Category: Atlanticville Opinion
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I am a freshman at Penn State University on the UniversiThoughts go out to victims and their familiesty Park campus. I am, however, originally from Red Bank. We were all deeply affected by the tragedy of last week, and a little piece of our own worlds col
I am a freshman at Penn State University on the UniversiThoughts go out to victims and their familiesty Park campus. I am, however, originally from Red Bank. We were all deeply affected by the tragedy of last week, and a little piece of our own worlds collapsed with the colossal structures in New York City…
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Remembering the way it was
In the wee hours of Sept. 14, I woke up crying; I had dreamt I was looking at a picture of the New York skyline before Sept. 11. And with the tears came a flood of memories of living in lower Manhattan. With children grown, we’d sold our spacious house in Yonkers and moved to…
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Community YMCA to offer free counseling services to those in need
On behalf of The Community YMCA, I know all of you will join me in praying for the individuals and families affected by last week’s senseless acts. In the midst of crisis and tragedy, the YMCA stands for values and high morality in the face of terrorism and violence. Our programs and services will continue,…
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Correction
In the Sept. 14 issue of the Atlanticville, the photo of a ferry at sea on page 3 was incorrectly identified. The ship was described as belonging to New York Fast Ferry. The boat belongs to Seastreak America. We regret the error.
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Newspapers commit resources to national, local relief efforts
Like all Americans, the employees of Greater Media Newspapers were shocked, saddened and angered by the tragic events of Sept. 11. And like most of our countrymen, we’ve spent many hours in the last week discussing what we, and our publications, can do to help. This week, nearly all of the reporters for our publications…
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Parents rally in support of Ivy Hedge Nursery School
We are writing to respectfully request that the proposal submitted by Lucille Hoffman to relocate the Ivy Hedge Nursery School, to a location on Brighton Avenue, be reevaluated. Our eldest child is currently enrolled in the school and we have found Hoffman and the rest of the staff to be of the highest caliber of…
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Ivy Hedge School should be permitted to modernize
Much to my dismay, it has come to my attention that the Long Branch Zoning Board has denied the proposal of the Ivy Hedge School to build a new building on Brighton Avenue. This wonderful school, which has been operating for 30 years (and only three blocks away from the proposed site), should not be…
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Student seeks aid for Emmanuel Cancer foundation
My name is Bethany S. Thornton and I am an 18-year-old freshman at Penn State University, University Park, Pa. In my last year of high school at Red Bank Catholic, I was privileged to work with a few people from the Emmanuel Cancer Foundation (ECF) trying to raise funds to make better the lives of…
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Resident applauds board for day-care center decision
I am writing this letter in response to the letter of Aug. 30 concerning the day-care center. The owner purchased a home at this address, had it torn down, and planned the construction of a day-care center in an area zoned as residential. I am certainly not against daycare centers. As an educator, mother and…
