Category: Atlanticville Opinion
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Obituaries
Violetta A. Kocsis Mrs. Kocsis, 84, of West Long Branch, died Oct. 21 at St. Barnabas Hospice and Palliative Care Center at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, following a lengthy illness. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., she relocated to West Long Branch in 1959. Mrs. Kocsis was a homemaker. Prior to that, she sang on the…
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Health center director calls attention to HIV/AIDS plight
World AIDS Day, Dec. 1, is the perfect time to call attention to New Jersey’s HIV/AIDS plight and discuss what you can do to help stem this epidemic. As of June 30, more than 32,400 people were reported living with HIV or AIDS in New Jersey, according to the state Department of Health and Senior…
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Community colleges becoming increasingly popular choice
2-year programs gaining respect as gateway to 4-year schools BY COLLEEN LUTOLF Staff Writer BY COLLEEN LUTOLFStaff Writer FILEPHOTO Middlesex County College, Edison As college-application deadlines loom, many New Jersey high school seniors will visit four-year schools, send out expensive applications and scramble to write that perfect college essay — but many others will not.…
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Obituaries
Margaret A. Richards Mrs. Richards, 67, of Eatontown, died Nov. 29 at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. Born in Long Branch, she was a life-long resident of Eatontown. She was a retired employee of Bell Telephone, Red Bank. She was a communicant of St. Dorothea’s Roman Catholic Church, Eatontown. She was a member and past…
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4-year colleges sound off on the admissions process
As more students apply to college, admissions has become cutthroat BY JENNIFER DOME Staff writer High school students spend a lot of time researching colleges — they send away for pamphlets, search the Internet, and go on campus visits. While colleges must do their best to sell themselves to students, students are also faced with…
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Supply and demand driving admissions
In the tradition of the SAT, we ask our readers to answer this multiple-choice question: Trying to summarize your life’s story on a few sheets of paper and distinguish it from a stack of 40,000 others is: A) frightening; B) one of the most important tasks in a teen’s life; C) the act of filling…
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High expectations buoy application process
Senior BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Joy Kimble juggles involvement in several extracurricular activities at Long Branch High School with studies and holding down a part-time job. The senior class president says her favorite activity is being flag holder captain for her school marching band. It began with…
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Junior year plays key role in admissions process
Advisers: Goals should be clubs, community service and good grades BY ADAM RIBACK Correspondent BY ADAM RIBACKCorrespondent Adam Riback Marlboro H.S. junior Junior year in high school is the most important year to rack up the points for extracurricular activities, community service and acceptable grades, according to Helene Unger, an educational consultant from Manalapan. Junior…
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Being the last to go off to college has advantages
RFH senior has applied for early-decision option at U of Delaware BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff Having two older sisters made the college application process easier for Kathleen Clark, a senior at Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School. Kathleen knew what she wanted in a school and applied for…
