Category: Atlanticville Opinion
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Paskin extends gracious thanks to supporters
My sincere thanks to all the many friends and supporters who turned out to vote for me in the recent election for the West Long Branch council. Defeat is always a disappointment but it is consoling to know Joe Woolley, whom the voters returned to office together with the rest of the Republican team, will…
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Our view City needs to say what it spent on Hornick case
Our view City needs to say what it spent on Hornick case After years of legal battles, Joe Hornick is back on the job as a firefighter in Long Branch. City officials still believe he should not be, but he is because, according to Mayor Adam Schneider, "The cost of this fight is getting too…
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Guest Column Jerome E. Brady
Guest Column Jerome E. Brady In regard to your editorial concerning police contracts published in the Nov. 15 edition, please allow me to clarify the situation more clearly to your readers. In the 1980s I was a member of the PBA 305 salary negotiating committee for at least four contracts spanning the decade. During those…
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Let us hear from you…
If you have something to say, the Atlanticville wants to hear from you. Letters to the editor will be published weekly on the editorial page. All letters should be typed or neatly printed and must include a daytime telephone number, at which the writer may be reached for verification. Letters should be as concise as…
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Take a second look at police contracts
If someone told you starting salaries and the salary scale for new hires in the Eatontown Police Department were going down, your initial thought would likely be that the Eatontown Borough Council was trying to act fiscally prudent. Upon seeing what those salaries and that scale were, and where they are going, you would not…
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Guest Column Michael A. Keats Cemetery pushing crematorium through a loophole in the law
Guest Column Michael A. Keats Cemetery pushing crematorium through a loophole in the law As I rake the leaves of fall, I look across the street at an old wooden building that is proposed as the latest site for Woodbine Cemetery’s planned crematorium. While I would be prosecuted for burning the leaves I rake here…
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NJ Transit gets most out of heading west
NJ Transit is covering all its bases. That’s what you have to do when you seek federal money for a project. In NJ Transit’s case, it has announced plans to investigate a third option for its proposed MOM (Monmouth-Ocean-Middlesex) line. It is doing so as a means of addressing criticism from people along a proposed…
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Correction
In last week’s story on the proposed crematorium in Oceanport we incorrectly reported that the nearest crematorium is in Linden. There is a similar facility in Tinton Falls. We regret the error.
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The Salvation Army thanks supporters and volunteers
In the wake of the Sept. 11 tragedy, I want to share with the public that the Salvation Army’s New Jersey Division is not only on the scene, but doing everything humanly possible for the victims, their families and all rescue personnel. The New Jersey Division has several canteens, located in New York and New…
