Category: Atlanticville News

  • Police seek suspects in three robberies

    Hispanic suspects in Long Branch targeted, authorities say BY CAROLYN O BY CAROLYN O’CONNELL Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — Police are investigating three robberies in which Hispanics were apparently targeted by their assailants. The robberies all happened in the evening hours of Sept. 29 and Sept. 30. "All the robberies are similar due to the…

  • Two men still sought in robbery incident

    BY CAROLYN O BY CAROLYN O’CONNELL Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — Police have made one arrest in an armed robbery of a business on lower Broadway. David Vega, 26, of Seaview Avenue was charged Sept. 26 with robbery and making terroristic threats. An employee of Order Express, a check cashing business on Liberty Street, called…

  • Lighthouse Challenge set for next weekend

    Fourth running of event encourages participants to visit 11 lighthouses BY SHERRY CONOHANStaff Writer BY SHERRY CONOHAN Staff Writer The fourth annual New Jersey Lighthouse Challenge will take place Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 18 and 19, testing the skill of the admirers of those stately beacons to get around to all 11 that will be…

  • Poetry festival to be part of city’s centennial

    A poetry festival will be one of the arts events presented during the yearlong celebration of Long Branch’s centennial, which is coming in 2004. The Long Branch Centennial Poetry Extravaganza will be sponsored by the Long Branch Arts Council, which has received a grant to help fund the upcoming event. The Long Branch Arts Council…

  • Tuskegee Airmen were pilots for more than planes

    Military unit played important role in civil rights movement BY SHERRY CONOHANStaff Writer BY SHERRY CONOHAN Staff Writer PHOTOS BY FARRAH MAFFAI staff Jazmar Rainey, 13, shows off the new jacket from his mom as Rochel Garner Coleman III finishes up his one-man show about the Tuskegee Airmen for a school assembly at Memorial School,…

  • Council fields complaints from residents

    BY SHERRY CONOHANStaff Writer BY SHERRY CONOHAN Staff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH — Com-plaints about softball, Nolan Drive and business signs were leveled before the Borough Council at its Oct. 1 meeting. Steven Warren, of Monmouth Road, took issue with the West Long Branch Sports Association’s invitation-only tryouts for a girls softball team. He suggested…

  • Perspective

    For Warner, 45 years of putting students firstEducator continuesto reach out as pastorat Pilgrim Baptist Church BY GLORIA STRAVELLIStaff Writer Perspective For Warner, 45 years of putting students first Educator continues to reach out as pastor at Pilgrim Baptist Church BY GLORIA STRAVELLI Staff Writer For Warner, 45 years of putting students first Educator continues…

  • Long Branch fires Hornick again

    City BY CAROLYN O BY CAROLYN O’CONNELL Staff Writer After two years back on the job as a Long Branch firefighter, Joe Hornick is once again out of a job. Hornick was formally served his termination papers Tuesday afternoon following an Oct. 1 decision by the state’s Merit System Board. The board said dismissal was…

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    Veronica yankowski staff Deacon Eugene Somma blesses Tina, a pug, as Desiree Cook and her teacup Yorkie Elvis wait their turn during the Blessing of the Animals at St. Michael’s Church in Long Branch on Saturday.