Category: Atlanticville Opinion

  • Family of firefighter thanks community for support

    With deep appreciation, we wish to thank the many kind expressions of sympathy, beautiful floral tributes and spiritual bouquets offered by our relatives, friends and firefighters at the funeral of our beloved husband, father, son and brother, Robert W. Feeney, who died in the line of duty Jan. 16 while fighting a structure fire. We…

  • Public needs to know about plans for fort

    Sandy Hook Partners’ plan for redeveloping Fort Hancock may be the absolutely best proposal submitted to restore the decaying buildings in Gateway National Park. However, we will have to rely on the National Park Service’s word that that is the case. This week Russel Wilson, the park’s superintendent, said Sandy Hook Partners’ proposal and all…

  • Correction

    York Telecom, an Eatontown-based communications company, was founded by York Wang, an alumnus of Bell Labs. Wang is one of the company’s two presidents along with Ron Gaboury. A story in last week’s Atlanticville incorrectly identified Gaboury as a founder with Wang. We regret the error.

  • 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. ROBERT CALABRETTA, 62, of Ridgecrest, Calif., formerly of Long Branch, died Jan. 29 at the VA Medical Center, Los Angeles, Calif. Born and raised in Long Branch,…

  • 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. JOSEPH G. LITTLE, 35, of Jersey City died Feb. 21 at St. Michael’s Medical Center, Newark. Born in Baltimore, Md., he lived in Towson, Md., and Eatontown…

  • Races set for area school board elections No contest in races for several boards, including Shore Regional High School

    Races set for area school board elections No contest in races for several boards, including Shore Regional High School The lineups of candidates for election to local and regional school boards are now set with the passing of the deadline Tuesday to file for a position on the ballot. In addition to candidates, voters will…

  • Oceanport still needs emergency siren

    The Feb. 14 Atlanticville editorial on the Oceanport sirens omits several considerations on this issue and is wrong on one of them that it does address. The existing system is unquestionably obtrusive, but as the borough’s directory notes, it serves community alert purposes beyond the day-to-day activities of the borough’s emergency services. P13 of the…

  • Overpass expansion resembles Holland tunnel

    To someone who has lived close to Monmouth University, I have admired the steady growth of Monmouth College to its present university status, and the many contributions it makes to the neighboring communities. The letter of Gerald Ash in the Jan. 31 Atlanticville expresses some of the negative impacts the expansion has had on the…

  • The right move on Abbott districts

    The right move on Abbott districts After two decades of trying to weasel out of fulfilling its constitutional obligation to provide all of the students of New Jersey with a proper education, it is refreshing to finally see the state step up to assume its responsibility. When Gov. Jim McGreevey created the Abbott Implementation and…