Category: Atlanticville Opinion
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Guest Column Brian A. Unger The Pit truly becoming a pit from construction debris
Guest Column Brian A. Unger The Pit truly becoming a pit from construction debris More than a dozen surfers and environmentalists cleaned West End beaches April 27 for the spring beach sweeps campaign, and were stunned at the amount of building materials, construction debris and fast-food containers discarded over the fence and onto the beach…
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Search Day School for autistic kids wants to expand
Staff WriterOCEAN TOWNSHIP By Sherry conohan Search Day School for autistic kids wants to expand Staff Writer OCEAN TOWNSHIP — A planned expansion of the Search Day School on Wickapecko Road will go before the Zoning Board of Adjustment May 9. The school for autistic children has submitted a proposal to the board to build…
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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. VICTORIA SEIDE MAZZUCCA, 27, of Long Branch died April 27 at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York. Born in New York City, she lived in Rumson prior…
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New drug court expected to provide tangible benefits
We are pleased that the state Superior Court in Monmouth County began its drug court program on April 1. With the strong support of Assignment Judge Lawrence M. Lawson, and with Judge Paul F. Chaiet presiding, Monmouth’s drug court hopes to work with at least 110 offenders during its first year. Research demonstrates that drug…
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Water Watch seeking students to monitor Shrewsbury River
I was happy and heartened by your recent lead article about high school students participating in a study of water quality. The report was most accurate and informative. For many years, the borough of Oceanport has been most supportive of its Water Watch Committee’s mission to monitor water quality in our watershed area. Come rain…
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The Shore Regional High School Board of Education should moveQuick decision on staffing doesn’t serve Shore Reg. very cautiously in considering scaling back the positions of its only music teacher and one of the two art teachers.
The Shore Regional High School Board of Education should moveQuick decision on staffing doesn’t serve Shore Reg. very cautiously in considering scaling back the positions of its only music teacher and one of the two art teachers. The proposal to make the positions part time was sprung unexpectedly on the teachers and the public during…
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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. EVA SMITH, 75, of Manalapan died April 12 at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. Born in Newark, she had lived in Marlboro before moving to Manalapan 27…
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New drug court expected to provide tangible benefits
We are pleased that the state Superior Court in Monmouth County began its drug court program on April 1. With the strong support of Assignment Judge Lawrence M. Lawson, and with Judge Paul F. Chaiet presiding, Monmouth’s drug court hopes to work with at least 110 offenders during its first year. Research demonstrates that drug…
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Hook plan provides plenty to talk about
On Saturday people will finally get a chance to allow their voices to be heard on Sandy Hook Partners’ proposal for the redevelopment of Fort Hancock. Well, sort of. What they really will have is an opportunity to let their voices be heard on the environmental assessment of the plan because much of the actual…
