Boro should lower Route 36 speed limit
      An overdue comment on the Sea Bright initiative to reduce the summer speed limit on Route 36: Congratulations to the borough of Sea Bright for taking the initiative to attempt to control traffic on state Route 36, reducing the speed limit to 35 mph during the peak summer months. Too bad the borough of Monmouth Beach didn't join the effort.
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'Moobs' unwelcome sight at beach
      Ispent much of the summer at the beach, and I was distressed and, OK, maybe even a little bit self-conscious, to see that many men now seem to have breasts bigger than my own. I kept picturing that Baywatch ad showing lifeguards running in slow motion, except the men were the ones with the bouncing breasts!
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Official's quick response solved geese problem
      From mid-June to mid-July many properties adjacent to the Park Avenue Estates in Elberon were inundated with geese. The detention basin does not drain, therefore the geese were attracted to the area. Needless to say, the result was not only an annoyance but a health hazard as well. Numerous calls were made, to the mayor on down.
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Repair, don't demolish Highlands bridge
      The Highlands bridge has been here forever. It is basically a historic landmark. I go over that bridge at least four times a week, and I feel perfectly safe. I've been under that bridge in a boat, and never once did I worry about it collaps ing. Alice Kupper [in a letter to the editor] stated that people were self-centered because they do not want their view to change.
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Time for air travelers to demand a bill of rights
GREG BEAN Coda
      My stepfather has some strong opinions, but he's a good Republican and hardly the type you'd accuse of being a rabble-rouser. Last time I saw him, though, he was ready to lead a national revolution, and his target was the United States airline industry, which he considers the most arrogant, most poorly managed, most consumer-hating business on the planet.
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No ordinary Joe
LINDA DENICOLA My Take
      This is a cautionary tale: blogging may be hazardous to your health. I know this to be true because I recently lost a friend who died while blogging. Now, it wasn't exactly the act of blogging that killed him.
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