Category: Atlanticville Opinion
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PTA legislative committee urges use of helmets
The Monmouth County Council of Parents and Teachers Association (MCCPTA) is an affiliate of New Jersey Congress of Parents and Teachers and the National PTA. We, as advocates for all children and youth, are concerned about the lack of using bicycle helmets. PTA strongly advocates for safety. Parents are concerned about the number of children…
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Resident proposes idea for repairing boardwalk (An open letter to Mayor Adam Schneider)
Resident proposes idea for repairing boardwalk (An open letter to Mayor Adam Schneider): While walking the boardwalk last night and seeing the need for repair, I was considering ways to replace the boards on the boardwalk with no cost to the city. My thought was to simply sell the new boards to people who can…
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Clarification
Clarification In the June 13 story "Same Job, Different Title for Muscillo," City Administrator Howard H. Woolley Jr.’s comments about the duties of Mayor Adam Schneider’s confidential aide Michael Muscillo were paraphrased. What appeared in the paper was a statement that Muscillo was doing basically the same work he performed under the job title assistant…
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Citizens have to lead the way on education funding reform
There is a revolution brewing. It is a revolt about a taxation issue — funding public education through the property tax. There are now well over 100 bills in the state Senate and Assembly that have something to say about education funding or property tax reform. But like thousands of other bills before them, they…
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OBITUARIES
OBITUARIES EUGENE J. DENTE SR., 94, of West Long Branch died June 13 at home. Born in Staten Island, N.Y., he resided in Highlands and Neptune before moving to West Long Branch in 1950. Mr. Dente was a retired avionics technician/draftsman for the U.S. Army at Fort Monmouth from 1942-72, and received an official commendation…
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Our View
Union must consider cost of short-term gain Our View Union must consider cost of short-term gain They might have put the matter off, but sooner rather than later, the Eatontown school board is going to have to address its budget shortfall. The reality of the situation is that, at the moment, the district has fewer…
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Network for women in need is outraged by budget cuts
Though I understand the difficult position of the governor for developing the state budget for 2004, the Displaced Homemakers Network of New Jersey Inc. (DHNNJ) and the people we serve are outraged. The DHNNJ represents 16 programs across New Jersey serving women who are widowed, separated, divorced, have a disabled spouse or one who cannot…
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Our View
Everybody Our View Everybody’s property taxes are the problem Sea Bright officials are finally doing something that makes sense in regards to the money the borough provides for the operation of Shore Regional High School. Mayor Gregory Harquail said the town’s governing body is seeking an explanation of the formula the state uses to determine…
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Merger of roads will not produce savings
With his most flagrant disregard yet for the public’s health, safety and welfare, Gov. (James) McGreevey has signed into law the merger of the New Jersey Highway Authority (Parkway) and the Turnpike Authority. The mega-bureaucracy which this will create is a travesty. Fatalities, accidents and choking pollution will continue to be a problem at (Garden…
