Category: Atlanticville Opinion

  • Letters

    ‘Love your heart,’ ‘Go Red for Women’ Feb. 3 Love your heart. By loving your heart, you can save it. That’ the message the American Heart Association is delivering to women across the country during February, American Heart Month, and especially Feb. 3, National Wear Red Day for Women. Heart disease — the No. 1…

  • School referendum set for March 14

    BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer EATONTOWN –– Almost six months later than originally anticipated, the local school board will ask taxpayers to spend $18.1 million schools toward construction projects at four district buildings. A referendum on the long-awaited construction, which would result in additions, renovations, and alterations to the buildings in…

  • Will the real addicts please stand up?

    Coda Greg Bean It’s certainly nice to see the entire New Jersey Legislature is not made up of hypocrites. Recently, when then-acting Gov. Richard J. Codey signed a smoking ban into law making it illegal, as of April 15, to smoke in restaurants, bars and most indoor public buildings, the bill was like a beautiful…

  • Photo

    SCOTT PILLING staff L. Louis Jordan, chairman of the Youth Committee of the Greater Long Branch NAACP, addresses students at a gang-awareness assembly at Long Branch High School on Jan. 21

  • Letters

    Affordable housing is good for the economy, community We’ve all seen large housing developments with a small number of affordable homes. And we’ve probably been told that the development was necessary to meet the town’s Mount Laurel obligation. But it wasn’t. Creative towns all over New Jersey are meeting their affordable housing obligations without large-scale…

  • Obituaries

    Steven Gosewisch Mr. Gosewisch, 51, of Ocean Township, died Jan. 12 at home. Born in Flushing, N.Y., he resided in Denville, and the Elberon area of Long Branch prior to moving to Ocean Township. He was a music teacher at Howell High School for 30 years, and recipient of the Teacher of the Year Award…

  • The almighty chip

    For smokers, it’s time to prepare for the inevitable. The neighborhood bar you always dropped by for a beer, burger and a smoke while you watched the big game will be smoke-free before you know it. The Smoke-Free Air Act was approved by the Assembly 64-12 Jan. 9, then signed into law by then-Gov. Richard…

  • Letters

    The best act in town New Jersey’s latest legislative event prompts me to pose two questions publicly, which come to mind far too often for comfort. The first: How gullible are the American people? The second: Why are no professional politicians ever nominated for acting awards? For purposes of this discussion, let’s assume the unassumable…

  • High school auditorium dedicated to Borelli

    BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer Vincent J. Borelli LONG BRANCH –– The auditorium of the city high school was dedicated Tuesday to the late arts educator Vincent J. Borelli. Borelli, who taught in the Long Branch public school system for 32 years, died on April 20, succumbing to cancer. He was…