Category: Atlanticville Opinion

  • All aspects of Lowe’s plan must be considered

    The Eatontown Planning Board certainly seems ready to move quickly on the application of the Lowe’s Home Improvement Warehouse chain to open a new store on the site of the now-defunct Bendix Co. manufacturing plant. In a way, officials’ enthusiasm for the project makes sense. Getting an operating business on the site, particularly one as…

  • Township needs to do more when storms move in

    Despite sharing many of the deserved criticisms of JCP&L’s handling of the power outages caused by the Aug. 2 storms, my concerns rest more with the lack of information and support for Ocean Township’s residents from our administration and elected officials. We all depended upon rumors, most of which were ultimately inaccurate or patently false,…

  • Tiki huts in Sea Bright pale in comparison to changes in Long Branch

    The article regarding the tiki huts should have covered the entire front page of the Atlanticville. (Thanks anyway.) It is almost laughable compared to what is being constructed in Long Branch: an entire condo complex (Renaissance) right on the beachfront, private clubs, etc. Take a drive over here and see an entire beach area closed…

  • Storm came and went, but memories will stay

    It was short, but it wasn’t sweet. Last Friday’s storm may have lasted less than two hours, but as people emerged from their homes on Saturday morning, what they saw was a scene of devastation that topped anything in recent memory. More amazing than the storm though is how well it was handled in every…

  • Too many cars, too many people, too many questions

    It has been a long time since I have spoken out on Fort Hancock, and there have been several reasons for that. I was very encouraged by Congressman Pallone’s remarks at the June 1 public hearing, and even more optimistic after he released a statement to the press in which he asked to meet with…

  • 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. BASIL J. PLASTERAS, 56, of West Long Branch died Aug. 1 at home. Born in Long Branch, he resided in West Long Branch for the past 30…

  • Take the huts, and the flag, too

    Whether happily or not, it seems the tiki hut turmoil in Sea Bright has come to an end. This week Andrew Mencinsky removed his hut, and public works employees were sent to remove the hut of Al Lambiase and a third hut that was under construction on the borough’s public beach. Although undoing the men’s…

  • Jeffrey Ross Williams

    Guest ColumnTime is now to deal with beach replenishment Guest Column Time is now to deal with beach replenishment The clock is ticking. The federal and state-funded beach replenishment project is about to start in Elberon (Long Branch), and this stretch of coast will suffer substantial adverse environmental and recreational impacts unless the state government…

  • Hillel School planning 5,000-sq.-ft. addition

    Deal Road school will exceed 130,000 sq. ft. if expansion is approved By carolyn o Hillel School planning 5,000-sq.-ft. addition Deal Road school will exceed 130,000 sq. ft. if expansion is approved By carolyn o’connell Staff Writer OCEAN TOWNSHIP — Rain may not keep students at Hillel School of the Shore off the playground much…