Category: Atlanticville Opinion
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Firefighter pays tribute to friend lost in line of duty An open letter to the residents of Long Branch
Firefighter pays tribute to friend lost in line of duty An open letter to the residents of Long Branch This evening, Jan. 16, I lost a friend of mine at the scene of a house fire on Liberty Street. "Bullet" Bob Feeney and I became closer friends over the past several months as we began…
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Guest Column Brian Unger Sandy Hook needs room to breathe
Guest Column Brian Unger Sandy Hook needs room to breathe The headline for Russel Wilson’s Jan. 2 editorial in the Atlanticville was, "Partnership will breathe life into Fort Hancock." But what many of us are worried about is, if the Sandy Hook Partners is allowed to breathe such a strong dose of economic development into…
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Better outreach needed on development at Sandy Hook
An outfit as large and generally as fine as the National Park Service should be able to do a better job of getting important information about proposed development at Sandy Hook out to the public. The Park Service plans to enter a 60-year agreement as early as this summer with Sandy Hook Partners, LLC, to…
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Correction
A $50,000 "smart growth" grant Eatontown received to help pay for the planning of the future of Howard Commons, a housing area at Fort Monmouth, came from the state Department of Community Affairs, Michael L. Trotta, borough business administrator, said. Trotta said that while the federal General Services Admin-istration is overseeing Howard Commons’ conversion from…
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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. IONA E. GRENGER, 93, of Eatontown died Jan. 11 at Meridian Nursing and Rehabilitation, Red Bank. Born in Matawan, she lived in Union Beach prior to moving…
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Fund Drive officials should step down
The director of the Long Branch Fund Drive Association said he will be seeking a vote of confidence tonight when the Fire Depart-ment’s Officers Association meets. He shouldn’t get it. Robert Faye, the director, has been responsive in addressing concerns raised about the organization, but he and the three trustees of the Fund Drive Association,…
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Alternatives to defenseless deer slaughter offered
Something has to be done about the number of deer that are murdered along our roads and cause injury to motorists, as well. How about these suggestions? Why not spay a percentage of them as is done with feral cats? Why not ship a percentage of them to wooded areas? If one purchases land and…
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Gov’s signature gives boro crematorium win
In the unlikely event he hasn’t gotten the message, this is to tell Greg Kunkowski, the operator of Woodbine Cemetery, that Oceanport is willing to do whatever it can to prevent him from opening a crematorium. Over the last few months the borough has sought, by every means available to it, to prevent a crematorium…
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