Category: Atlanticville Opinion
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Our Turn
Positive aspects to charting a new course Residents of West Long Branch, Eatontown and Oceanport recently received something that not long ago was entirely unavailable — a choice in public education. In January state officials gave the go-ahead for the Jersey Shore Charter School to operate in the three towns, and in September the school’s…
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Z•E•S•TFOR LIVING
Taking listeners on his personal journeyLatest release fromFair Haven musiciantells By gloria stravelliStaff Writer Taking listeners on his personal journey Latest release from Fair Haven musician tells ‘bittersweet story’ By gloria stravelli Staff Writer CHRIS KELLY Fair Haven resident John Padovano has lived a life in music and chronicles that journey in his recently released…
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Agency thanks supporters for brightening holidays
The holidays may be over, but we at Cerebral Palsy of Monmouth & Ocean Counties Inc. are still feeling the holiday spirit. This is due in no small part to the generous community in which we live. It is challenging for people with multiple physical disabilities to participate in their communities, and therein lies one…
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Veteran favors rail service from Lakehurst-Monmouth Junction
The "Your View" column of Jan. 1 expressed support for passenger rail service from Lakehurst to Monmouth Junction. Service also needs to be restored between Lakehurst and Red Bank to Newark/Hoboken. The Red Bank route would connect three military bases in Monmouth and Ocean counties with passenger service — that is, Lakehurst Naval Engineering Center,…
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Teachers’ talk with gov. touches on many topics
Mentoring, charter schools, class size among issues for local educators By libby kesilStaff Writer Teachers’ talk with gov. touches on many topics PHOTOS BY VERONICA YANKOWSKI Gov. James E. McGreevey held a Teacher Town Meeting Jan. 29 at Red Bank Regional High School, Little Silver. Mentoring, charter schools, class size among issues for local educators…
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Summit to focus on education funding
Summit to focus on education funding School officials from around the state will attend a summit next week in East Brunswick to discuss the way New Jersey funds education and how it can be reformed. The event, called "Public Support for Public Education," is being sponsored by the Garden State Coalition of Schools (GSCS) and…
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JOHN PAUL PFANN, 73, of the West End section of Long Branch, and Marco Island, Fla., died Jan. 24 in Naples, Fla. He resided in Ho-Ho-Kus for 23 years, prior to moving to West End in 1990, and wintered in Florida. He was a retired senior vice president and treasurer at I.T.T. Corp., where he…
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Summit will be a useful forum on needed changes
School taxes, long the brunt of our property tax bills in New Jersey and the component seemingly most prone to increases, rose so drastically in so many local communities as a result of last April’s budgets that we can barely stand the thought of another dramatic jump this year. It is hard to imagine another…
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OBITUARIES
Greater Media Newspapers prints obituaries as a free community service, at no charge to the families of the deceased or to the funeral homes that provide the information. RICHARD ENRIGHT, 73, of Eatontown died Jan. 24 at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold. Born in New York City, he resided in Queens, N.Y., and Old Bridge before…
