Category: Atlanticville Opinion
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Wine tasting to benefit program
LONG BRANCH – The American Legion Post 325 in Eatontown, in conjunction with Ocean Wine & Spirits, Ocean Township, is holding a fundraiser Thursday, March 22, at 6:30 p.m. at Piccolo Forno in West End, Long Branch. The event will benefit the American Legion’s scholarship programs and the “Heroes to Hometown” program. “Heroes to Hometown”…
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In the Arts
Jon Francis will host the musical presentation “Uncanning Worms” at SICA Saturday at 8 p.m. This month’s showcase artists are Death Mask and Bradford Reed. $5 cover. SICA is at 20 Third Ave. Ccall (732) 263-1121 or e-mail to [email protected]. The monthly “Speaking of Art” series at the Shore Institute of the Contemporary Arts in…
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Greg Bean
Coda An election where the few spent the money of many The next time you think your vote doesn’t count, just look at the recent Fire District No. 1 election in East Brunswick, where each of 30 votes was worth about $200,000 in bonding. Fire district elections in New Jersey are notoriously low-turnout affairs. They’re…
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Shore landscapes at Beacon Fine Arts
“Neighbors Across the Marsh” A show of vibrant landscape paintings by Sharon Hathaway will open at Beacon Fine Arts Gallery in Red Bank Saturday. Hathaway’s impressionistic paintings capture scenes of the unique Jersey Shore landscape from salt marshes to cottage gardens.. A transplant to Middletown from the Midwest, Hathaway earned a degree in studio arts…
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Photographic genius evident in Brookdale collection
‘Brookdale Collects’ will run through April 22 at Monmouth Museum BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer “New York City” by Elliot Erwitt, 1974 A photography exhibit at Monmouth Museum and Cultural Center promises to be a visual experience and a sociology lesson at the same time. Four newly acquired photographs by a…
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Wayside School celebrates Read Across America
Students in Mrs. Reiff’s morning kindergarten class listen to guestreaders from the Kean University football team. OCEAN TOWNSHIP – – Wayside Elementary School welcomed Kean University football Coach Dan Garrett and 18 Kean University football players on March 2, to celebrate Read Across America and Dr. Seuss’ 102nd birthday. Wearing their football jerseys, the college…
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Follow the Yellow Brick Road to success on tests
LONG BRANCH – – The students and parents of Morris Avenue School were “off to see the wizard” Tuesday, Feb. 13. The grades K-2 school was decorated and transformed into Munchkin land with Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion heading straight for the Emerald City. Parents and students were given a grid with…
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March of Dimes madness!
A student stands in front of a poster showing the amount of the nation’s donations collected. LONG BRANCH – Throughout the months of February, March and April, students at Long Branch Middle School will be raising funds to benefit the March of Dimes. The goal is to raise $3,000 in the next three months. LBMS…
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Obituaries
Charles O. Burton Mr. Burton, 71, of Cullowhee, N.C., and formerly Ocean Township, died Feb. 5, 2007, following a lengthy illness. Born in Independence, Kan., he relocated to New Jersey in 1960. He was director of the instructional development laboratory at Brookdale Community College, Lincroft section of Middletown, and ran his own commercial art business,…
