Category: Atlanticville Opinion

  • 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…

  • For the Record

    For the Record In last week’s story "City woman jailed after making bomb threat," Long Branch police Lt. Bruce Johantgen was incorrectly identified as one of the officers who traveled to Princeton to aid in diffusing a situation involving a woman who barricaded herself in a room at Princeton University. Johantgen was not the officer…

  • Proposed lease puts Sandy Hook in jeopardy

    Take a walk or ride out onto Sandy Hook now before it is too late to marvel at the beauty and tranquillity that is so close at hand. Your travels will take you through soul-renewing landscapes that are yours and those of every other resident in the United States, because it belongs to us —…

  • School board may move cutoff for kindergarten

    Hope is that latercutoff date wouldraise enrollment By sherry conohanStaff Writer Hope is that later cutoff date would raise enrollment By sherry conohan Staff Writer EATONTOWN — The cutoff date for kindergarten could be eased by a month, to Nov. 30, under a proposal before the Board of Education. An entrance policy change, moving the…

  • Border collies needed to keep Canada geese in check

    I am appealing to all those who have loved ones buried at Woodbine Cemetery in Oceanport. Please call the owner at (732) 229-7309 and request he employ a company called Goose Patrol. They supply border collies to control the destruction caused by the overpopulation of Canada geese. Because this species is protected by wildlife, it…

  • Your turn

    Guest ColumnPeter P. Your turn Guest Column Peter P. Guest Column Peter P. O’Such Jr. NPS neglect responsible for demise of Fort Hancock As a concerned and involved Monmouth County resident, I have been monitoring the National Park Service’s (NPS) inept and improper efforts to contractually secure a for-profit firm to rehabilitate, at no cost…

  • No rhyme or reason to charges for access to N.J. beaches

    No rhyme or reason to charges for access to N.J. beaches I have visited many beaches in New Jersey, and I am amazed at the variance in costs from town to town for beach access — starting at Sandy Hook, which is run by the federal government. The cost for a season pass is $50…

  • OBITUARIES

    OBITUARIES RUTH L. GIBSON FITZGERALD of Old Bridge died June 2 at Raritan Bay Medical Center, Old Bridge. Born in Hoboken, she resided there and Hazlet prior to moving to Old Bridge three years ago. She was a homemaker. She was a communicant of St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church, Keyport. She was a volunteer for…

  • Our View

    Review of county gov Our View Review of county gov’t. fits with look at state’s health Freeholders in Monmouth, Ocean and Middlesex counties softened their stance a bit this week in regard to a piece of legislation that is before the state Legislature. And state Sen. Thomas J. Kean Jr. (R-Union) made his position clear…