Category: Atlanticville Opinion
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OBITUARIES
OBITUARIES ELIJAH "SLICK" JENKINS SR., 67, of Freehold died July 20 in a fire at Walter J. Conley Elks Lodge No. 1379, Freehold. Born in Waynesboro, Ga., he was a resident of Freehold for more than 50 years. He was caretaker of the Walter J. Conley Elks Lodge, and a former employee at Silvert’s Furniture…
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Your Turn
Your Turn Guest Column Joseph Tyrrell & Guy Baehr OPRA’s promise remains unfulfilled New Jersey failed to fulfill the full promise of its new open public records law during the landmark law’s first year of operation Implementation of the new law by records custodians at all levels of government went more smoothly than expected, but…
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Fort development proponent needs reality check
Though apparently well intentioned, Mary Lou Strong’s vilification of any and all people who are critical of the National Park Service’s (NPS) stewardship of the deteriorating buildings at Fort Hancock and its ongoing flawed attempt to rehabilitate these buildings by means of a proposed 60-year lease with James Wassel’s "for profit" Sandy Hook Partners LLC…
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OBITUARIES
OBITUARIES NICHOLAS DOMINICK STANGO, 90, of West Long Branch died July 14 at St. Barnabas Hospice and Palliative Care Center, Long Branch. Born in Newark, he lived in West Long Branch since 1989. He was a mutual clerk at the Meadowlands for five years, retiring in 1981, and was the proprietor of Stango Brothers, Newark,…
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Our View
Better facts might help church Our View Better facts might help church’s case If the Rev. Joseph W. Hughes wants to convince his parishioners of his compliant nature and Rumson’s recalcitrance, he needs to do a better job of selecting his facts. In a two-page letter to parishioners, the pastor wrote about settlement talks with…
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your turn
Guest ColumnMary Lou StrongWriter wants bashing of National Park Service to stop your turn Guest Column Mary Lou Strong Writer wants bashing of National Park Service to stop Guest Column Mary Lou Strong Writer wants bashing of National Park Service to stop How much longer can we stand this process of bashing the National Park…
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New Jersey is living within its means
Following several months of debate and many long hours of negotiations, New Jersey has a new budget in place for the fiscal year that began July 1. Like many other states managing through the effects of an economic downturn, New Jersey faced many painful decisions this year over how to maintain programs like prescription drugs…
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OBITUARIES
OBITUARIES JENNIE L. LISTA ZAMBRANO, 95, of Long Branch died July 10 at Virtua Berlin Hospital, Berlin. Born in Long Branch, she was a lifelong resident. Mrs. Zambrano was a legal secretary at the Supreme Court of Monmouth County, retiring 28 years ago. She was a communicant of Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church, Long Branch,…
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Our view
Facts don Our view Facts don’t support director’s decision There is really nothing surprising about National Park Service Regional Director Marie Rust’s finding of no significant impact related to the development of Fort Hancock on Sandy Hook. At the very least, you could say Rust and the rest of the park service really weren’t looking…
