Category: Atlanticville Opinion
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City tries hard to block advocates for homeowners
Why is the city fighting so hard to deny working-class homeowners their legal advocates? The attempt to stop a public interest law firm from representing the homeowners failed. Now, the Public Advocate’s support for the homeowners is being challenged. By every measure, every poll, the public is overwhelmingly against taking private property to give to…
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Leona May Marshall
Mrs. Marshall, 72, of Freehold, died Dec. 8, 2006, at home. Born in Long Branch, she had resided in Freehold for most of her life. Prior to retiring in 1993, she was employed as a certified nurse aide at the John L. Montgomery Medical Home, Freehold Township, for more than 20 years. She was a…
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Musician strikes a chord with community
BY LARRY RAPPOPORT Correspondent BY LARRY RAPPOPORTCorrespondent Eric Ginsberg may play solo, but he’s never alone. The Red Bank Music Community (RBMC) is behind him. A singer/songwriter/musician, Ginsberg pioneered the RBMC more than three years ago with his boundless energy and just a songwriters’ workshop. Since then he has added a drummers circle, an open…
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City: What housing shortfall?
Members of the Concerned Citizens Coalition tried last week to address concerns about the city’s stock of affordable and low-income housing. The group brought concerns that the redevelopment is shrinking the city’s supply of affordable housing to a meeting with city officials. The coalition made an offer to work together to address the issue with…
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In the Arts
On Dec. 2, teachers and students from nine Monmouth County high schools attended a “Performing Shakespeare Workshop” at Red Bank Regional High School in Little Silver. The day-long event was sponsored by the Monmouth County English-Speaking Union in cooperation with RBR’s Performing Arts Department. Mini-workshops were given by teachers who had studied at the International…
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Guest Column
Your Turn William J. Ward Staying the course of city’s eminent domain seizures When property owners contest a condemning authority’s right to take, a stay is automatic under the Eminent Domain Act of 1971. The stay dissipates once the trial court issues findings of fact and conclusions of law upholding the right to take the…
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Art, the gift that keeps on giving
“Beach Shells” by Marie Mitchell-Listner ‘Give the Gift of Art” is on exhibit in the main gallery of the Guild of Creative Art in Shrewsbury throughout the holiday season. The all-member exhibit and sale of works in different mediums showcases art for holiday giving. The guild is located at 620 Broad St. Gallery hours are…
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PHOTOS BY JIM REME Top, Charise Johnson, Monmouth University basketball player, gives a gift to Brandon, a student at Schroth School – Ladacin Network in Ocean Township. Above, Mike York, MU track team member, spends time with Schroth School student Matth
PHOTOS BY JIM REME Top, Charise Johnson, Monmouth University basketball player, gives a gift to Brandon, a student at Schroth School – Ladacin Network in Ocean Township. Above, Mike York, MU track team member, spends time with Schroth School student Matthew during the athletic teams’ annual visit Dec. 14.
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Watercolor landscapes at WLB library
“Egrets Flying” by Leon Mroczkowski Watercolor landscapes by Leonia Mroczkowski are on display during the month of December at the West Long Branch Public Library, 95 Poplar Ave. Included in the exhibit are 19 paintings that reveal her love of the landscape. Her latest work has received recognition in juried shows, the most recent being…
