Category: Atlanticville Calendar
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Scholarship to honor lost clammers
The New Jersey Marine Sciences Consortium (NJMSC), Sandy Hook, will sponsor a $2,500 scholarship competition for students at the Marine Academy of Science and Technology (MAST), Sandy Hook. The scholarship will be in memory of Neil "Greg" Pearce and William Bourguignon. Pearce and Bourguignon are two local clammers who lost their lives in a boating…
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A day to remember
PHOTOS BY Chris Kelly There were plenty of groups for music enthusiasts to enjoy at the 10th annual Ocean Township Memorial Day parade on Monday. Firefighters and fire engines are a mainstay of any parade. Lori Smith, of Loch Arbour, marches with the local historical association. Ocean Township High School’s marching band members perform in…
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Man arrested for armed robbery
EATONTOWN — A Red Bank man and a 15-year-old were arrested for the alleged armed robbery of a cab driver last week, according to police. Thomas Herson, 20, West Street, Red Bank, was arrested in the early morning of Wednesday, May 22, and charged with robbery and unlawful possession of a weapon, according to Capt.…
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Fort Monmouth joins in Memorial Day services
Fort Monmouth representatives will support the local community by participating in various Memorial Day services May 27. Maj. Gen. William Russ, CECOM and Fort Monmouth commanding general, will be the guest speaker at the American Legion-Eatontown Memorial Day service May 27 at 10:30 a.m. at Veterans Plaza. Brig. Gen. Michael Mazzucchi, program executive officer for…
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Crows test positive for West Nile virus in county
Crows test positive for West Nile virus in county The Monmouth County Mosquito Extermination Commission, Tinton Falls, has been notified by the N.J. Department of Health and Senior Services that three dead crows collected in Monmouth County have tested positive for West Nile virus (WNV), bringing the total of dead crows found in the state…
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Anonymous call results in two assault arrests
Staff Writer By carolyn o LONG BRANCH — Police apprehended two suspects believed to have beaten a city resident unconscious. Manuel Hernandez, 22, of Chelsea Avenue and Oscar Arias, 26, of an unknown address were arrested May 12 and charged with committing aggravated assault, according to police reports. According to Sgt. Bruce Johantgen, an anonymous…
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Trotters, Kuehl, Whitehurst are conference champions
Staff Writer By tim morris farrah maffai Ocean Township’s Anna Brown throws the shotput at the Shore Conference Track and Field Championships at Neptune High School last Friday. Amanda and Katy Trotter keep raising the ante on the track with their continued meet record performances. However, last weekend at the Shore Conference Track and Field…
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Runners flock to take part in Spring Lake 5-Mile Run
Staff Writer By Warren Rappleyea About 9,000 runners have signed up for the 26th annual Spring Lake 5-Mile Run Saturday, which is now the largest 5-mile road race in the United States, according to the race director, Phil Hinck. Despite its size and history, the Spring Lake 5 is not so much a race as…
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~ Notes Around Town ~
SHERRY CONOHAN Heralding the arrival of the summer season, 10 palm trees arrived at the Monmouth Beach Bathing Pavilion on Monday to be planted. Retired Police Chief Patrick J. McConville, a member of the Monmouth Beach Golf Classic Committee which arranges and helps finance the purchase of the trees, guided the loading of one on…
