Category: Atlanticville Opinion
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On Campus
Lloyd Cato, Ocean, recently received a $1,000 scholarship from the Monmouth County Culinary Education Center, a collaboration between Brookdale Community College and the Monmouth County Vocational School District. Scholarships were presented to local first- and second-year students to continue studies for the spring semester at the Culinary Education Center (CEC), Asbury Park. Funds for the…
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CHRIS KELLY staff Residents of the Beachfront South redevelopment zone in Long Branch demonstrated their feelings about the city’s plan to take their homes through eminent domain at a rally on May 14.
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Your Turn
Guest Column Rep. Frank Pallone Rep. Rush Holt Rep. Frank PalloneRep. Rush Holt Last Friday, U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld released his proposed list of military facilities to be closed or downsized under the process known as Base Realignment and Closure, or BRAC. Unfortunately, he included Fort Monmouth on that list. We believe slating…
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Public officials comment on closing of Fort Monmouth
Fort Monmouth jobs not transferable CHRIS KELLY staff Reps. Frank Pallone and Rush Holt (both D-N.J.) held a town hall meeting May 13 to discuss the Pentagon’s recommendation to close Fort Monmouth. It makes absolutely no sense that Fort Monmouth is on the list of base closings released by the Pentagon. The fort serves as…
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Obituaries
Joseph G. Kappel Jr. Mr. Kappel, 70, of Middletown, died May 12 at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. Born in St. Louis, he resided in Middletown most of his life. He was a retired engineer at Telcordia Tech, Red Bank, where he had worked since 1985. Prior to that, he was employed at Bell Labs,…
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If you want good press, it’s gonna cost you
Greg Bean Coda Coda Monmouth County Sheriff Joseph Oxley has a public relations problem — but it isn’t the one he anticipated. Like nearly everyone of my acquaintance in the news business who heard about it, I thought I was imagining things last week when it was reported Oxley had hired a 25-year-old with no…
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Letters
Post-prom strategies for parents Well, it is that time of year again … spring is in the air and we are all counting down the days till summer break. For many parents, this is also the time of year when our children are planning proms and graduation parties. We at Prevention First want to remind…
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Obituaries
Denise P. Hance Mrs. Hance, 43, of Baton Rouge, La., died May 7 at Our Lady of the Lake Medical Center, Baton Rouge, following a battle with breast cancer and leukemia. Born in New York City, she resided in Staten Island, N.Y., and Middletown for 20 years, prior to moving to Baton Rouge 12 years…
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For the Record
The Kosher Meals on Wheels Program gets funding to provide meals through the county Office on Aging as a grant to the Jewish Community Center of Greater Monmouth County. All Kosher meals are provided by the Jewish Community Center for distribution throughout the county. United Way and the Jewish Federation of Greater Monmouth County provide…
