Category: Atlanticville Calendar
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Word on the Street Did the shark attacks off Florida and the sightings off
Word on the Street Did the shark attacks off Florida and the sightings off Not at all. In fact, I haven’t really thought about it. When your number comes up, it comes up. Matt Trainor Long Branch the Jersey Coast make you fearful of going into the water? All the news about sharks this summer…
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Bulletin Board
Charity committee ‘Day at the Races’ Aug. 24 The Monmouth Park Charity Ball Committee will present its 29th "Annual Winner’s Circle Fashion Show, Luncheon and Day at the Races" Aug. 24 at 11 a.m. at Monmouth Park’s clubhouse, Oceanport. Tickets are $40 and reservations are necessary. The event will feature fall fashions by Cohoes, Jersey…
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Young People’s Company performs ‘Twelfth Night’ ‘I
Young People’s Company performs ‘Twelfth Night’ ‘I Dan Peterson, West Long Branch, as Festi; Gloria Frimmel as Cesario; Taylor White, Little Silver, as Orsino; Bryan Cralley, Union Beach, as Curio. would be loath to cast away my speech for besides that it is excellently well penned, I have taken great pains to con* it." Olivia…
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Across a century from Apuglia to Long Branch
Staff Writer By gloria stravelli Michelina Sciarappa It doesn’t take much prompting to get Michelina Sciarappa to break into song. The Long Branch resident, who celebrated her 100th birthday Aug. 4, has a trove of folk songs, lullabies and song-poems from her native Apuglia, Italy. And when she sings, frailty recedes and the centenarian sits…
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Old Bridge may be next stop on N.J. Coast Line
Old Bridge may be next stop on N.J. Coast Line Aberdeen, Matawan mayors pleased about NJ Transit’s $1.3M plan By natalie m. vena Staff Writer The tracks are there, the land is there. The only thing missing is an actual train station. The idea of building a train station in the Laurence Harbor section of…
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In Brief ‘Music Lover’s Day’
In Brief ‘Music Lover’s Day’ in Eatontown Aug. 30 The Organ Club of America, Monmouth Mall, Eatontown, will hold a "Music Lover’s Day" Aug. 30 at 10:30 a.m. The club’s Golden Age Players, a group of senior citizen organists, will perform a free concert during the event. For more information or to R.S.V.P., call the…
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Sun, sand, surf and paperwork
Staff Writer By gloria stravelli CHRIS KELLY Michael Fowler hit the beach back in 1964 (left), and he’s been there ever since (right, standing). What started as a summer job during college has become an endless summer of lifeguarding for Michael Fowler, lifeguard supervisor at Seven Presidents Oceanfront Park in Long Branch. Fowler, known as…
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The Arc of Monmouth receives $5M from state
The Arc of Monmouth receives $5M from state The Arc of Monmouth, Tinton Falls, has received new appropriations totaling $5 million from the state. The funds for The Arc’s Work Opportunity Center’s program, were included in the budget for the fiscal year 2002, signed June 29 by acting Gov. Donald DiFrancesco. Association for Choices in…
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Monmouth introduces insertable loop recorder
Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, has introduced a new cardiac monitoring device for patients seeking medical care for unexplained fainting spells. The insertable loop recorder is the world’s first monitor to be worn under the skin. Thoracic surgeon Thomas Heleotis recently implanted the device in the chest of an 81-year-old Eatontown resident in the hopes…
