Category: Atlanticville News

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Director: Fund Drive operates properly Faye says group has stabilized fund-raising effort

    Staff Writer By carolyn o Director: Fund Drive operates properly Faye says group has stabilized fund-raising effort The director of the Long Branch Fund Drive Association says the money his organization has generated through fund-raising is being properly managed. Robert Faye, who has run the organization since its inception in 1991, said all the money…

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    chris kelly Noreen Bodman is taking over as director of the Jersey Shore Partnership as S. Thomas Gagliano steps down from the organization he helped create a decade ago. For the story turn to page 21.

  • Proposed charter school denied for second time State cites proposal’s lack of a plan for dealing with troubled students

    Staff Writer By sherry conohan Proposed charter school denied for second time State cites proposal’s lack of a plan for dealing with troubled students For the second time, the state Department of Education has turned down the application of the proposed Jersey Shore Charter School, which had sought permission to operate a middle school serving…

  • Surfers association leery of shifting sands Beach replenishment threatens well-known Sandy Hook surfing site

    Staff Writer By gloria stravelli Surfers association leery of shifting sands Beach replenishment threatens well-known Sandy Hook surfing site The dotted lines on this aerial photo of Big Cove on Sandy Hook show areas of existing berms and proposed berms, and an artificial reef members of the Surfers’ Environmental Alliance propose as a means of…

  • Test results place Woodmere in top third of county schools District reported dramatic improvement in scores earlier this year

    Staff Writer By Sherry conohan Test results place Woodmere in top third of county schools District reported dramatic improvement in scores earlier this year EATONTOWN — Fourth-graders in the borough’s schools did better than the Monmouth County average across the board in all three subject areas tested in the May 2001 Elementary School Proficiency Assessment…

  • Proposal to raise beach fees dropped

    Staff Writer By Sherry conohan MONMOUTH BEACH — The borough has decided against increasing beach fees. Jim F. Cunniff, one of the borough commissioners, had proposed late last year that beach fees for nonresidents be increased this year. But at the Jan. 8 Borough Commission meeting, Cunniff said beach fees would be kept the same…

  • Saving yesterdays for tomorrow

    Staff Writer By gloria stravelli JERRY WOLKOWITZ Ira Matthews Jr. (l) and his son Ira III help to preserve bits of history by restoring and reproducing historic landmarks in the area. A recent project was the restoration of a gatekeeper’s house, which was returned to the spot at the Red Bank Train Station where it…