Category: Atlanticville Opinion
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Volunteer urges passage of proposed AED legislation
As a New Jersey resident, Monmouth County health care professional and American Heart Association volunteer, I am writing to respectfully ask the support of our local media and New Jersey senators to help bring New Jersey Senate Bill S-1106 to the full Senate for a vote. If passed, this legislation could – over time –…
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Ballot approval shows environmental concern
The overwhelming approval of the environmental ballot questions and the high visibility of over development as an issue in many local races are clear indicators of the public’s concern about sprawl in New Jersey. Sprawl and the loss of open spaces and natural resources are the most significant environmental issues facing the state. The governor’s…
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PEOPLE asks freeholders to let town proceed with plan
This is an open letter to the Monmouth County freeholders. I founded and chair a group called PEOPLE in Freehold Borough. Unlike other day labor advocacy groups you’ve heard from recently, we are made up almost entirely of Freehold Borough residents concerned with deteriorating conditions in our town resulting from the influx of undocumented workers…
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Obituaries
Kenneth J. Essig Obituaries Kenneth J. Essig Mr. Essig, 67, of Middletown died Dec. 10 at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. Born in Orange, he resided in Newark prior to moving to Middletown in 1955. He was a letter carrier at the U.S. Postal Service, Middletown, for 38 years, retiring in 1992. He also worked…
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Taxpayers would be winners in a merger
Taxpayers would be winners in a merger This weekend at the regular get-together of area mayors, a number of our municipal leaders talked the talk of municipal consolidation, but only Sea Bright’s Gregory Harquail was ready to walk the walk. After the meeting Harquail revealed that he had approached his counterpart in Rumson, Charles Callman,…
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Sandy Hook development proposal is a sign national parklands are in imminent danger
This paper’s readers, as the nation’s taxpayers who have financed the purchase and maintenance of our national park lands, have the right to know of the National Park Service’s plans for our public lands. As Save Sandy Hook’s (SSH) corresponding secretary, I am reaching out to all activists in an effort to gain their support…
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Reduction of districts won’t solve tax problem
So, Gov. James E. McGreevey has decided it is time to address the property tax problem. Unfortunately, he has decided to try to bluff his way through with a non-solution. Instead of attacking the problem straight on, he has tried to put the blame on there being too many school districts. The idea is that…
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Obituaries
Christopher Dean Mares Obituaries Christopher Dean Mares Mr. Mares, 40, of Eatontown died Dec. 6 at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. Born in Los Angeles, he resided in Hollister, Calif., before moving to Eatontown in 1988. Mr. Mares was a construction worker in the area. He is survived by his mother and stepfather, Geraldine Roy…
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Tax hike should be used to eliminate tolls in state
(An open letter to Gov. James E. McGreevey) (An open letter to Gov. James E. McGreevey) As we hope you are aware, residents along the Garden State Parkway are discriminated against (compared to residents in other parts of the state) in that their major highway outlet is via the toll-laden and plaza-hazardous parkway. This problem…
