Category: Atlanticville Opinion
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State at risk, part 2: Chance to save critters
Michelle S. Byers Michelle S. Byers Guest Column One of the limits on our language is that words don’t always convey the full story. When we talk about “endangered” or “threatened” species, for example, most people understand that plants and animals in danger of becoming extinct are placed on federal or state lists that are…
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Greg Bean
Coda We’d all feel better if the punishment fit the crime There was a while in the last decade when, in addition to my newspaper work, I wrote mystery novels. Four of them were published by St. Martin’s Press, and are currently out of print. I gave up fiction writing when I finally had to…
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District will register kindergarten, 1st grade
OCEAN TOWNSHIP – – The school district will hold a second round of registration for children who will enter kindergarten or first grade in September 2007 May 2-4, 9-11:30 a.m., at each of the district’s three elementary schools. A child must be 5 years of age by Oct. 15, 2007, in order to be eligible…
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Fort’s recreational areas must remain public
There was a time, before the tragic events of 9/11, when the general public could enjoy some of Fort Monmouth’s recreational facilities. As the Army now prepares to close the fort, Monmouth County and three towns have proposed that most of the recreational, open space and environmentally fragile areas be turned over to the county…
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In the Arts
The Monmouth University Department of Music and Theatre Arts will present its annual spring concert, “A Concert for Peace,” Friday at 8 p.m. in the university’s Pollak Theatre. Tickets are $10 at the door only. The concert features the Monmouth University Concert Chorus and Chamber Choir and Chamber Orchestra. The focal piece of the concert…
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Students dive in to ocean advocacy
High school students unite to protect the environment MAST students dyed their hair blue to pledge support of a clean ocean (l-r): Ryan Fantasia, Alexa Kretsch, Samy Belfer. EATONTOWN – – High school students from throughout the county launched a spin-off of the ocean advocacy group Clean Ocean Action March 23 Student Ocean Advocates (SOA)…
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Students help fight hunger with food drive
Ocean Township High School students recently collected 510 pounds of food for hunger relief. The high school’s Family, Career and Community Leaders of America chapter sponsored a “Food for Food” drive, where students brought in cans of food in return for a snack, juice or bottle of water free of charge. Not having enough food…
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Lucy McGrath, 14, a student at Long Branch High School, reads her lines during a staged reading presented by the Renegade Readers series at the Two River Theater in Red Bank on April 7.
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LBHS team takes on Euro Challenge
On March 2 and 9, five Long Branch sophomores and their economics adviser, Noah Lipman, traveled to New York City to compete in the Euro Challenge. The competition, which was held at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, involved 24 select high schools from the tristate area. The Euro Challenge was created to promote…
