Category: Atlanticville Opinion

  • Our Turn

    Educators appear in no rush to inform Our Turn Educators appear in no rush to inform CHRIS KELLY The start of fighting in Iraq has made people everywhere seek a means of expressing their patriotic feelings, and one area resident found an outlet as near as his mailbox. Now might be a good time for…

  • Your Turn

    Guest ColumnJosephReynoldsBetter plan needed to prevent further spills Your Turn Guest Column Joseph Reynolds Better plan needed to prevent further spills Guest Column Joseph Reynolds Better plan needed to prevent further spills As co-chairperson of the Bayshore Regional Watershed Council, I was shocked at events earlier this month from the breakage of a main sewer…

  • Clarification

    Clarification Grieco’s, a new corporate dining facility at 106 Apple St. in Tinton Falls, opened Monday. Owned by Grieco LLC, the new eatery is operated by local chef Karen Grieco, Red Bank. A photograph that accompanied a business story about the new restaurant in the March 28 issue depicted the sign belonging to the former…

  • Curious cause of constant cloud cover

    On many occasions I have witnessed unusual activity in the sky over our area. This involves jet aircraft flying at high altitudes leaving behind white plumes of trail that, unlike traditional aircraft condensation trails, do not fade away but instead expand into large cirrus-like cloud formations, creating a general hazy overcast. This is not the…

  • Jurisdiction remains an issue for pool plan

    Council declines to acton school By Sherry conohanStaff Writer Council declines to act on school’s request to clarify ordinance By Sherry conohan Staff Writer SANDICARPELLO The Deal Yeshiva school has an application before the Planning Board to build two swimming pools and a playground. The school’s application has come under heavy fire from neighbors to…

  • Our Turn

    Sea Bright council needs to back off a bad deal Our Turn Sea Bright council needs to back off a bad deal Residents of Sea Bright should be happy about the state’s latest bureaucratic meddling in the borough. Because the state Department of Environmental Protection has stepped in to hold up the deal, the borough…

  • County needs to make it easy for voters to get to the polls (An open letter to Monmouth County Board of Elections Chairwoman Barbara Muzetska)

    County needs to make it easy for voters to get to the polls (An open letter to Monmouth County Board of Elections Chairwoman Barbara Muzetska): I urge you to coordinate with the municipalities and school districts to facilitate our precious right to vote by: • Placing an American flag outside each election polling place to…

  • Your Turn

    Guest ColumnJulieBaselloResident: Uses of eminent domain haphazard, unfair Your Turn Guest Column Julie Basello Resident: Uses of eminent domain haphazard, unfair Guest Column Julie Basello Resident: Uses of eminent domain haphazard, unfair This is an open letter to the mayor of Long Branch, the City Council members, Representative Frank Pallone and our state senator. I…

  • Neighbors of school concerned with more than pool

    Deal Yeshiva officials By Sherry conohanStaff Writer Deal Yeshiva officials’ conduct criticized on several matters By Sherry conohan Staff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH — Dorothy "Dot" Schulze doesn’t want to hear the noise or see the beach towels at the pool. Michael Garreau doesn’t want his reading of the Sunday paper in the back yard…