Category: Atlanticville Opinion
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City’s new middle school under construction
Work on new high school expected to beginin next few months BY CAROLYN O Work on new high school expected to begin in next few months BY CAROLYN O’CONNELL Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — For the next two years, business as usual will be a bit different at the city’s middle school. Last week the…
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Obituaries
Rosemary Chimera Loeffler Obituaries Rosemary Chimera Loeffler Mrs. Loeffler, 61, of Eatontown died Sept. 25 at St. Barnabas Hospice and Palliative Care Center, Long Branch, following a battle with cancer. She was born in the Bronx, N.Y. She taught fourth grade for seven years at St. Jerome School, West Long Branch, where she was a…
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Evelyn White Bennett
Mrs. Bennett, 88, of Neptune died Sept. 2 at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. Born in West Long Branch, she resided in the Elberon section of Long Branch for 65 years before moving to Neptune. She was a church organist at Oakhurst Methodist Church, Oakhurst section of Ocean Township, for 19 years. She was…
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Opportunity knocking for housing authority residents
Long Branch’s recent effort to improve living conditions in and around the city’s public housing should be applauded by all segments of the community. As the city continues its push to redevelop, it is important that the most disadvantaged of its citizens not be left behind. By focusing on crime and quality-of-life issues in and…
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Outdoorsman defends hunting as a benefit to all
As I prepared for hunting season this year and was shopping in a local sporting goods store last month, I was approached by a woman and her young son. The boy – around 14 years old – noticed a camouflage jacket I was purchasing and asked me if I was a hunter. The boy’s mother…
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Time for a reassessment of bond issue
In 1998, the New Jersey voters approved a bond issue that allowed the state to borrow $100 million for each of the next 10 years. The cost of this bond was to be paid by allowing the state to withhold $98 million annually from sales and use revenues to purchase land for open space. The…
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Obituaries
Joseph D. Jennings Obituaries Joseph D. Jennings Mr. Jennings, 80, of Long Branch died Sept. 20 at his daughter’s home in Pennsylvania. Born in Trenton, he was a lifelong resident of Long Branch. Mr. Jennings was a meat manager at A&P, Little Silver, for 46 years, retiring in 1989. He served with the U.S. Coast…
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Monmouth University working hard to ensure students make good neighbors
Monmouth University working hard to ensure students make good neighbors In response to your recent article about the concerns from local residents over Monmouth University students living in off-campus houses in Elberon, we would like to provide you and your readers with further information about Monmouth University policies already in place to educate students on…
