Category: Atlanticville Opinion

  • Coda

    Eminent domain battle now on national stage Greg Bean Long Branch Mayor Adam Schneider and the members of his “Schneider Team” should be so proud – they’ve gone from being villains on a local and regional level to villains of national renown. If you read a daily newspaper, chances are that last Sunday you noticed…

  • Park giveaway in the name of progress

    Reference is made to your story “Court dismisses lawsuit by Save Sandy Hook” in the Aug. 3 edition of The Hub and the Atlanticville. I was delighted to read that Judge Mary Little Cooper dismissed a nonprofit organization’s attempt to stop commercial development of Sandy Hook. I mean, why do citizens of this country think…

  • Take a moment to slow down

    There is no time for fun, no time to stop, no time to take a deep breath and relax. All there is time for is work, work, more work and rushing around like the Energizer Bunny. Our lives are ones of constant motion. Always moving, always going from A to B to C and around…

  • Corzine fails to propose real property tax reform

    It should be obvious by now to anyone who heard Governor Corzine’s outline of his plan to fix the property tax crisis in New Jersey that there is no real hope for those most oppressed by this vicious tax. His speech was long on rhetoric and short on real reform. His lack of sincerity –…

  • Obituaries

    Sally Ann Revello Brown Mrs. Brown, 61, of Middletown, died Aug. 8 at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. Born in Belleville, she resided in Irvington prior to moving to Middletown in 1977. Mrs. Brown was a driver at Shamrock Stagecoach Bus Lines, Keansburg. Prior to that, she was a sales associate at Sears, Middletown, and…

  • M’Zum: ‘Come together joyfully’

    Drum and dance troupe’s inclusive call to all ages, cultures, colors BY KATHY HALL Correspondent BY KATHY HALLCorrespondent M’Zum Carnaval founder Marco Fuchs (center rear) poses with some of the troupe’s dancers and musicians at last year’s Fort Monmouth Community Day in Eatontown. Right, Fuchs, marching while drumming, was introduced to Caribbean music at a…

  • Summer potpourri of artworks

    A sampler of the work of a half-dozen artists is on exhibit at The Frederick Gallery in Allenhurst. “A Summer Exhibition of Works by Six Artists” will run through Sept. 2 at the gallery, located at 401 Spier Ave. A reception will take place Saturday, Aug. 12, 5 -8 p.m. Featured artists include Kathy Buist,…

  • In the Arts

    Tonight’s Jazz in the Park concert in Red Bank will present The Tonemasters, blues masters who know how to do it all – Jump, Shuffle, Chicago, Texas. The session begins at 7 p.m. at Riverside Gardens Park on West Front Street in Red Bank. The final performance of the new Summer Jazz Cafe at the…

  • Photo

    Michelle Vechione On Friday, SICA, The Shore Institute of the Contemporary Arts, will present another Downtown Digital program featuring two very different forms of electronic music by Voidstar Runner and The Professor & The Reverend. The show runs 8-11 p.m.; $5 cover charge. The Downtown Digital Series is a showcase for local electronic artists. On…