Contribution Agreements (RCA) – the loophole in our fair housing law that for two decades allowed New Jersey’s wealthiest towns…

  • These are the stories we can all be proud of

    GREG BEAN Coda Iwas talking with a young person recently who asked me about my career in journalism, and more specifically, what about it I was most proud of. The young person is a bit of an idealist, and his notion of newspaper journalism and what goals young reporters should set are influenced by big,…

  • There are good speeches, and there are great ones

    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 notice that your bff (best friend forever, in case, like, you don’t know) candidate…

  • AARP: health care bill positive step

    W ith the passage of S-1557, the New Jersey Legislature took a big first step toward health care reform in New Jersey. S1557 mandates that New Jersey’s children have health insurance, and sets forth market reforms that will bring younger people into the individual insurance market. The bill will expand the N.J. Family Care health…