Category: Atlanticville Opinion

  • In the Arts

    SICA will host a special musical presentation Friday by Daniel Higgs, with special guest Daniel Carter. Baltimore-based Higgs is the singer and lyricist of the band Lungfish. He is also a poet, a tattoo artist and fine artist, and plays the jew’s-harp. Carter has been operating on the grass-roots level in New York City since…

  • Five artists in fall show

    “Mosque at Cordoba” by Warner White Frederick Galleries in Allenhurst is presenting a Fall Exhibition featuring the work of five artists. The show will run through Oct. 21 at the gallery, which is located at 401 Spier Ave. Featured artists are: Jay Bosniak, West Long Branch, “Landscapes/Oil on Canvas;” Warner White, Fair Haven, “Photography from…

  • Coda

    Gang summit is a step in the right direction Greg Bean Sometimes, it’s up to guys like me to say things others are reluctant to speak out about in the public forum, and today is one of those days. The fact is that gang activity has been on the upswing in many of our central…

  • Pen-and-ink drawings

    “Mass Transit” An exhibit of pen-and-ink drawings by Long Branch artist Dave McGrath will be at the restaurant Cask 591 on Broadway in Long Branch through the end of September in the upstairs lounge. A public reception will be held Friday, 7-9 p.m.

  • Shore Reg’l H.S. shows where $$ would go

    Residents tour facilities before $50M bond referendum goes for vote BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH — For an estimated $3.5 million, the Shore Regional High School District hopes to upgrade its athletic fields and nearby parking lots. A new 700-plus-seat auditorium, adjacent backstage area and one enlarged music…

  • Shore Reg’l H.S.: Vote for referendum, get state $$

    District would receive debt service, not grant to renovate school BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH – Shore Regional High School District taxpayers are being urged to take the state’s money and run. Actually, it is $17.5 million in debt service aid from the state Department of Education (DOE)…

  • Bishop celebrates the opening of Pope John XXIII

    OCEAN TOWNSHIP – Bishop John M. Smith of the Diocese of Trenton celebrated the official opening Mass for the new community of Pope John XXIII Regional School on Sept. 13. One of two regional Catholic schools to open in Monmouth County this year, Pope John XXIII is a reconstitution of St. Mary School, which was…

  • ‘Ask Not: The Vision of Active Citizenship’

    The Middletown Township Public Library has been awarded a competitive “We the People” grant by the New Jersey Council for the Humanities. The grant will allow the library to present a discussion of President John F. Kennedy’s great inaugural address in its historic context and in light of today’s realities. What is active citizenship today?…

  • Gala marks grand opening of Axelrod PAC

    Elmar Oliveira World-famous violinist Elmar Oliveira will perform in concert at 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11, at the Gala Grand Opening of the Herbert and Eve-lyn Axelrod Perfor-ming Arts Center at the JCC of Greater Mon-mouth County. This official grand opening of the theater recognizes the Axelrod’s long-standing generosity and support of the cultural arts.…