Category: Atlanticville Opinion

  • WLB council should opt for new building

    It’s time for the West Long Branch Borough Council to get off the dime and do something about the deplorable conditions at the mold-infested, old Borough Hall on Poplar Avenue. The presence of the mold poses a potential health hazard to the police officers and other borough employees who still work there. The stark and…

  • Condemnation of homes is ‘legal theft,’ resident says

    This weekend, while I was researching properties along and around the north Jersey Shore, it hit me like a ton of bricks as I realized what was actually happening to the Marine Terrace, Ocean Terrace, Seaview Avenue (MTOTSA) residents in the North Beach area of the redevelopment zone. Not only are these residents being forcibly…

  • Obituaries

    Charles Lambiase Obituaries Charles Lambiase Mr. Lambiase, 82, of Monmouth Beach died July 10 at his daughter’s home in Fair Haven. Born in Philadelphia, he resided in West Berlin, N.J., Atco and Rumson before moving to Monmouth Beach. Mr. Lambiase was the retired owner and operator of a food establishment in West Berlin. He served…

  • L.B. Skateplex fulfills county parks obligation

    L.B. Skateplex fulfills county parks obligation Monmouth County’s new "Skateplex" is scheduled to open in Long Branch in little over a month. Kudos should go to the county’s park system for making it a reality. This surely was not an easy project for the park system to undertake, given the liability possibilities, but the Board…

  • Editor’s note

    Gloria StravelliGuest ColumnPartners in the community Editor’s note Gloria Stravelli Guest Column Partners in the community Gloria Stravelli Guest Column Partners in the community If you haven’t scanned this newspaper’s masthead — and most of us don’t read the news all that closely — you may have missed the fact that there has been a…

  • Your Turn

    Mary Eileen FourattGuest ColumnRed Bank Visitors Your Turn Mary Eileen Fouratt Guest Column Red Bank Visitors’ Center chair extols center’s role Mary Eileen Fouratt Guest Column Red Bank Visitors’ Center chair extols center’s role I wanted to respond to one short phrase in a letter to the editor from John Curley describing the Red Bank…

  • Grandson pleads with Bush to save family home (Copy of a letter written June 29 to President George W. Bush)

    Dear President Bush, Grandson pleads with Bush to save family home (Copy of a letter written June 29 to President George W. Bush) My name is Fred Williams. I am 22 years old and was born and raised in New Jersey. I just graduated from Monmouth University, West Long Branch, N.J. My grandmother owns a…

  • Obituaries

    John A. Ciaglia Obituaries John A. Ciaglia Mr. Ciaglia, 87, of Long Branch died June 25 at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. Born in Newark, he resided in Red Bank before moving to Long Branch 64 years ago. Mr. Ciaglia was a lead man at Bendix Corp., Eatontown, for 30 years, retiring in 1985. He…

  • Private interests put before public trust

    Private interests put before public trust Private interests put before public trust The National Park Service has come up with a novel way to give developer Sandy Hook Partners LLC another six months to secure financing for its redevelopment plan for 36 historic buildings at Fort Hancock on Sandy Hook. Marie Rust, NPS Northeast regional…