Category: Atlanticville Opinion

  • Photography, ceramics at the Gallery on Grant

    Ceramics by Susan Perl A dual exhibit of photography by Judith Mamiye and ceramics by Susan Perl is at the Gallery on Grant at the Jewish Community Center in Deal. The exhibit features a collection of landscape photographs by Mamiye entitled “Nature Reinterpreted” and Perl’s works from clay and nature called “Transformations.” The exhibit will…

  • Obituaries

    Lois L. Nicola Mrs. Nicola, 67, died June 26, 2007, at Meridian Nursing & Rehabilitation at Red Bank. Born in Brewer, Maine, she had resided in Brick before moving to Long Branch two years ago. She was employed as a housekeeper at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. Mrs. Nicola was predeceased by her mother, Irene…

  • Fort closure timetable must be extended

    On Aug. 24, 2005, the Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders took a very strong position on the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Commission’s decision to close Fort Monmouth. It read as follows: “It is with great sadness and disappointment that we receive the news today that Fort Monmouth has been selected for closure. Fort…

  • Restore ‘oasis’ on Ocean Avenue

    My family spent summers here in Long Branch since the early 1940s and purchased property on Cottage Place in the early 1950s. At that time, Ocean Avenue was a wide street. The big hurricane changed that. It took away the boardwalk and half of the street in West End. The remaining lane was closed due…

  • Ode to eminent domain

    First they came and took the Pit, Nobody spoke up, Not a bit! Then they came for Bruce McCloud, Nobody spoke up, At least not very loud! Then MTOTSA was the bait, MTOTSA spoke up, City said, “Too late!” After that they took the Ranch, Only Elberon spoke up, ‘Cause they’re not Long Branch! Next…

  • Pavilion project a boondoggle

    What a shame that two people have caused such an uproar in the community. There are so many distorted stories about the project. First of all, why has the word repair been thrown out the window and only knock down and spend $3 million of taxpayers’ money? Mayor Susan Howard and James Cunniff are leading…

  • No death knell for eminent domain … yet

    The recent court decision limiting a state municipality’s power to seize a vacant tract of land for redevelopment has been hailed as a major victory in the battle against eminent domain, but was it? Not according to redevelopment lawyers familiar with the case, who insist that the June 13 ruling merely showed the borough needed…

  • Keep ‘Green Road’ free of traffic

    I live on the ocean block of Cottage Place in Long Branch. My parents built this home in the 1950s. Throughout my entire lifetime, Ocean Avenue between Brighton Avenue and Bath Avenue has been closed to traffic. Throughout the years, I have spent countless hours with my family enjoying walks, bicycle rides and other recreational…

  • Public forum should decide Ocean Avenue plan

    As a resident of Long Branch, I have been reading what our city planners are proposing with regard to Ocean Avenue, and I think there are other alternatives on how to bring people to the beach without having them drive up to the water’s edge to unload beach chairs, causing a hazard for the people…