Category: Atlanticville Opinion
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Ocean Avenue park needs to be kept traffic free
Who are Mayor Adam Schneider and the City Council of Long Branch representing? Certainly not the citizens of Long Branch! I’m a resident in the city and I along with concerned citizens am trying to stop the plans to open the green acres linear park on Ocean Avenue to traffic. Take a walk on this…
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Long Branch should preserve ‘green road’
I am responding to the July 5 letter, “Keep ‘green road’ free of traffic” with great appreciation to the writer for her enthusiasm and interest in Long Branch’s recreational park on Ocean Avenue. This “green road” is a community gem. Four generations of my family have enjoyed spending their summers recreating on this site. It…
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Homeowners, not rental speculators, need protection
Reading the attorney’s presentation of his case in the pages of the Atlanticville, it would seem that there couldn’t possibly be another side to the one CO per year issue. But rest assured there is. The rental speculators, found a lucrative cash cow in college rentals and these are not without victims. The college students…
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Long Branch neglects upkeep of Green Acres site
We’ve been reading a lot lately about the Green Acres section of Ocean Avenue in Long Branch that Mayor Adam Schneider and some of the council members want to open up to traffic. We walk on that road all the time. Our children and their friends use that road for recreation. How can the city…
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Stop the Fort Monmouth blunder
The letter written by The Rev. Kevin Keelen about “We the people” reflects my sentiments exactly! I could not have said it better. Locally, it’s all the things he mentions but also the entire fiasco about closing Fort Monmouth. Just when we need every brain available (and there are quite a few here at Fort…
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County has high domestic violence rate
Recently national headlines reported domestic violence incidents that resulted in the murders of two women. One man murdered his wife and young son and then took his own life. The second woman was pregnant when her boyfriend killed her. Such tragedies highlight the importance of getting help and support long before situations escalate to dangerous…
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Nature times five
“Royal Flora” by Lisa Gebhard Four perspectives on landscape painting and a group of photographs of flora intersect in a luminous exhibit at the Frederick Gallery in Allenhurst “Observation Sites – Four New York City Landscape Painters” features paintings by Kathy Buist, Assunta Sera, Robert W. Pillsbury and Lisa Lebofsky, and photography by Linda Gebhard…
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A gallery ‘Off the Hook’
“Follow the Sun” by Jennie Meares Four local artists have joined forces for a collaborative exhibit that uses its seashore gallery space as a jumping-off point. “Just Off the Hook!” features works by Vicky Culver, photo collagist, Howell, and photographers Robert Grunke, Peter Lopez and Jennie A. Meares, all Matawan, The exhibit at the Monmouth…
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‘Caught’ at the library
“Janice’s Rose” by Janice Grebler An exhibit of works by local photographers Janice Grebler and Donna Johnson is at the West Long Branch Library. “Caught on Film” will run through July 31 at the library, located at 95 Poplar Ave. Grebler, Oceanport, and Johnson, West Long Branch, have exhibited extensively in local libraries and cultural…
