Category: Atlanticville Opinion

  • Police commendation pleases child’s mother

    My 9-year-old daughter and her girlfriend were innocently riding their bicycles to a school playground to play together. On their way there, they were being followed by a slow-moving police cruiser with the lights flashing and sirens intermittently sounding off for them to stop. My daughter looked at her girlfriend with a baffled stare, not…

  • Obituaries

    Eleanor D. Vecchia Mrs. Vecchia, 88, of the Oakhurst section of Ocean Township, died Sept. 17, 2007, at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. Born in Red Bank, she resided in Middletown prior to relocating to Oakhurst in 1972. She was a secretary at Fort Monmouth, Eatontown, during WWII. She also held other various secretarial…

  • The absence of adjectives

    Adjectives usually precede and modify nouns where they can influence our perspective, our behavior and ultimately our way of life, especially if we are American. When I started studying history in second grade, I was fascinated by the American melting pot analogy. So I set out to study it outside of school. My quest for…

  • Politicians often attempt to abuse letters forum

    GREG BEAN Coda In the newspaper business, there are some lessons you just have to learn the hard way. There’s an old maxim in this profession that even if your mother says she loves you, check it out. In other words, don’t believe anything people tell you without evidence, because you’ll be taken advantage of…

  • It’s not only about animal abuse

    The recent pit bull cases of Michael Vick and DMX are about more than animal abuse. Each and every year in New Jersey, 250,000 pets are dumped at taxpayers’ expense at local shelters. Irresponsible pet owners, pet hoarders and unscrupulous breeders have set off nonstop pet-population explosions. Shelters are often bursting at the seams with…

  • Stiff sentences for bribes will set examples for officials

    This past week, federal Judge William Walls sentenced a local elected official to serve more time than was expected by certain people. I am sure the judge received the admiration of many people in our county and state. Come the last week in October, several more elected officials and also former employees of Monmouth County…

  • R.B. is center of universe for indie film Oct. 5-7

    The seventh annual Red Bank International Film Festival (RBIFF) will open Friday to begin a three-day immersion in independent film. “Greetings from the Shore” The weekend festival, which runs Oct. 5-7, offers three days of screenings, filmmaker appearances, panels, parties, and awards showcasing independent and alternative films. Clearview Cinemas, 36 White St. in Red Bank,…

  • October 2007: Conspiracy of memories

    GREEN SCENE Agarden is a commitment. When your roses succumb to our Mid-Atlantic heat and humidity, when slugs eat holes in your hosta leaves and in anything else that grows close to the ground, when vines creep up and smother everything in their path, when insidious ailments attack your prize plants and insects suck, shred…

  • IN THE ARTS

    Compiled by Gloria Stravelli Are you ready for the sounds of some Halloween soul? Then take the soul train on down to the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank Saturday, Oct. 27, at 7 p.m., for “Halloween Soul ’07,” a concert featuring soul legends The Manhattans with Gerald Alston and Blue Lovett (“Kiss and Say…