Category: Atlanticville Opinion

  • For the record

    In last week’s story on the Long Branch Fire Department Fund Drive Association, Stephen M. Fitzpatrick was identified as both a lieutenant in the fire department and a member of the Phil Daly Hose Company. Fitzpatrick is a volunteer with the Phil Daly Hose Company, but he is not currently an officer of that organization.…

  • Association needs to clean up its act

    There are, unquestionably, problems with the Long Branch Fire Department Fund Drive Association. Based on statements of the Long Branch fire chief and a trustee of the association, it is clear that the organization is not living up to the rules spelled out in its bylaws. Indeed, it seems it may never really have done…

  • Long Branch might want to rethink road work on Ocean Boulevard

    Regarding "Ocean Blvd. changes are long overdue," Dec. 20 Atlanticville, what are traffic planners here smoking? Shrinking Ocean Boulevard may or may not be a good idea — without turn lanes, one can foresee lots of crawling, snarling traffic jams, particularly with all the new building in the West End area. This surely won’t make…

  • Useful ferry service: from negligible to nonexistent

    The county’s new ferry terminal in Belford is scheduled for completion next June. By last August, most in the transportation business thought the odds were quite small that N.Y. Waterway, the county’s ferry operator, would acquire the boats needed to operate a useful ferry service. After Sept. 11, further problems surfaced. The market for the…

  • Guest Column Russel J. Wilson Partnership will breathe life into Fort Hancock

    Guest Column Russel J. Wilson Partnership will breathe life into Fort Hancock Thank you for the chance to respond to the recent editorial in the Atlanticville and Hub about the historic leasing program under way at the Fort Hancock area of Sandy Hook. Sandy Hook is a unit of Gateway National Recreational Area, one of…

  • Long Branch should be held accountable for litigation costs

    Bill McGlaughlin’s letter seeking an accounting of taxpayer dollars for nonpersonal injury matters involving Long Branch hits the nail on the head. All Long Branch property owners and citizens should demand this public information, and this newspaper would do a great service by seeking it in its readers’ and the public’s interests. Unfortunately, Long Branch,…

  • Land preservation is at top of conservation foundation’s ‘wish list’

    Holiday time is upon us. And everyone is "making a list and checking it twice." As the new year approaches, our focus turns to setting goals for the next 12 months and resolving to meet them. At Monmouth Conservation Foundation, our mission is land preservation within Monmouth County, and we are creating our "wish list"…

  • Right move in Hornick case; university should preserve farm

    Right move in Hornick case; university should preserve farm On page 12 of the Nov. 21 edition of the Atlanticville, two articles appeared which were quite interesting as they relate to Long Branch and West Long Branch. One dealt with the Hornick firefighting litigation which has become a costly losing battle for the town. In…

  • Blood Services executive director implores individuals to donate

    As executive director of New Jersey Blood Services (NJBS), I urge everyone who is eligible to give blood to please do so. If you have donated or attempted to donate in the past, I thank you. If you have not, I urge you to try. Because of the Sept. 11 tragedy, we had thousands of…