• Celebrate National Arthritis Month during May

    Arthritis is at epidemic proportions in our nation. Forty-six million Americans have doctor-diagnosed arthritis and 1.7 million of them live right here in New Jersey. Yet arthritis remains the silent epidemic, overlooked by many because they view it as an inevitable disease of aging. But it is not inevitable, and it is not just a…

  • Tell local officials you’ll pass on liquefied natural gas

    It is tough being the middle sibling of a large family, especially when that family has more then 200 members. Now throw in the fact that a group of private investors wants to come in and build right over my property, and life can get downright scary. The Atlantic Sea Island Group is proposing to…

  • Reader thankful for efforts to assist seniors

    Irecently read an article in the Atlanticville, sent in by Sara Markowitz, 14, Ocean. Sara has founded the charity Generations Eldercare that provides equipment such as wheelchairs, walkers, crutches, canes, etc., to senior citizens. I would like to thank Sara and her mother, Meryl, for bringing me a much-needed walker with a seat, which will…

  • Hunter, deer, turtle better way to settle disputes

    We’ve all used this simple tool to settle our disputes. A simple count to three, and then an assortment of fisted-figures sprout out into the arena — it’s a classic game of rock, paper, scissor, shoot! Well, I intend to put an end to this foolish nonsense on the following basis: nonsense, paper can’t beat…

  • IN THE ARTS

    Pat Guadagno and Tired Horses The Shrewsbury Chorale completes its 52nd season with songs to fall in love by: Schubert’s deeply moving “Mass in G”; Dvorák’s “Songs of Nature”; Brahms’ poignant “Four Folk Songs;” Delius’ sensuous “To Be Sung of a Summer Night on the Water” and “Midsummer Song”; the American folksongs “Poor Wayfarin’ Stranger”…

  • TriCity Arts Tour returns May 15-17

    In the three cultural hubs of eastern Monmouth County — Red Bank, Long Branch and Asbury Park — art happens in the most amazing places. Mark Mothersbaugh exhibit at Parlor Gallery, Asbury Park. And this weekend, from theaters to art galleries and from boardwalks to sidewalks, the TriCity Arts Tour 2009 will take place May…

  • ‘Recent Work’ by Arthur Cohen

    The Laurel Tracey Gallery in Red Bank is hosting an exhibit of recent works by internationally renowned painter Arthur Cohen. “Terra Nova” “Recent Work” features harbor scenes and the Provincetown landscape. The show runs from May 15 through June 5. An opening reception will be held at the gallery located at 11 White St., Saturday,…

  • In Long Branch, they don’t need no stinkin’ commission

    Coda • GREG BEAN Are your town fathers being bothered by pesky members of the local Historical Commission who don’t want to tear down historic buildings so a new Starbucks can go up (attention, Milltown)? Then you ought to take a lesson from Long Branch Mayor Adam Schneider and his rubber stamp City Council (with…

  • Your Turn

    Ocean Twp. budget defeat shows an absence of awareness Guest Column • Lynn Petrovich Icouldn’t decide whether I should watch a Steven Seagal movie — the one where he awakens from a seven-year coma — or write a letter to the editor in response to the article in the April 23 paper about the defeat…

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