Category: Atlanticville Opinion

  • 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,…

  • Columnists not qualified to opine on religious leaders

    You have been running a series of exchanges between your executive editor and his friend, Dave Simpson, whom you describe as a seasoned newsman. I consider their exchanges as sleaze with the purpose of defaming Sen. Obama through guilt by association. Even in that I consider them wrong because their attacks on the Rev. Wright…

  • Coda

    With Chinese food, it’s often lost in translation GREG BEAN My grandmother on my father’s side was born in 1895 and lived most of her life close to the spot where the Golden Spike was driven on the transcontinental railroad. Her town was a true melting pot on account of the fact that it drew…

  • Summer Shakespeare on the lawn

    Brookdale’s Shakespeare Ensemble will present eight summer performances of William Shakespeare’s romantic tragedy “Romeo and Juliet.” The performances will be held on the Great Lawn of the Lincroft main campus, 765 Newman Springs Road, on July 10, 11, 12, 17, 18 and 19 at 7 p.m. and July 13 and 20 at 5 p.m. Performances…