Category: Atlanticville Opinion

  • BOE extends contracts to teachers, administrators

    By Sherry conohanStaff Writer By Sherry conohan Staff Writer EATONTOWN — With the opening of school only a week away, the Board of Education voted to extend some teacher contracts. The board, which has been struggling to deal with a $1.2 million budget deficit, rehired 108 tenured teachers, 14 nontenured teachers and various other personnel…

  • Improvements to schools are beginning to be seen

    By carolyn o By carolyn o’connell Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — Construction and renovations to city schools are far from complete, but school officials and teachers are ready to welcome students to the new year. Approximately 5,000 students will soon be filing into the nine city schools, which have seen some renovations over the summer…

  • New school year brings all-day kindergarten

    By Sherry conohanStaff Writer By Sherry conohan Staff Writer MONMOUTH BEACH — All-day kindergarten debuts when the Monmouth Beach School opens on Thursday, thanks to the approval by the voters of a ballot question proposing it last November. Superintendent of Schools Neil Frankenfield said there would be two classes, one with 19 students and one…

  • New principal, assistant on board at O.T. high school

    By carolyn o New principal, assistant on board at O.T. high school By carolyn o’connell Staff Writer OCEAN TOWNSHIP — Two new faces will grace the front office of the township high school this year. Julia Davidow, a 14-year teacher and the supervisor of language arts and reading at the high school, was hired as the…

  • Article brought reader back to days of youth in Long Branch

    The story about Max’s Hot Dogs printed in the Aug. 8 Atlanticville is a wonderful story that filled my heart with nostalgia and conjured up lots of fond memories of days gone by. As kids, we would go to Max’s on the boardwalk usually for lunch, while visiting the Long Branch beach. As I reminisce…

  • Two-party system in county lacks ‘honesty and integrity’

    Let’s bring honesty and integrity back to Monmouth County politics. Let’s get rid of incumbent politicians (GRIP). You would think with the scandals, both illegal and barely legal, that have hit Ocean Township, Asbury Park, Marlboro, Long Branch, Manalapan and all the towns where the "pay to play" crony system is costing us millions, that…

  • WEST LONG BRANCH — Mold has been found in five residence halls at Monmouth University, but a college offi­cial said they should be cleaned and ready for students before school opens. Susan A. Doctorian, associate vice president for Public Affairs, said on Mon­day that the mold was discovered by some employees last week as they…

  • OBITUARIES

    OBITUARIES ANN M. CONWAY MACIEWICZ, 95, of Eatontown, died Aug. 14 at St. Barnabas Hospice, Long Branch. Born in Freehold, she resided in Shrewsbury for 40 years before moving to Eatontown. Mrs. Maciewicz was a homemaker. She was a communicant of St. James Roman Catholic Church, Red Bank, and St. Dorothea’s Roman Catholic Church, Eatontown.…

  • Our View

    Newspaper Our View Newspaper’s policies for political letters updated Newspaper’s policies for political letters updated With election time quickly approaching and letters regarding local candidates for office already streaming into the newsroom, we would like to alert our readers about the policies we have in place for our opinion page. We will not publish letters…