Category: Atlanticville Opinion
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Media, parties support illegals
Why do the media and both political parties pander to the criminals who have violated our laws on immigration? I am ashamed to see the way you both work to further their agendas yet doing little for the American people and the people waiting for years to come to our country legally. When did we…
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Students shine through artworks
Nadia Real, a fourth-grade student at Amerigo A. Anastasia School in Long Branch, proudly stands next to her interpretation of Van Gogh’s “Starry Night,” which is on exhibit as part of the Long Branch Public Schools Art Show.
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Grocery bags carry Earth Day message
The students in grades K-8 at Saint Jerome School in West Long Branch, decorated paper grocery bags with an Earth Day message. The bags were then distributed to shoppers on Earth Day, April 22, to help make customers aware of ways to save and protect the environment.
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Abstracts at Atlantic Artisans
“Special Vibration” by Lauren Feury ‘Abstract Expressionism,” an exhibit of works by Lauren Feury and Jessica Chiaffitella, is at Atlantic Artisans gallery in Atlantic Highlands. The exhibit will run through May 19 at the gallery, located at 68 First Ave. According to the gallery, Feury, Old Bridge, overlaps oil paint to create a sense of…
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Freeholder delivers civics lesson
Freeholder Barbara J. McMorrow What is a freeholder? That’s a question members of the Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders get asked all the time. To answer that question, Freeholder Barbara J. McMorrow went back to school to teach civics to the fourth-grade class at Wayside Elementary School in Ocean Township, using a presentation geared…
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Mom’s little wisdoms from a cat’s perspective
Just in time for Mother’s Day, Little Silver pet portraitist Kim Levin has a new book of maternal wisdoms dished up by feline role models. Co-authored with Christine Montaquila, “Caternal Instincts: A Feline Guide to Mastering Motherhood” features savvy cats giving tips for raising the young with confidence. “Caternal Instincts,” published by Stewart, Tabori &…
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Dress for success
Students dress in finery to welcome spring. Lots of places have Dress Down Day, but Morris Avenue School in Long Branch decided to have a Dress Up Day. Dressed in their finest clothes, students and staff danced their way into spring at the Spring Fling. The students sang and danced to “Chicken Noodle Soup,” “Cha…
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Greetings from Asbury Park
A special edition of NJN’s “State of the Arts” explores Asbury Park, a small city with a big history, which is undergoing yet another transformation “Greetings from Asbury Park,” airing Friday at 8:30 p.m., with a rebroadcast on Wednesday, May 16, at 11:30 p.m., examines the history and culture of Asbury Park from the 1870s…
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Panter: Military housing plans pose security issues
Tinton Falls sees impact on school district BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer Mix together economics, housing, children and their education, and you get one combustible mess. Add a terrorism bust in New Jersey focused on a military facility, and boom! … clarity. According to Assemblyman Michael Panter (D-12), the terrorism plot…
