Category: Atlanticville Opinion
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M.B. school dedicates run to former resident
MONMOUTH BEACH – Monmouth Beach School PTA will host its annual three-mile run May 12 at 9 a.m. The run has been renamed the Shana Wasserman Memorial Run in memory of former 19-year-old resident Shana Wasserman, who died in December of bacterial meningitis. Shana was a freshman at Green Mountain College in Vermont, where she…
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WLB District seeks to identify students with special needs
West Long Branch – The school district is seeking to identify and evaluate children ages 3 to 14, including migrant and homeless students, who have experienced physical, sensory, communication, cognitive or social difficulties. For information, call (732) 222-5086, ext. 1256.
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Residents urged to give input on Hook assessment
At 2.5 million visitors, the 1992 endangered species management plan for Sandy Hook is a disaster and needs major reassessment, with piping plovers not reproducing sufficiently, and terns and oyster catchers having no productivity due to predation. Among the predators are 250 feral cats, deer, muskrats, and foxes. The fox focuses on the enclosures around…
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Greek feast
Tony Martinez, Elayna Sherwood, Joshua Preddy, Alfonso Estevez Jr., Kishaun Carter, Alize Rodriguez, Latece Reevey, Ahnya Day and Ayana Edquiban. The second grade reading class at Amerigo A. Anastasia School, Long Branch, topped off a lesson on Greece with a tasty treat, thanks to their teacher Ms Caren. After reading a book about Greece and…
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Attacks on liberals over global warming misplaced
A common tactic used by those in denial about the global warming crisis is to “shoot the messenger.” They can’t win an argument based on the facts or science, so they attempt to cast doubt on the validity of those who are telling them what they don’t want to hear. Global warming deniers argue that…
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Inhalant use has become a silent epidemic
If you think huffing is something just the Three Little Pigs had to watch out for, the wolf may come knocking at your door. Huffing, bagging and sniffing are terms for inhalant use – a cheap, legal and easy way that young people get high. Inhalant use has become a silent epidemic. Why? Parents are…
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Renee Freedman
Mrs. Freedman, 78, of Manalapan, died Feb. 24, 2007, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Born in New York City, she had lived in Old Bridge for many years before moving to Manalapan in 1987. She was a teacher’s aide in the East Brunswick school system. Mrs. Freedman was a member of the…
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Taxpayers own Fort Monmouth
When I first heard of collaboration, it was “with the enemy.” Of course, I do not want to consider business my foe; but attending the meeting about Fort Monmouth’s future that Gov. Jon Corzine held on March 14 at Brookdale Community College, I could not help noticing that there was a receptacle at the sign-in…
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Fanny E. Garguilo Johnson
Mrs. Johnson, 75, of Matawan, died March 20, 2007, at home. Born in New York City, she resided in Long Branch and Hazlet prior to relocating to Matawan 20 years ago. She was a homemaker. She was predeceased by a brother, Frank Garguilo. She is survived by her husband, Edward Johnson; three sons, Richard Johnson…
