Category: Atlanticville Opinion

  • Local high school musicians bring pride to Long Branch

    On Dec. 8, Long Branch High School sent eight musicians to J.P. Stevens High School in Edison to audition for the region’s II symphonic band, wind ensemble and orchestra. These are musical equivalents of a Central Jersey all-star sports teams. Half of the musicians successfully placed, more than any other school in Monmouth County, except…

  • Changing times call for change in hunting regulations

    The recent story in the Atlanticville about activists protesting the hunting of ducks and other sea birds along the two rivers was well-timed. It reminded me of another news story I read a few months ago about a man named Ket Ket who had come from Cambodia to live in New Jersey. Ket Ket was…

  • 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. MARIE G. MANTOVANO, 86, of Oceanport died Feb. 3 at home. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., she resided in Eatontown prior to moving to Oceanport 20 years ago.…

  • Changing times call for change in hunting regulations

    The recent story in the Atlanticville about activists protesting the hunting of ducks and other sea birds along the two rivers was well-timed. It reminded me of another news story I read a few months ago about a man named Ket Ket who had come from Cambodia to live in New Jersey. Ket Ket was…

  • City laws should be for whole city

    The Long Branch City Council needs to reconsider its proposed ordinance to change the rules for establishments holding liquor licenses along the oceanfront. At its last council meeting the governing body introduced an ordinance that would amend a 1940s-era law mandating a distance of 1,000 feet between establishments permitted to serve alcohol. The amendment, which…

  • 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. MARIE G. MANTOVANO, 86, of Oceanport died Feb. 3 at home. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., she resided in Eatontown prior to moving to Oceanport 20 years ago.…

  • Foundation warns time is running out for Sandy Hook

    We know even less now than we did months ago when the National Park Service first announced its plan to lease 36 of the 180 buildings on Fort Hancock to a private developer. The deal represents the park service’s largest historic lease arrangement on the East Coast, and the little that we know of the…

  • Don’t fix sirens, remove them

    If they haven’t done it already, Oceanport will soon have workers out attempting to fix one of the four sirens that function as part of the borough’s emergency response system. Whether they’ve made it out there or not, the borough should think about junking the sirens for good. Residents in the area of such alarms…

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