Category: Atlanticville Opinion

  • Repair, don’t demolish Highlands bridge

    The Highlands bridge has been here forever. It is basically a historic landmark. I go over that bridge at least four times a week, and I feel perfectly safe. I’ve been under that bridge in a boat, and never once did I worry about it collaps ing. Alice Kupper [in a letter to the editor]…

  • Time for air travelers to demand a bill of rights

    GREG BEAN Coda My stepfather has some strong opinions, but he’s a good Republican and hardly the type you’d accuse of being a rabble-rouser. Last time I saw him, though, he was ready to lead a national revolution, and his target was the United States airline industry, which he considers the most arrogant, most poorly…

  • No ordinary Joe

    LINDA DENICOLA My Take This is a cautionary tale: blogging may be hazardous to your health. I know this to be true because I recently lost a friend who died while blogging. Now, it wasn’t exactly the act of blogging that killed him. But if he had been more mindful of his surroundings, he might…

  • Article

    Park Players will present the feminist comedy “Parallel Lives,” written by Mo Gaffney and Kathy Najimy, of the popular “Kathy and Mo Show,” at the historic Paramount Theatre. Samantha Beedle and Diana Limon, directed by Robert Bradshaw, will portray over 50 characters in a series of scenes that comment on many aspects of womanhood, sexuality…

  • IN THE ARTS

    “Forever Plaid” Michael Bolton will appear at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank, Thursday, Aug. 23, at 8 p.m. Since his debut release in 1975, Bolton has received two Grammy Awards, six American Music Awards, including three for favorite male artist (Pop), and earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Tickets: $75-$42…

  • Article

    Loretta Lynn, with guests The Wrights, will appear at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank Saturday, Aug. 25, at 8 p.m. The queen of country music’s most recent record, “Van Lear Rose,” proves Lynn correct when she says, “I haven’t changed with the times, the times have followed me.” Tickets: $100 – $20 at…

  • Photo

    Herbie Hancock will appear at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank Tuesday, Aug. 28, at 8 p.m. Jazz pianist Hancock transcends genres and leaves his creative imprint on everything he does. Tickets: $59.50 – $20 at the box office: (732) 842- 1900, 99 Monmouth St. or www.countbasietheatre.org.

  • Local stone carver creating 9/11 police memorial

    Franco Minervini completing project for police foundation BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent When Franco Minervini was a young boy in his hometown of Molfetta, Italy, he helped his grandfather, Michael, who was a stone carver. Little did he know then that he would continue his family’s tradition of stone carving. PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Stone…

  • Jazz concert to benefit open space preservation

    Acclaimed jazz singer and guitarist John Pizzarelli will perform in a concert benefiting the land preservation efforts of The Monmouth Conservation Foundation Friday, Aug. 24, at 8 p.m. at the Two River Theater in Red Bank. A cocktail reception beginning at 6:30 p.m. will precede the concert. Pizzarelli has developed an international career by singing…