Category: Atlanticville News
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SRHS expanding honors offerings High school also plans to create additional SAT prep courses
Staff Writer By Sherry conohan SRHS expanding honors offerings High school also plans to create additional SAT prep courses WEST LONG BRANCH — To compete with the county’s career academies, Shore Regional High School (SRHS) has begun to expand its honors program to include incoming freshmen. The Shore Regional High School Board of Education at…
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New programs expected to improve test scores Scores for city school’s students lag behind others in area, but are on the rise
Staff Writer By carolyn o New programs expected to improve test scores Scores for city school’s students lag behind others in area, but are on the rise LONG BRANCH — Scores on state-mandated tests for fourth-grade students in the city’s schools are continuing to lag behind the county average, but according to Schools Superintendent Joseph…
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City keeping Trenton lobbyist another year Mayor credits firm with helping to acquire redevelopment funds
Staff Writer By carolyn o City keeping Trenton lobbyist another year Mayor credits firm with helping to acquire redevelopment funds LONG BRANCH — The expense of paying a lobbying firm to corral state money has paid off big, city officials say. So big that the mayor and City Council have passed a resolution authorizing the…
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Rolling ambassadors keep Commerce Bank connected Regional bank’s fleet of messengers has expanded with growing company
Staff Writer By gloria stravelli Rolling ambassadors keep Commerce Bank connected Regional bank’s fleet of messengers has expanded with growing company JERRY WOLKOWITZ Commerce Bank courier Donald Chamberlain of Tinton Falls gets to know bank staff and customers as he delivers mail between branches. They don’t wear blue uniforms and they aren’t chased by neighborhood…
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‘Remember! Celebrate! Act! A Day On, Not a Day Off!’
‘Remember! Celebrate! Act! A Day On, Not a Day Off!’ The Rev. Millard W. Harris Jr. was the featured speaker at the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Observance Service at Fort Monmouth Post Chapel on Jan. 16. Harris was pastor of Pilgrim Baptist Church in Red Bank from August 1975 until his retirement in…
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Family remembers a fine firefighter and happy father
Staff Writer By carolyn o VERONICA YANKOWSKI Members of the Phil Daly Fire Company carry the casket of Robert W. Feeney out of the church after his funeral Mass on Monday. Those who speak of Robert W. Feeney describe him as a devoted man who has touched the lives of many, far beyond his immediate…
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Clerk files suit against boro, claiming unfair practices
Staff Writer By Sherry conohan MONMOUTH BEACH — Borough Clerk Bonnie Moore has filed suit against the borough, Mayor James P. McConville III and Commissioner James F. Cunniff, charging an effort is being made to force her out of her job. Moore, who has worked for the borough since 1964 and has been the municipal…
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Fraternal twins begin to become playmates
Staff Writer By Sherry conohan Fraternal twins begin to become playmates Chris Kelly Danielle Lacorte holds year-old twins Sam (l) and Sophia, while her husband, Dean, holds Jack, 3 1/2, in their Monmouth Beach home. MONMOUTH BEACH — Twins Sam and Sophia Lacorte share first names beginning with the letter S, but little else about…
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Innovative arts center in the works for L.B.
Innovative arts center in the works for L.B. Michael M. Simpson (l), vice president, and Douglas Ferrari, executive director, of the Shore Institute of the Contemporary Arts, stand in front of the building the group hopes to acquire as the site for an innovative new arts center. At left, renovations to the abandoned industrial building…
