Category: Atlanticville Opinion
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State errs in linking income and school aid
Let me suggest that you do some reporting that exposes the ongoing myth that there are “rich” and “poor” districts upon which state aid is based. The characterization would be true if there were only rich or only poor people living in those districts. The reality is there are an entire range of incomes represented…
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Board hires interim administrator, principal
Carrea will help guide K-8 district through building referendum BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer EATONTOWN – The local school district is handing over the reins of its upcoming $30 million construction referendum to its newly hired interim business administrator. Before he retired in July 2005 as assistant superintendent for business for…
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Beach cats star in Sea Bright exhibit
“Cavel” David Tanen’s foray into photographing the beach cats of Sea Bright came about by chance. “Sea Bright is my local beach,” explained the Little Silver photographer. “I just happened upon them and thought, ‘They’re so pretty.’ The variety is what fed my interest and that they’re so fancy. So I started taking pictures.” An…
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Not just sock monkeys
“Rebel Girls Labeled Display 3” by Bethany Jean Fancher The fall art season has kicked off at the Shore Institute of the Contemporary Arts (SICA) in Long Branch, where “Stuff It!” has opened. The exhibit, which runs through Oct. 6, provides a sampling of works by artists who use the stuffed object in their work.…
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Basie supporters, stand up and take a bow
The New Jersey State Council on the Arts has designated the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank as a Major Presenting Organization in the state of New Jersey for Fiscal Year 2007-08. The honor recognizes the theater’s “solid history of artistic excellence, substantial programming and broad public service” the agency said in a letter to…
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Joint exhibit documents Towers before, post 9/11
Veronica Yankowski “9/11” Brookdale Community College is hosting a pre- and post-9/11 photographic tribute by award-winning photographers Gary Gellman, of Howell, and Veronica L. Yankowski, of Bloomfield. The special exhibit will be on display at the Western Monmouth Branch campus, 3680 Route 9 south, Freehold, through Sept. 20. Monday through Thursday viewing hours are 10…
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Yo, Mozart!
Do you know a child who loves to invent melodies? “Hey, Mozart,” Hartwick College’s Child Composer Project, is sponsoring a competition for melodies composed by children up to age 12 who live in New York, New Jersey, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut and New Hampshire. The deadline for application submissions is Sept. 10. To download an application…
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Jazz concert for Save Sandy Hook Sept. 10
Save Sandy Hook will hold a fundraiser featuring the Leif Arntzen jazz trio Sept. 10 from 4-6 p.m. at the riverfront home of Judith Stanley Coleman, Middletown. Coleman is president of Save Sandy Hook. Concert proceeds will help support the group’s legal efforts to keep businesses out of Fort Hancock, Sandy Hook. The event will…
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City would take homes to house ‘other people’
On Aug. 30, the Institute for Justice of Arlington, Va., and state Public Advocate Ronald Chen announced they will join the fight against eminent domain abuse to preserve the constitutional rights of the families in the MTOTSA neighborhood in Long Branch. Curiously enough, the delivery of mail that very afternoon brought certified letters from the…
