Letters
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February 23, 2015
Heater Warning
With outside temperatures hovering in the subzero range, I’d like to warn residents to be extremely careful when using alternative heating devices.
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February 18, 2015
Good Buddy
My friend June Kline and I have been walking two miles a day between 6 a.m. and 7 a.m. for the past five years. We walk from Lee Avenue in Harvey Cedars to beyond Mickey Mouse in Loveladies and back…
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February 18, 2015
Shameful Indifference
As an American, I am ashamed. President Obama is showing indifference to the plight of our ally Israel and all this country is experiencing.
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February 18, 2015
Summer Stock Solution
Many of us know what went wrong with Surflight, when and why. But of that group I continued buying a season’s worth of tickets every year, just as I have done since 1960, so I deserve to speak.
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February 18, 2015
Don’t Cut Coach
Most of us have heard about Sayreville High School’s football program andthe terrible hazing events that took place. While they are very serious and the head coach should have known what was going on…
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February 11, 2015
Ship of Hearts
What was it she said?That passed by her lip.Setting course for my bedSailing on her loveship.
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February 11, 2015
Double Disaster
My wife and Iare an elderly couple who experienced the trauma of World War II. That was bad enough, but now we are living with the trauma of dealing with a builder taking advantage of us old people.
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February 11, 2015
Stop Discrimination
The following was addressed to Congressman Frank LoBiondo and state Assemblywoman DiAnne Gove and Assemblyman Christopher Connors.
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February 11, 2015
Name Dropping
In the spring of 2014, I appeared before the Beach Haven Borough Council to express my concern about an apparent systemic effort to remove the term “Bicentennial” from all reference to the municipal…
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February 4, 2015
Redefine Progress
The following was addressed to Mark Villinger, principal planner at the Ocean County Department of Planning.
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February 4, 2015
Go Red
On Friday, Feb. 6, put on that red dress, tie or winter hat in support of the American Heart Association’s “Go Red for Women” campaign to combat heart disease.
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February 4, 2015
Dangerous Driving
Please don’t drive when sleep deprived. Your senses can be dulled and delayed, as if you’d been drinking.
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February 4, 2015
DEP Praised
It was very gratifying to read that the state Department of Environmental Protectionis finally taking action against North Jersey’s decaying sewage and stormwater runoff systems.
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January 28, 2015
All About Milkweed
In response to Mr. DiPasquale’s letter last week (“Wrong Milkweed,” 1/21), Mr. Pasquale is correct concerning growing tropical milkweed; however, it is an annual and will naturally die off in the…
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January 28, 2015
Your Vote Counts
It seems like there has been a plethora of “Vote for Me” online campaigns lately. Vote for your favorite bar, restaurant and arts organization messages are flooding your newsfeeds and email. So why…
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January 28, 2015
Hands Off
We the people of New Jersey voted to spend our tax dollars to preserve land for various reasons. Now the state Department of Environmental Protection and some politicos, in their omnipotent way, are…
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January 28, 2015
Bring Pueblo Home
Forty-seven years ago this month a U.S. Navy vessel was attacked and blatantly seized by the government of North Korea. The ship, the U.S.S. Pueblo, was towed to North Korean waters and its 82…
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January 22, 2015
Trafficking Update
Last summer, I wrote here asking for your help in ending global human trafficking (“Combating Child Slavery Starts With a Signature on a Postcard Locally,” 6/25). We collected almost 500 postcards…
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January 21, 2015
So Fortunate
We all should be grateful that people still want to live here on a barrier island. The Islandprotects the mainland. The Islandgets hit first. Yet we make those oceanfront homes even bigger.
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January 21, 2015
King Obama
All hail King Obama! If a monarchy is what we’re after, this man has taken us at light speed in that direction. Armed with his pen and phone and his race card in his hip pocket, not to mention his…
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January 21, 2015
Stop This Insanity
As covered in the Business Notes column by Maria Scandale (“Secondhand Shops Deal With New Rule for Valuables Sales,” 1/14), new regulations in Barnegat and Stafford Township cover everything we buy…
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January 21, 2015
Lack of Leadership
The state has demonstrated a remarkable lack of leadership and a stunning disregard for the residents of New Jersey who are struggling in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. New Jersey has failed its…
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January 21, 2015
Wrong Milkweed
I am writing to inform people of Long Beach Island who have feelings for the demise of so many monarch butterflies and believe they are assisting them by planting milkweed that they may not be…
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January 21, 2015
Missing the Boat
Thanks for the article on the sale of the Doris Mae IV (“New Port for Doris Mae IV After Four Decades in BL,” 1/7). I’m not thanking you that the boat was sold, but thanking you for the article, the…
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January 19, 2015
Fallacious Arguments
The latest letter from theexecutive directorof Clean Ocean Action, Cindy Zipf, demonstrates that she uses fallacious arguments to bolster her position.
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January 17, 2015
Good Experience
The following was addressed to Stafford Township Mayor John Spodofora.
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January 15, 2015
Heavy ‘Lifting’
I was amused by Jay Mann’s warning about TV boxes in the trash (“Parting Shot,” The Fish Story, 1/7). If I can find a thief strong enough to carry my old big box TV into the trash I will be…
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January 14, 2015
Fight Stolen Valor
Are you aware there is a N.J. stolen valor bill being introduced in the state Assembly for vote into law?
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January 14, 2015
Wild Innuendo
NYPD officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos were murdered in cold blood by Ismaaiyl Brinsley, a lone actor with a long history of criminality and an obvious mental illness. He was not murdered by…
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January 14, 2015
Compromise at 8
There was a regularly scheduled Beach Haven Council meeting Monday. Ordinance 2015-4c was on the agenda for its first reading. The process calls for the ordinance to be up for passage in one month…