Category: Atlanticville Opinion
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Fear of open, public debate in Long Branch
Some people are so intimidated by their First Amendment rights and the prospect of an open, transparent government that participates in and encourages healthy debate that they think a Nixonian approach to controlling information is the best way. Some people actually fear that any event or debate on a public issue that is not official…
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Forum misrepresentations are a disservice
(Open letter to Long Branch Mayor Adam Schneider) Just want to take a moment to express my concern about what I believe was a significant misrepresentation in regard to the recent forum presented by Mr. Brian Unger. As you know, I sit on the board of a local nonprofit organization, the Long Branch Concordance. Our…
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Media focus should be on veterans, not celebrities
With America entering the sixth year of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, our television news, which includes CBS, ABC, NBC as well as their cable affiliates, mentions the number of dead, which recently hit 4,000, but fails to report the plight of the thousands of wounded, some critically, lying in military and veterans hospitals.…
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Takanassee plan a ‘charm offensive’ by developer
Attorney Jerry Zaro’s claim that his client Isaac Chera could have demolished all of the buildings at the Takanassee Beach Club is patently false. The original plan was to have all the buildings demolished, and that plan was not approved by the N.J. Department of Environmental Protection. A CAFRA (Coastal Area Facilities Review Act) permit…
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IN THE ARTS
The Monmouth University Department of Music and Theatre Arts is presenting Stephen Schwartz’s “Children of Eden” through Saturday at 8 p.m. in Pollak Theatre on the West Long Branch campus. Tickets are $15 at the box office, 400 Cedar Ave., (732) 263-6889, or www.monmouth. edu/arts. An exhibit of oil paintings by Rumson artist Ross Jahnig…
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N.J. Emerging Artists: Michalyn Tarantino – Watercolors
The Monmouth Museum is continuing the N.J. Emerging Artists Series, which celebrates the “Apple Blossoms” breadth of talent that exists within the state. Six artists working in a variety of media are being showcased. Artists were selected by a panel of 10 jurors. The EmergingArtists series began last year with three monthlong exhibitions, and the…
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NOTES AROUND TOWN
Students of the Long Branch School district researched facts about the Colossal Squid through books, news articles and the Internet and constructed a scale model of a squid. The creatures are projected to grow to a length of 46 feet, and students calculated the length and proportions of a squid that could be displayed in…
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James K. Shea Jr.
Mr. Shea, 80, of Monmouth Beach, died April 1, 2008, at St. Barnabas Hospice at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. He was Rumson Chief of Police, retiring in 1980 after 29 years’ service. He was a member of theMonmouth County Police Chiefs Association, and FBI National Academy Association. He is survived by his wife of…
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Andrea Lee Fotia Brown
Mrs. Brown, 34, of Long Branch, diedApril 18, 2008, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. She was a teacher for the Long Branch Board of Education for five years. She was a member of the New Jersey Education Association. She is survived by her husband of eight years, David G. Brown II; two daughters, Aaliyah…
