Category: Atlanticville Opinion
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Something old, something new: Dorn’s vintage images open new gallery
“Serenity Sisters,” Hoyt Photo, Tinton Falls, date unknown. A new gallery at the Monmouth Museum is the setting for an exhibit that affords a glimpse at a trove of vintage images that preserve a record of life in Monmouth County over the past century. “Dorn’s Collection of Vintage Images” is the inaugural exhibition in the…
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Cox, Falcons fly to county championship
Nemhard triples for Ocean; RBR’s Friscia wins 800 BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Above, Red Bank’s Meghan Carr competes in the high jump at the Monmouth County Track and Field Championships in Neptune on May 10. At right, RedBank Catholic’s Chris Haspilare competes in a qualifying…
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Angels are real … they’re visiting nurses
I’m writing this letter to commend each and every employee of the Visiting Nurse Association of Central New Jersey, Red Bank, especially those serving the Long Branch area, for service above and behind the call of duty. They are a specially trained, dedicated group of nurses, pathologists, physical therapists, etc., that, in my opinion, are…
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Surfrider Foundation, not retailer, knows beaches
Bob Duerr & John Weber Guest Column Recently, you reported the American Shore & Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA) and their friends at the Jersey Shore Partnership declared the beaches from Sea Bright to Manasquan among the best replenished beaches in America. As the main group lobbying and enabling the Army Corps of Engineers to dredge…
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Low voter turnout for election disappoints
Today is May 10, the day after one of the most important recent mayoral elections in Long Branch. I am still in amazement with a number sticking in my head, All I can see is 31 percent. Thirty-one percent of Long Branch’s registered voters turned out to vote yesterday. I have been saying all along…
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Zahava Sher &
Michael J. Pagones Guest Column Proposed MAC comes with parking issues for residents Monmouth University has again submitted an application to the West Long Branch Zoning Board. This time it is to build a multiactivity center (MAC) in the middle of their main campus between Norwood and Larchwood avenues. The MAC is to house a…
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Army thanks supporters for help during year
As National Salvation Army Week May 15-19 approaches, I’d like to take this opportunity to thank our volunteers, donors, friends and supporters for their help throughout the year. Without your support, we would not be able to accomplish all we do to help those less fortunate in New Jersey. How do we help those in…
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Monmouth Reg’l Jazz Band swings into spring
Jazz band will play May 16 concert at Borders bookstore BY ANUM AZAM Correspondent BY ANUM AZAMCorrespondent MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Anum Azam, trumpeter in the Monmouth Regional High School Jazz Band, solos during the Jazz Nite concert held at the Tinton Falls school on April 28. TINTON FALLS – After several shows on the road,…
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Rauschenberg posters: an artist’s response to social issues
Show of ‘Protest Posters’ at Monmouth Museum through July 23 BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer “Signs” Renowned artist Robert Rauschenberg has been called an “artist-citizen” for good reason. He believes that artists must be engaged in determining the fate of the earth.” And that is not just talk. Since the 1960s,…
