Category: Atlanticville Opinion

  • James F. Osborne Sr.

    Mr. Osborne, 83, of Brick, died Nov. 18, 2007, at his daughter’s home in Brick. He was born in Jersey City and had lived in Middletown before moving to Brick three years ago to live with his daughter. Prior to retiring in 1979, Mr. Osborne was a time manager for Bendex Corp., Eatontown. He then…

  • Gladys McGauran

    Mrs. McGauran, 83, of Monmouth Beach, died Nov. 20, 2007, at Imperial Health Care Center, Neptune. Born in Hoboken, she resided in Elizabeth and Lakewood prior to relocating to Monmouth Beach 16 years ago. She was a retired switchboard/telephone operator at AT&T and Bell Telephone. She was also employed by the Visiting Homemakers of New…

  • Volunteer shows how one of the other half lives

    Ihave been working at a soup kitchen in Asbury Park for about two years. We try to get to know the people whom we serve, good people mostly, really poor people for sure. It’s difficult. They tend to keep to themselves, not willing to share with us their poverty or its effects on their lives,…

  • Matthew Ronald Cronce

    Mr. Cronce, 26, of South River, died Nov. 10, 2007, in Edison. He was employed as a plumber with Skove Brothers Inc., Long Branch, where he worked for six years. Surviving are his mother, Gail P. Cronce of South River; his stepfather, Herbert Barratt of South River; his father, David Wayne Cronce Sr. of Wapwallopen,…

  • Don’t forget the wounded Iraq war soldiers

    While Americans debate the war in Iraq – many times more bitterly than intellectually – we have forgotten our wounded men and women who are recovering at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and other military hospitals around the country. Every week planeloads of seriously wounded military arrive in the United States for medical treatment and…

  • Coda

    Subpoena for blogger’s identity on national stage GREG BEAN Ed Herschler, the crusty three-term governor of Wyoming during the 1970s and into the mid-’80s, was a Democrat, but clearly the most popular politician in that rabidly Republican state. The reason for his popularity was largely his down-to-earth demeanor (he personally answered the phone on his…

  • Use eminent domain on New Jersey’s toll roads

    Ihave the perfect plan to bring the state out of debt. We let Gov. Corzine sell the toll roads for billions of dollars. Enough money to pay off all the debt, bring the pensions up to date, reduce taxes by 25 percent overall and have enough left over to invest in Christmas tree items for…

  • Red State/Blue State

    Nobel winners sample some wine and cheese with Bush DAVE SIMPSON & GREG BEAN 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. Let us know what you think. Dear Greg: Did you notice…

  • My Take

    The French Connection LINDA DENICOLA Like so many of us, I didn’t question my parents enough about family stories. The few stories that my mother told me were rather fantastical, so I found them difficult to take seriously. They were more like family myths than family lore. One of the stories concerns a greatuncle, two…