Category: Atlanticville Opinion

  • Time for an alternate plan for Sandy Hook

    Your Turn Peter P. O’Such Jr. Guest Column Peter P. O’Such Jr. Guest Column Nov. 8, 1999, was a long time ago. This was the date all offerors who were then competing for the long-term lease of Fort Hancock buildings were required to provide proof that they had the financial capacity to perform in accordance…

  • There’s a word for that, and the word is …

    Coda Greg Bean My son was looking for some important paperwork recently when my aging brain went into full-tilt freeze mode. It not only temporarily erased one word I was looking for in my memory bank, it erased two. “Where did you say the papers were?” he asked. “They’re out there in the thing under…

  • Letters

    Candidate thankful for ability to run for council My name is John T. Ferraro, and at this time, I would like to thank the nominating committee and mayoral candidates Alfie Lenkiewicz for giving me the opportunity to seek office in the city I grew up in. I am a third-generation resident, came up through the…

  • Park there, buddy, and she’ll see you in court

    Coda Greg Bean By recent accounts, it looks like lots of people in Glassboro, N.J., think Maryann Cottrell is a real pain in the patootie. We all know people like Cottrell, who see something wrong and decide to do something about it instead of sitting around on their keisters. They’re windmill tilters and dragon slayers,…

  • Letters

    Teen alcohol abuse focus of town meeting Alcohol is the most abused drug by children in our community, more than tobacco or any other illicit drug. In fact, 49 percent of seventh- and eighth-grade students have used alcohol, according to the Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey. This is a serious problem that is not…

  • Board member calls for MacInnes’ resignation

    Your Turn Avery W. Grant Guest Column Avery W. Grant Guest Column Assistant State Education Commissioner Gordon A. MacInnes was quoted in the newspapers as follows, “Critics are right in saying that a lot of time and money has been wasted. That’s a crime. You don’t get that time back.” Assistant Commissioner MacInnes was referring…

  • Students get help prepping for SATs

    R.B., L.B. students get boost for college entrance exams BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer Above, Adjunct Professor Mary Bulvanoski helps local high school students prepare for college-entrance exams during an SAT prep class at Monmouth University, West Long Branch, on March 4. WEST LONG BRANCH – As a matter of choice,…

  • Obituaries

    Christopher P. Tesoro Mr. Tesoro, 72, of Eatontown, died Feb. 14 at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. Born in New York City, he resided in Keansburg He was employed in the Communications Satellite Division at Fort Monmouth, Eatontown, as well as a real estate broker. He served with the U.S. Army during the Korean…

  • If you want good spin, it’s gonna cost you

    Coda Greg Bean Sometimes, I think I’m in the wrong end of the publishing business — the wrong end being the end where people aren’t lining up to give me vast amounts of money to say nice things about them. According to a recent article posted on Adweek.com, the Bush administration and other federal agencies…