Category: Atlanticville Calendar
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Home plan draws crowd
MONMOUTH BEACH — A large turnout of neighbors was on hand at last week’s Planning Board meeting to hear the application of Arthur Zeller for a variance needed to build a house of nearly 7,000 square feet at 20 Lori Road. Zeller, who divides his time between Puerto Rico and the borough, plans to tear…
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Sweet sounds part of ‘Food for Thought’
Staff Writer By SHERRY CONOHAN Sweet sounds part of ‘Food for Thought’ EATONTOWN — Jim Nuzzo, a singer, songwriter and piano player, will provide the entertainment at "2002 Food for Thought," a food and wine-tasting being held by the Eatontown Foundation for Excellence in Education Inc. on April 30 at the Sheraton Eatontown Hotel. Nuzzo…
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~ Notes Around Town ~
Chris Kelly Members of the chorus at Shore Regional High School, West Long Branch, perform at the New Jersey Distinguished Service Medal Ceremony at Monmouth University, West Long Branch, last week. The Long Branch Police Department and animal control responded to a call about a distressed seal found on the Pavilion Avenue beach Feb. 21.…
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~ Notes Around Town ~
Chris Kelly Baraka de Soleil, a member of The Phyllis Rose Dance Company, New York City, performs a tradition Haitian dance at an African History Month assembly at Long Branch High School last Friday. The West Long Branch Fire Department wants to be dispatched by the county rather than through the borough police department. West…
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Making sure ‘herstory’ not lost to history Theater performances draw on record of women’s role in nation’s annals
Staff Writer By gloria stravelli Making sure ‘herstory’ not lost to history Theater performances draw on record of women’s role in nation’s annals FARRAH MAFFAI Kati Beddow Brower (r), founder of Local Commotion Productions, works with group members such as Diane Wran-Farris to ensure through theatrical presentations that the role of women in history is…
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Police seek man who approached child
Staff Writer By Sherry conohan EATONTOWN — In what police are describing as a "suspicious incident," a man approached a 4-year-old girl playing in her yard at home on Knox Avenue and offered her candy, according to Capt. George S. Jackson. Jackson said it appeared as if the man did not attempt to lure the…
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Creation of council seen as positive step New panel formed to oversee compliance with Abbott v. Burke decisions
Creation of council seen as positive step New panel formed to oversee compliance with Abbott v. Burke decisions LONG BRANCH — City school officials are welcoming the creation of a new seven member board to oversee Abbott district schools. Superintendent of schools Joseph M. Ferraina said he expected the new panel to help eliminate some…
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Track becoming a more comfortable place to bet
Staff Writer By carolyn o OCEANPORT — Monmouth Park racetrack will open its racing season with a new look. The track, with a history dating back to the late 19th century, was purchased by the N.J. Sports and Exposition Authority in 1985. Over the more than 130 years of its existence, the track has undergone…
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Army Corps working on repair
Staff Writer By carolyn o LONG BRANCH — The extension of outfall pipes may bring an end to flooding of some city streets. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers which began the replenishment project on the Long Branch shore line in the late ’90s, has hired a contractor to fix the outfall pipes which have…
