Category: Atlanticville Opinion

  • Eatontown officials making the right moves

    The rebirth of Red Bank is official. The re-emergence of Long Branch is all but assured. Those two urban communities both saw their local economies struggle through a period of decline and decay before starting their rebound, and the borough and city government officials deserve credit for the turnarounds. By the same token, Eatontown officials…

  • Caring families make Fresh Air Fund an ongoing success

    This summer marks our 125th anniversary of serving children from New York City. In 1877, the Rev. Willard Parsons, a minister of a small, rural parish in Sherman, Pa., asked members of his congregation to provide country vacations as volunteer host families for New York City’s neediest children. This was the beginning of The Fresh…

  • Discussion of tiki huts, other beach issues, needs clarification

    First, let me thank you for your editorial opinion supporting the removal of structures (tiki huts) from the public beachfront in Sea Bright. As a member of the Borough Council, I am glad you got to the heart of the issue and explained so clearly that, attractive or not, structures cannot be built by private…

  • 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. RETIRED COLONEL LOUIS W. PFLANZ JR., 88, of Sierra Vista, Ariz., and formerly Eatontown, died June 30. Born in New York, he was a resident of Sierra…

  • Governor’s order shameful

    Just one day after a new public access law took effect, Gov. James McGreevey placed it under fire. McGreevey signed Executive Order 21, clearly intended to significantly reduce the availability of information that the new law was designed to bring into the light of public scrutiny. The governor said that he did this in order…

  • Prevention First celebrates 35 years of service

    The world today is complicated. Great technological advances have allowed us more options as well as quickened the pace of our daily lives. From cell phones toted with us in all spheres of our lives, to communicating with the world at a touch of a button, to an array of information available wherever we go,…

  • Guest Column

    Deborah JacobsNJFOG challenges governor Deborah Jacobs NJFOG challenges governor’s executive order on records In a news conference held July 15 at the state house, the N.J. Foundation for Open Government (NJFOG) brought together journalists, advocacy organizations and community activists to challenge Gov. James E. McGreevey’s Executive Order No. 21, which virtually exempts the governor’s office…

  • Take down the huts; leave the rest alone

    Take down the huts; leave the rest alone Whatever the political considerations may be and however pleasant passers-by may find the tiki huts on Sea Bright’s public beaches, the Borough Council is right to ask those who built them to take them down. While the owners of the huts may view them as a public…

  • Special meeting wrong place to accept superintendent’s resignation

    On Wednesday, June 19, I attended a special meeting called by the Eatontown Board of Education for the purpose to inform current Schools Superintendent Robert Soprano (as well as the public) whether his contract would be renewed. Based on the Eatontown school system’s progress in regard to technology advances, improved test scores, financial stability, consistent…