Category: Atlanticville Opinion
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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…
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Academy of Allied Health and Science earns honor
Monmouth County’s Academy of Allied Health and Science, Neptune, has been selected as a national No Child Left Behind Blue Ribbon school. During a school-wide assembly, Valarie M. Smith of the U.S. Department of Education presented the school its certificate of distinction. The No Child Left Behind Blue Ribbon schools award is one of the…
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Teen driving commission seeks input from public
Colts Neck High School to host Nov. 19 meeting; comments are welcome BY AMY ROSEN Staff Writer The day a teenager gets his or her driver’s license is a day most teens look forward to and many parents dread. The teenagers see the driver’s license as a ticket to independence and parents worry about their…
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MU to receive funds for rapid response plans
U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) announced last week that the U.S. House of Representatives approved a Defense Appropriations conference report for fiscal year 2008 that includes awarding $1 million for the Rapid Response Database Systems Initiative at Monmouth University in West Long Branch. The Rapid Response Database Systems Initiative at Monmouth University was established…
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Kean urges preservation of Beach Club
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) recently delayed making a decision on the permit to develop Takanassee Beach Club. However, the decision will be made shortly. I urge concerned citizens to contact DEP Commissioner Lisa Jackson and tell her not to approve this project. If approved, the proposal to construct 21 single family…
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Sheriff’s candidate extends thanks
I would like to thank my many friends and family for their support during this last sheriff race campaign. It has been an incredible experience and I have been fortunate to have made many new friends from around the county and state. Our goal was to bring professional law enforcement management to the sheriff’s office,…
