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. EDITH BURKE DeMUTH, 62, of Howell died May 8 at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold. Born in New York City, she relocated to New Jersey in 1968. She…

  • Association extends thanks to fair supporters

    The Green Wave Football Association takes this opportunity to publicly thank all those who helped to make the fair held May 1-5 such an outstanding success. Because of your support, we will be able to add to our scholarship fund and further the nutrition program for the benefit of the members of the Long Branch…

  • A note of appreciation from Shore Regional music director

    As director of the Shore Regional High School music program, I’d like to sincerely thank each and every person who attended last week’s Board of Education meeting and showed their support of the arts at Shore Regional. It was truly heartwarming to see how many people care about our program. From graduates to parents to…

  • Second hearing on fort plan slated for June 1

    A second public meeting on the environmental impact of plans to redevelop Fort Hancock on Sandy Hook will be held June 1 from 1-4 p.m. at the 300-seat Fort Hancock Post Theater, according to National Park Service officials. The public comment period on the Environmental Assessment of the Adaptive Use of Fort Hancock and the…

  • Help for small birds says big things about those involved

    We were deeply touched to read your article "Long Branch really is for the birds — and their babies" (May 9), and would like to express our heartfelt praise for Fire Chief Sam Tomaine and all of the other firefighters and participants involved. Their efforts in saving the birds reflect a sincere respect for animal…

  • Right and wrong moves on racism

    If you want to think about racism as something that happens someplace else, this week’s incidents at Red Bank Regional High School should disabuse you of that notion in a hurry. In the span of a few days a 15-year-old girl used a most derogatory term for people who are her classmates, teachers and neighbors,…

  • High school stunned

    by 2 racial incidents JOHN BURTON Following the suspension of a freshman student for making a racially offense comment last week and the discovery of a racially motivated threat scrawled in the boys’ locker room, students at Red Bank Regional High School, Little Silver, held a series of “town hall”-type meetings to discuss the incidents…

  • Council cuts school tax increase by 15 percent Reduction expected to cause delay in purchase of needed equipment

    Correspondent By rob degennaro Council cuts school tax increase by 15 percent Reduction expected to cause delay in purchase of needed equipment OCEAN TOWNSHIP — The Township Council put its 2 cents in and took 2 cents out of the school district’s proposed tax increase. At its meeting last week the council, along with Loch…

  • A beautiful place for learning to grow Community pitches in to create reading garden for borough school students

    Staff Writer By Sherry conohan A beautiful place for learning to grow Community pitches in to create reading garden for borough school students JERRY WOLKOWITZ Fifth-graders Danny Mellaci (l-r), Nick Olsen, Brian Frake, Max Epstein and Kaylee Mikolon look at a waterfall in the Sept. 11 memorial fountain in the new reading garden, built with…