Category: Atlanticville News

  • Perspective

    Book of memories offers lessons from HolocaustMany stories focus on moral courage of those who assisted survivors BY GLORIA STRAVELLIStaff Writer Perspective Book of memories offers lessons from Holocaust Many stories focus on moral courage of those who assisted survivors BY GLORIA STRAVELLI Staff Writer Book of memories offers lessons from Holocaust Many stories focus…

  • Clean Ocean Action proposal gets Brick mayor’s support

    Clean Ocean Zonelegislation would guard Cape May to Montauk BY KARL VILACOBAStaff Writer Clean Ocean Action proposal gets Brick mayor’s support Clean Ocean Zone legislation would guard Cape May to Montauk BY KARL VILACOBA Staff Writer BRICK — Mayor Joseph Scarpelli has endorsed Clean Ocean Action’s (COA) calls for federal and bistate legislation permanently protecting…

  • Train room proves ticket to boy’s dream

    Jason BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer Dalton Pederson, 5, helps his father, Mike Pederson (l), and Jason’s Dreams volunteer Kevin Freibott build a new playroom in his Long Branch home for his toy trains. BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — A playroom for his trains is what 5-year-old Dalton Pederson asked for when given one wish.…

  • Condo coalition sees efforts bearing fruit 22 of city’s 27 existing condo associations belong to coalition

    BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer Condo coalition sees efforts bearing fruit 22 of city’s 27 existing condo associations belong to coalition BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — The Long Branch Condominium Coalition is not going away anytime soon. On June 7, the group held its second general meeting at the Ocean Plaza Condominiums where…

  • Singer determined to stay true to her roots

    P-1 vocalist returnsfor July 2 performance in Red Bank BY GLORIA STRAVELLIStaff Writer P-1 vocalist returns for July 2 performance in Red Bank BY GLORIA STRAVELLI Staff Writer The band P-1 — guitarist Stevie Butler (l), vocalist and Middletown native Beth-Anne Arentsen, and bass guitarist Tim Deuchler — has found success as a live act…

  • Area’s first new hotel in more than a decade opens

    Extended stay facility BY SANDI CARPELLOCorrespondent BY SANDI CARPELLO Correspondent PHOTOS BY FARRAH MAFFAI staff Jonathan D. Kurnit, primary owner of the Staybridge Suites in Eatontown, stands next to the new place on Industrial Way East. At right is the heated pool that is available to the hotel’s guests. EATONTOWN — For the hundreds of…

  • Bilked by builder, residents turn to council

    Governing body askedto contact prosecutorto urge pursuit of case BY KRISTIN CHANDLERStaff Writer Governing body asked to contact prosecutor to urge pursuit of case BY KRISTIN CHANDLER Staff Writer LITTLE SILVER — Mayor Suzanne S. Castleman has agreed to do what she can to aid borough residents who say they have fallen victim to a contractor’s false…

  • Oceanport to honor town’s military personnel

    BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer OCEANPORT — With the ongoing conflict in Iraq, thousands of men and women continue to risk their lives in service to their country. For all but a handful, that service is largely anonymous, but for military personnel with a connection to the borough, at least one person in…

  • Niemann in, Dowd out as GOP leader

    Republicans vote 4-1 to oust Dowd from top of county party BY SANDI CARPELLOCorrespondent BY SANDI CARPELLO Correspondent The Monmouth County Republicans’ cry for change was answered last week when 18-year GOP Committee Chairman Bill Dowd lost his re-election bid to Frederick P. Niemann. In an overwhelming defeat, Niemann, 50, an attorney from Wall Township,…