Category: Atlanticville Opinion

  • 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. PHILIP D. POOLE, 48, of Long Branch died Aug. 29 at home. Born in Long Branch, he resided there most of his life. He was a merchant…

  • Time for Metra to be held accountable

    The latest misadventure of Metra Industries, the Little Falls company doing the sewer work in Long Branch, ended up with the flooding and closing of City Hall. The mess and damage created are just the most recent problems the city has experienced while Metra attempts to fulfill its contract to revamp the city’s sewer system.…

  • Resident doesn’t want Hook to become another Presidio

    As a longtime resident of Monmouth County—82 years, 10 months to be exact—I am very discouraged and disheartened reading about the proposed plan for Fort Hancock or as most locals refer to as "the Hook." I have read the environmental assessment and, as expected, it does not truly project what the "real plan" represents. Also,…

  • Monmouth Girl Scout anniversary a special time for organization

    The 90th anniversary of Girl Scouts of the USA is a particularly special one for the Monmouth Council of Girl Scouts as it coincides with the council’s 40th anniversary. Our official "90/40" anniversary celebration will take place on Oct. 5. Monmouth Council’s 90/40 anniversary provides a unique opportunity for Girl Scouts of all ages to…

  • 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. NORMAN A. DUBE, 87, of Eatontown died Sept. 16 at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. Born in Long Branch, he lived in Penns Grove and Carney’s Point…

  • Sports Association doing more harm than good

    Sports Association doing more harm than good The West Long Branch Sports Association just doesn’t seem to get it. Over the last few weeks the leaders of the organization have gotten themselves into a ridiculous dispute with the Shore Fall Baseball League over the use of Valenzano Park. It’s a dispute they have complicated with…

  • Resident pleads for town to save last green spaces

    With public awareness of the ecological implications of so-called development on the rise, perhaps the time has come to save the Elberon Ranch. For starters, one huge problem aggravated by the recent drought is runoff. Paving too much land severely depletes an already low water table. I maintain that the land the ranch occupies is…

  • Official from citizens group says toll money should not fund arena

    It costs $7 to cross some bridges and tunnels in the New Jersey/New York area. This money is intended for the maintenance of our infrastructure. Some of these bridges and tunnels were built as early as the 1920s and 1930s and have been paid for hundreds of times over. This week we learned at least…

  • Dale Street is not the only site for flooding in Long Branch

    I am writing this letter in response to the cover page article of the Aug. 23 issue, titled "Bad Engineering Cited as Cause for Flooding." I applaud Jeanne Dilemmo for bringing this terrible flooding problem to the attention of the Atlanticville and thus to the attention of the other residents of Long Branch. I am…