Category: Atlanticville Calendar

  • Businesses advised to prepare for emergencies

    Staff Writer By gloria stravelli GLORIA STRAVELLI In light of recent disasters, SCORE counselor Juan Fret urges small to medium-sized businesses to plan for possible emergencies. The events of Sept. 11 and the specter of future incidents of terrorism are, according to a small-business counselor, a message for small to medium-sized companies to be ready…

  • Soil testing planned for potential park property

    Staff Writer By Carolyn O This lot off Norwood and Bath avenues could be the future site of the city’s Christmas tree lighting. Long Branch — Before the city moves ahead with its planned purchase of a triangular-shaped property, the soil on the site will have to be tested. PMK, Kenilworth, has been hired by…

  • Teacher accompanies students to France for art’s sake

    Staff Writer By gloria stravelli JERRY WOLKOWITZ Using her back yard as inspiration, Lorraine Niemela of Colts Neck paints a watercolor scene. The rugged stone of cave walls, the luminous sunlight, brilliant hues and quaint villages of the French countryside that have inspired artists from prehistoric to modern times continue to make pilgrims of local…

  • stork club Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank, announced the following local births:

    stork club Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank, announced the following local births: Elaine and Jimmy Plasteras of Eatontown, a son on Aug. 2; Joyce and Luis Fernandes of the Elberon section of Long Branch, a daughter on Aug. 3; Kelly and Thomas Treshock of Monmouth Beach, a daughter on Aug. 3; and Tashelle Brown and…

  • Borough first aiders’ suspension lifted

    Staff Writer By carolyn o OCEANPORT – Kerin Slattery and Wes Sherman are back in good standing with the borough’s first aid squad. The two squad members were suspended after assisting at the World Trade Center disaster on Sept. 11. After returning from ground zero, Slattery and Sherman were suspended by Raymond Ciani, the president…

  • Promotion delayed, not denied

    Staff Writer By Sherry conohan WEST LONG BRANCH — With a large cadre of police officers from the borough and surrounding communities looking on, Detective Richard Brand was sworn in as a sergeant last week. Mayor Paul Zambrano administered the oath of office at last Wednesday’s council meeting immediately after the council voted unanimously, 6-0,…

  • ~ Notes Around Town ~

    This russet potato (r) could be mistaken for a fish out of water. The tuber, which resembles a fish from one view and a turtle from another, was grown in the backyard garden of Lionel and Patsy Vassell of Rockwell Avenue, Long Branch. After scrubbing their meeting that had been scheduled for the evening of…

  • Challenge tour kicks off at granddaddy lighthouse State’s 11 lighthouses will be open to visitors Saturday and Sunday

    Staff Writer By SHERRY CONOHAN Challenge tour kicks off at granddaddy lighthouse State’s 11 lighthouses will be open to visitors Saturday and Sunday JERRY WOLKOWITZ Sandy Hook Lighthouse watches over the harbor of Sandy Hook Bay. MIDDLETOWN — The Sandy Hook lighthouse has endured. Throughout more than 200 years, it has withstood raging storms, blistering…

  • ~ Notes Around Town ~

    JERRY WOLKOWITZ Members of the Long Branch Fire Department race to fix a broken hose during the fifth annual Monmouth County Firefighters Competition Saturday at the Adelphia Firehouse in Howell. The appraisal for the "Ranch" in Elberon is complete and, apparently, the value is quite staggering as predicted. The actual assessment for the 28-acre parcel…