Category: Atlanticville Opinion

  • Heart attack survivor urges public to learn CPR

    I’m like many of you. I’m a New Jersey resident, a father, I’m involved in my community, and I go to work every day. And like many of you, I never gave too much thought to the importance of CPR and automated external defibrillators (AEDs). That was until I died on a baseball field June…

  • Finally, a pay-to-play law that makes sense

    Greg Bean Coda Does it surprise anyone that the state’s new pay-to-play law has been in effect for less than a week, and already some people have figured a way around it? On March 22, acting Gov. Richard Codey signed into law a measure prohibiting the awarding of state contracts worth $17,500 or more to…

  • All the laws in the world won’t stop bad behavior

    Greg Bean Coda Memo to members of the New Jersey Assembly: Your highly touted ban on talking on a cell phone while driving is a dismal failure, at least judging by the numbers of people I see happily flouting the law on my way to and from work every day. This morning, I actually saw…

  • Obituaries

    Angeline Sentimenti Monaci Mrs. Monaci, 89, of Eatontown, died March 14 at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. Born in Union City, she resided in Eatontown the past 58 years. She was a school administrator for the Neptune City Board of Education for more than 25 years, retiring in 1985. She was a communicant of St.…

  • Boro extends thanks for help during disaster

    On behalf of the Eatontown Fire Department, Eaton-town First Aid Squad, Eatontown Office of Emergency Management, and Eatontown Police Department, we would like to take this opportunity to publicly thank the many agencies and organizations that responded to the Petco store explosion March 4. It was clear from the outside that the magnitude of this…

  • Freeholder reassures public over federal probe

    Each year, the Parks and Recreation Department contracts out construction work for either new or reparation work for our various facilities. In light of the recent ongoing federal probe, as the freeholder liaison to the Monmouth County Parks System I find it necessary to assure all county residents and taxpayers that the Monmouth County Park…

  • Honecker deserves consideration for prosecutor’s job

    I have known Robert A. Honecker Jr., Monmouth County first assistant prosecutor, for over a dozen years, as colleagues on the Monmouth County Human Relations Commission, which he helped to found. In the event that Prosecutor John Kaye is not reappointed, I strongly recommend that Mr. Honecker be appointed to serve as Monmouth County prosecutor.…

  • Support of Red Cross is reflection of spirit

    America is a special place, where someone you may not know will give you their blood, save you from drowning or provide you with shelter. In 1943, President Theodore Roosevelt recognized the American Red Cross as a true reflection of that humanitarian, volunteer spirit and proclaimed March as Red Cross Month, a tradition that has…