Category: Atlanticville News

  • Ferries deliver aid during, after tragedy at WTC Transport victims then support rescue effort

    Staff Writer By Gloria stravelli Ferries deliver aid during, after tragedy at WTC Transport victims then support rescue effort JERRY WOLKOWITZ In Highlands, volunteers load supplies onto a SeaStreak ferry for delivery to the World Trade Center disaster area in lower Manhattan. Passengers had just disembarked from the 7:55 a.m. New York-bound SeaStreak New York…

  • Crime trend remains on downward path City’s year-to-year decrease outpaces overall drop in county

    Staff Writer By CAROLYN O Crime trend remains on downward path City’s year-to-year decrease outpaces overall drop in county LONG BRANCH — Mirroring the national, state and county trends, crime in the city continues to fall. The recently released N.J. State Police Uniform Crime Report for 2000 shows that in nearly every major category of…

  • Fort personnel fill many roles in tragedy’s aftermath

    Staff Writer By SHERRY CONOHAN CHRIS KELLY A soldier stationed at Fort Monmouth, Eatontown, checks passes at a checkpoint at the perimeter of the base. EATONTOWN — If any injured people trapped in the World Trade Center rubble have been trying to use their cellphones, those transmissions are much more likely to be picked up…

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    COURTESY OF LONG BRANCH FIRE DEPARTMENT Long Branch firefighters responded to the Sept. 11 World Trade Center disaster in New York City. Shown are (back row, l-r) Carl Griffin, Dan Wattley and Kevin Hoy; (front row, l-r) Bob Pasquarillo, Robert Kreuz, Lt. Thomas McGlennon III, Lt. Douglas Rowell, Dino Houlis, Peter Keeshan and former Chief…

  • Preparing to deal with threat of terrorism Long Branch man looked at situation for recently published book

    Staff Writer By GLORIA STRAVELLI Preparing to deal with threat of terrorism Long Branch man looked at situation for recently published book VERONICA YANKOWSKI Lenzy Kelley’s work at Fort Monmouth led him to a greater understanding of the threat posed by terrorists. When he began writing a handbook on preventing terrorist attacks several years ago,…

  • Police on alert; no tolerance for bias crimes

    Police on alert; no tolerance for bias crimes In Middletown incident, man assaults gas station attendant By elaine van develde Staff Writer Area police are committed to making certain that a national tragedy won’t turn into local hate crime mayhem of any proportion. The message: Intolerance will not be tolerated. Since what has been deemed…

  • AMERICA RECOVERS

    Part of one of the World Trade Center’s twin towers lies on its side a member of the medical rescue team surveys a first aid vehicle that is near ground zero a south view of the West Side Highway strewn with rubble and a damaged walkway leading west to WTC Tower 5 Photos courtesy of…

  • Pop Warner hitting stride

    CHRIS KELLY Above, Sarah Barecca (front, center) leads the Shore Pop Warner Flag Football cheerleaders at the preseason pep rally. OCEANPORT — Awash in a sea of blue-and-white football jerseys, cheerleading uniforms and a big striped tent, the players of the Shore Regional Pop Warner football organization and their supporters kicked off the new season…

  • Planned sidewalks bring out protesters A state DOT grant of $200,000 would pay for work on five streets

    Staff Writer By SHERRY CONOHAN Planned sidewalks bring out protesters A state DOT grant of $200,000 would pay for work on five streets WEST LONG BRANCH — Residents of Community Drive have made it clear to the Borough Council that they don’t want sidewalks on their street. A large contingent of homeowners from the quiet…