Category: Atlanticville Opinion

  • Health implications unclear with synthetic turf fields

    Guest Column NANCY ALDERMAN Environment and Human Health Inc. (EHHI) is concerned about the new synthetic turf fields that are being installed by schools and towns all over this country. These fields are made of a synthetic grasslike material to which large amounts of recycled ground-up rubber tires have been added as “in-fill.” It is…

  • IN THE ARTS

    ‘Chairish the Museum’ to benefit Monmouth Museum The Monmouth Museum presents “Chairish the Museum,” an exhibition and silent auction of one-of-a-kind chairs decorated and designed by local artists and craftspersons. Chairs will be on display at the museum as well as various locations in the community (see list below) Feb. 2 through 15. The public…

  • Joyce A. Knoth Tomasello

    Mrs. Tomasello, 61, of Piscataway, died Dec. 28, 2007, at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel. Born in Irvington, she had resided in the Cliffwood Beach section of Old Bridge and in Keyport for 30 years before moving to Piscataway. Before her retirement,Mrs. Tomasello was a secretary with the Matawan/Aberdeen School District and the Keyport Board of…

  • James W. Mancuso Sr.

    Mr. Mancuso, 95, of Long Branch, died Dec. 29, 2007, at St. BarnabasHospice and Palliative Care Center, Long Branch. Born in Cicala, Italy, he was a lifelong resident of Long Branch. He was the proprietor of JamesW.Mancuso Architect, Long Branch, and the designer of several local buildings. Mr. Mancuso was a member of the American…

  • Gov. has not placed New Jersey on a path to stability

    Greg Bean’s column that appeared on Dec. 26 was right on the mark (“Day of Reckoning Is on the Horizon for Budget”). I would like to add that Gov. Jon Corzine and the lame duck Legislature don’t apparently get the message, “the money well has run dry, something realistic must be done.” I really have…

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    CHRIS KELLY staff Sabrina Martinez and Grace Smialek, both 7, read to P.J., a therapy dog, during a special program at the Wanamassa Elementary School in Ocean Township on Jan. 8.

  • More troubling than global warming

    Idon’t fear global warming as much as I fear global stupidity. We couldn’t have the first problem without the second. But then again we wouldn’t have either to fear, if we had managers with moral competency at both the corporate and governmental levels. It’s the absence of them that we should fear. We need leaders…

  • Jim Murphy thanks God he’s a country boy

    Brick man looks back on lifetime love of country music BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer So how does an Irish kid born and raised in Plainfield end up in America’s Old Time CountryMusic Hall of Fame? America’s Old Time Country Music Hall of Fame inductee Jim Murphy prepares to tune up his acoustic guitar…

  • Perfect together: New Jersey and who?

    For many Garden State residents, it looks as though “New Jersey and you” are no longer perfect together. A recent report by Rutgers University uncovers an alarming exodus of residents from this state we’re in. Titled “Where Have All the Dollars Gone?AnAnalysis of New Jersey Migration Patterns,” the report was published earlier this fall by…