Category: Atlanticville Opinion

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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…

  • Teens’ photos, paintings featured at boro library

    Monmouth County high school students display work through January BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer WEST LONGBRANCH- An exhibit featuring the artwork of a group of Monmouth County high school students is on display at the borough library this month. The exhibit, which features oil pastels, paintings and photographs, is a compilation of work from students…

  • Charles T. Hupfer

    Mr. Hupfer, 80, of Freehold Township, died Dec. 23, 2007, at TheManor Care Center, Freehold Township. He was born in New York City and had resided in Dallas and in Ridgefield Park before moving to Freehold Township 28 years ago. Prior to retiring in 1990, Mr. Hupfer was a branch manager for Bristol-Myers Squibb, Edison.…

  • Mary C. Cain

    Mrs. Cain, 85, of Ocean, died Dec. 16, 2007, at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. She resided inAnnArbor,Mich., and Tinton Falls before relocating to Ocean. She was president of the Tinton Falls Garden Club, chaired committees for the New Jersey Garden Club and the National Garden Club, and was active in maintaining the gardens…

  • Anna “Nina” Simonelli

    Mrs. Simonelli, 88, of Eatontown, died Dec. 13, 2007, at home. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., she had resided in Long Branch and California before relocating to Eatontown six years ago. She was the owner of Travel Unlimited, Long Branch, for 27 years, retiring in 1990. She was also the office manager for Congressman Frank Pallone…

  • School expansion plan set to begin this month

    Administrative offices to be relocated to Memorial Middle School BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer EATONTOWN – The Board of Education ismoving forwardwith plans to expand the Memorial Middle School on Grant Avenue to make room for the district’s administrative staff. The board awarded a $1.1 million contract to Lighton Industries Inc. of Lakewood at the…