• Water main repairs may not begin for months

    N.J. American Water must wait out state investigation BY KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer The collapse of a bridge at the N.J. American Water facility on Swimming River Road on June 27 caused three water mains to break, leading to a county-wide water emergency. Permanent repairs to the damaged water mains at New Jersey American Water’s…

  • Long Branch may expand shuttle after summer success

    Woolley: City may partner with Monmouth University BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Marisa Towler drives the Long Branch Shore EZ-Ride Jitney on Aug. 17, picking up passengers at the Long Branch Train Station with seven stops throughout the city, including the beaches. LAUREN CASSELBERRY LONG BRANCH — Showing a slow but steady increase in ridership…

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    A youngster runs across the sand on a sunny afternoon on the beach in Long Branch on Aug. 25. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • Long Branch looks to stretch UEZ funds

    Jones UEZ will continue to certify businesses in city’s zone BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — Despite the cut off of state funding to Urban Enterprise Zones (UEZ), the city is hoping to stretch remaining funding for the program over the next several years. “If we use these [funds] wisely we can stretch…

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    Letters to the editor may be mailed to the Atlanticville, P.O. Box 950, Manalapan, NJ 07726. They also may be sent via email to [email protected]. Letters should be limited to 250 words; Your Turn guest columns to 750 words. All submissions may be edited for length, libel, content and grammar, and are subject to rejection.…

  • Writer is pleased to see park system’s practice exposed

    Kudos to Suzanne Dragan and her fellow protesters for shining the spotlight on the Monmouth County Park System’s dirty little secret — the killing of the animals at Longstreet Farm. The park system is essentially operating a petting zoo and sending the older animals to slaughter to make room for more cute baby animals. Their…

  • Companies and unions should pay to re-educate workers

    When I attended high school in Brooklyn, we were taught that New York’s main industry was textiles. Then in the 1950s and 1960s, New York companies began “outsourcing” textile production and related industries to southern states like South Carolina, Alabama and Mississippi because the cheap labor in those “poor” states compensated for labor and shipping…

  • Phys. Ed. in school can help combat childhood obesity

    The obesity rate has skyrocketed among adults and children in New Jersey and across the country. Today, about one in three American children and teens is overweight or obese, nearly triple the rate in 1963. Physical education class is an important part of a student’s education. It provides an opportunity to be active during the…

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