Category: Atlanticville Opinion
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Anna Masullo DeFaria
Mrs. DeFaria, 82, of Long Branch, died Nov. 14, 2007, at home following a short illness. Born in Newark, she relocated to Long Branch in 1970. She was certified in early childhood education teacher, and taught pre-k at Kings Kids for 10 years, and Children of The King Academy for five years, both in Long…
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Coda
Savor those magical and special moments in time GREG BEAN Igave up big-game hunting decades ago when I moved away from the state where I was born, a place where most people filled their freezers for the winter and fed their kids from the bounty of the land. And even though it’s been a long…
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Native American history needs retelling
Thanksgiving portrays stereotypes that some find offensive BY LINDA DeNICOLA Correspondent November is American Indian Heritage Month and also the month when people across the country remember the Native Americans who are part of the Thanksgiving story. But some Native Americans are not happy about Thanksgiving because the stereotypes of their people are often caricatures…
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Are We There Yet?
It’s the holiday season, and she’s in denial LORI CLINCH Although I hate to admit it and would just as soon deny it, it would seem that it’s time to face the music. It’s in the air, just around the corner, and we’re about to be plummeted smack dab into the thick of things. It’s…
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IN THE ARTS
The Provincetown Fringe Festival in Asbury Park and The Black Box of Asbury Park present “Christmas with Capote” Sunday, Dec. 9, at 2 p.m. The performance is a reading of two stories: “One Christmas” and “A Christmas Memory,” directed by Marjorie Conn. Readers include Anne Berkowitz, Cheryl Fitzmaurice, Christine Emmert, Diane Jackson, Lesley Castellini, and…
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Garden photos by a ‘late bloomer’
Photographing nature is an outgrowth of Ann Mary Sage’s passion for tending her garden. “Red Fox” “I am an avid gardener and that is how my interest in photography began,” explained the lifelong Shrewsbury resident and self-described “late blooming nature photographer.” Sage’s first solo exhibit of her nature photographs, “Creatures Great and Small,” will be…
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Strong helping hands
PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Top: Monmouth University football player John Nalbone (No. 16) and other members of the university’s football team unload donated turkeys at the Food- Bank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties, Neptune, Nov. 13, in time for the Thanksgiving holiday. Right: Bobby Giles (No. 34) is handed a turkey by Paul Lonergan,…
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Long Branch students perform at board meeting
Students at the Amerigo A. Anastasia School attended the Nov. 14 public meeting of the Long Branch Board of Education to put on a performance in remembrance of Veterans Day. The students carried flags, signed American-themed songs, tap-danced and a choir sang while the school’s band performed. “For those of you who could not make…
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WLB resident heads special-needs school
Sheryl Gavaras named principal at medical and education center BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH – One West Long Branch woman calls her recent promotion to head the educational department at a medical and learning center for the developmentally disabled the pinnacle of her career in education. Sheryl Gavaras was named principal at…
