Category: Atlanticville News

  • School districts look at sharing services

    Study will look at administrators, operations at six schools in four districts BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI & KENNY WALTER Staff Writers Four local school districts are exploring opportunities for shared administrative services, including superintendents, to achieve cost savings. The Shore Regional High School, West Long Branch, Oceanport and Monmouth Beach school districts have hired educational and…

  • Atlanticville’s Top 10 stories of 2011

    1. Fort Monmouth gates locked A large crowd gathered around the flagpole at Cowan Park at Fort Monmouth on Sept. 15 to watch as the American flag was lowered for the final time before the fort’s gates were officially locked. The retreat ceremony marked the end of a daily tradition that had occurred at Fort…

  • Monmouth Medical ER caters to senior population

    Geriatric Emergency Medicine unit offers specialized care BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer Units dedicated to geriatric patients in the Monmouth Medical Center Emergency Medicine Department have special features including special beds, motion sensors and soft lighting. LONG BRANCH — With baby boomers quickly approaching retirement age, Monmouth Medical Center has dedicated a portion of the emergency…

  • School vote can be moved to Nov.

    On Jan. 17, Gov. Chris Christie signed into law legislation allowing for local school board and budget elections to be moved fromApril to November. The bill, which passed with bipartisan support in the state Legislature, puts into law a tool kit proposal originally introduced by Christie in May 2010, according to a press release. “After…

  • Long Branch Fire Dept. adapts to fort closure

    BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — The city’s fire department now must reach out to neighboring towns for backup responses previously provided by Fort Monmouth’s fire department, according to a fire official. Al Sico, outgoing chief of the Long Branch Fire Department, said in an interview that the city previously relied on Fort Monmouth’s…

  • Gravestone ensures Civil War nurse won’t be forgotten

    Grave of Mary Dunbar in WLB cemetery in need of new headstone BY KRISTEN DALTON Staff Writer Michelle Green’s mission is to place a new marker on the grave of Civil War nurse Mary Dunbar (1815-1887), whose service as a member of the Woman’s Relief Corps is not recognized by the federal government. The timeworn…

  • Holmdel’s DiMaso wins freeholder seat

    Deputy mayor sworn in after two rounds of voting by county GOP BYMIKE DAVIS Staff Writer After being sworn in, Freeholder Serena DiMaso calls her parents with news of her election to the Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders at a special convention on Jan. 14 at Colts Neck High School. MIKE DAVIS A fter…

  • Study: Mallette Hall would cost boro $15M

    Electrical, HVAC system and roof improvements among upgrades needed BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer EATONTOWN — Consultants have advised the borough that the cost of acquiring Mallette Hall at Fort Monmouth and retrofitting it for use as the new municipal complex could be as high as $15 million in repairs and upgrades. According to an…

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    Sister Rolanda McCain welcomes members of the community to a commemorative program in honor of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. hosted by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Guild at Second Baptist Church in Long Branch on Jan. 15. Story, page 3. LAUREN CASSELBERRY