Category: Atlanticville Opinion

  • Your Turn

    Barbara CalvinGuest ColumnEminent domain being usedto benefit Your Turn Barbara Calvin Guest Column Eminent domain being used to benefit ‘money folks’ Barbara Calvin Guest Column Eminent domain being used to benefit ‘money folks’ Thank you so much for publishing Mr. Avery Grant’s letter in the Jan. 16 edition of the Atlanticville Extra. This dignified gentleman,…

  • Respect your neighbors, turn down the lights

    A great many people have been moving into Monmouth County for a long time.  Some have  brought bad behavior with them. I am referring in this case to excessive lighting outside homes. Everyone appreciates the safety and security of an entrance that is lit. There is not such clear rational, however, for the lighting all over a…

  • Your Turn

    Mary Lou StrongGuest ColumnDelays at Hook reveal Your Turn Mary Lou Strong Guest Column Delays at Hook reveal ‘negativism at its worst’ Mary Lou Strong Guest Column Delays at Hook reveal ‘negativism at its worst’ Save Sandy Hook’s campaign to discredit the National Park Service (NPS) and Sandy Hook Partners took no time off during…

  • Conservation has to come first on Sandy Hook

    Judith Stanley ColemanGuest Column Judith Stanley Coleman Guest Column Demeaning and vilifying those who don’t agree with their stand on what happens to Sandy Hook is not what the proponents of the redevelopment of Fort Hancock should have done in their latest slap at those who don’t agree with their stand. Since when is criticism…

  • Obituaries

    Eleanor E. Kahn Obituaries Eleanor E. Kahn Mrs. Kahn, 80, of Eatontown died Jan. 16 at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. Born in New Castle, Pa., she had been a resident of Eatontown since 1975. Mrs. Kahn was a homemaker. From 1977-88, she was employed at the Eastern Branch of the Monmouth County Library, Shrewsbury,…

  • Salvation Army appreciates help, but more is needed

    I’d like to take this opportunity to thank the people who so generously contributed to our Red Kettle campaign during the holidays. Although we didn’t meet our financial goal, we were able to help more than 200,000 people with food and children’s toys. Thank you. Your generous support all year long allows us to help…

  • Time to end parkway toll/tax long overdue

    In Gov. James McGreevey’s state of the state message, he mentioned one of his accomplishments was improving the E-ZPass mess. Left unsaid was the fact that parkway toll collecting has left a trail of $476 million in old E-ZPass debt, and $576 million in old parkway debt. To this will be added more than $450…

  • Time to pull plug on Beachfront North II

    2004 is shaping up as a very big year in Long Branch’s redevelopment effort. The city is set to move forward with a redesign for Ocean Boulevard and construction of Pier Village, and the first phase of Beachfront North is expected to be completed. It is the redevelopment that is still in the planning stages…

  • Resident: Right to own a home becoming imperiled

    Keyport residents fear a smart growth initiative will jeopardize their homes. Red Bank residents see their neighborhood interests run rough shod over by the Borough Council so private developer friends can overdevelop a neighboring site for personal gain. Long Branch homeowners are told to get a lawyer when they realize their homes are about to…