Category: Atlanticville News

  • Jerry Morgan should be ready this summer

    Staff Writer By carolyn o Jerry Morgan should be ready this summer LONG BRANCH — After nearly 18 years of red tape, a 3.5-acre tract of land off Liberty Avenue will be transformed into the new Jerry Morgan Memorial Park. The city awarded the $1.2 million project to Precise Construction Inc., Freehold, after a portion…

  • Video still etched in memory

    Richie Johnson probably has saved more lives with his own demise through a drug overdose than he’ll ever know. A young woman in her mid-20s still recalls the haunting videotape she saw in middle school. Speaking anonymously, she said, "The impression of that tape is still with me like it was yesterday. I can remember…

  • Governing body also considering changing fee structure at beach club

    Staff Writer By Sherry conohan Governing body also considering changing fee structure at beach club MONMOUTH BEACH — A new park near the sewer plant with soccer and baseball fields and a walkway along the Shrewsbury River could be in the borough’s future. The members of the Monmouth Beach Commission acknowledged at their Nov. 13…

  • DARE classes seen as a positive experience

    Staff Writer By lindsey siegle FARRAH MAFFAI The Drug Abuse Identification Kit, also called the drug board or drug box, shows a variety of legal and illegal drugs and paraphernalia and also explains the effects of their abuse. Youngsters often say the box is what they remember most about Dare. Since it began in Los…

  • County sets Patten Avenue bridge work

    MONMOUTH BEACH — It looks as if Monmouth County will begin work to replace the Patten Avenue bridge right after Labor Day, Commissioner William C. Barham reported at the Borough Commission meeting Nov. 13. Barham also said it appears the bridge will have a fishing platform. According to Barham, who has been the point man…

  • Borough’s biggest ratable for sale

    Staff Writer By sherry conohan Borough’s biggest ratable for sale EATONTOWN — There’s a big sale at Monmouth Mall; it is the mall itself. Borough Business Administrator Michael L. Trotta advised the Borough Council earlier this month that he had spoken to Jim Staveley, the mall manager, and was told it’s being sold because one…

  • EATONTOWN — Treasure recovered from a sunken Spanish galleon will be on display at Monmouth Mall over the holidays.

    EATONTOWN — Treasure recovered from a sunken Spanish galleon will be on display at Monmouth Mall over the holidays. Above is a piece of the treasure pulled from the wreck of the Nuestra Señora de Atocha, part of an exhibit at Monmouth Mall, Eatontown. The world famous "Mel Fisher’s Treasure Exhibit," which has traveled all…

  • Destruction contract for Borough Hall awarded

    Staff Writer By Sherry Conohan WEST LONG BRANCH — Work on the planned new Borough Hall on Broadway is under way soon following the selection of a contractor for the demolition of the interior. The Borough Council, at its meeting Nov. 7, hired Mazza & Sons Inc., of Tinton Falls for $14,500 to rip out…

  • Author retraces New Jersey history

    Staff Writer By gloria stravelli Author retraces New Jersey history JERRY WOLKOWITZ Helen-Chantal Pike, author of Greetings from New Jersey: A Postcard Tour of the Garden State, has created a history of the state through the lens of its tourism regions. One of the roles New Jersey has always worn so well is that of…