Category: Atlanticville News

  • Bishops address poverty in New Jersey

    Catholic bishops call for community, govt., interfaith response to increasing poverty BY PATRICIAYOCZIS Correspondent Eighteen Catholic bishops, who represent seven dioceses in New Jersey, a state often ranked as second or third richest in the nation, have pledged to tackle the issue of the growing number of people living in poverty in the state, which…

  • Eatontown appointments marked by political divide

    Mayor breaks tie vote on boro attorney, engineer BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer EATONTOWN — The Borough Council split along partisan lines at the Jan. 1 reorganization meeting as members voted to appoint the borough attorney and the engineering firm that will represent the municipality in 2012. For both appointments, Mayor Gerald Tarantolo cast the…

  • Two men sentenced in money laundering scheme

    LONG BRANCH — Rabbi Eliahu Ben HaimandAkivaAryehWeisswere sentenced in U.S. District Court in Trenton Jan. 4 for their roles in a money-laundering scheme in which Weiss operated an illegal money transmitting business, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Ben Haim, 60, of the Elberon section of Long Branch, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge…

  • MLK Guild to sponsor commemorative events Jan. 12-16

    A moment of silence is observed before the 2011 march steps off on Jan. 16 to begin the observance of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Long Branch. FILE PHOTO LONG BRANCH — The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Guild of Greater Long Branch will sponsor events including a gospel…

  • NJ Transit to privatize parking by summer

    Agency will seek proposals for single operator of train, bus lots statewide BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — New Jersey Transit officials are forecasting a June resolution to a plan to privatize parking at train and bus stations across the state. NJ Transit spokesman Paul Wyckoff said in a recent interview that the plan…

  • Uppity Children with talent

    Children wait to perform in the Your Library Has Talent! show at the Long Branch Public Library on Jan. 7. PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Members of Uppity Children perform during the show. The talent show featured musical numbers by children of all ages.

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    Jim Shaw of the Ancient Order of Hibernians leads the 2012 polar plunge in Sea Bright. Mike Hannigan and John Ward accompany the group on the bagpipes. More than 500 people took part in the event, which raised funds to benefit area Catholic schools. CLAIRE SHEPROW

  • Plan to transfer USPS mail processing panned

    Eatontown mayor: Move would impact local economy already hurt by closing of fort BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer A proposal to transfer mail processing operations from the Monmouth Processing and Distribution Center (P&DC) in Eatontown to Trenton drew a crowd of unhappy U.S. Postal Service workers and local government officials to a public meeting Jan.…

  • BBBSMMC celebrates the season, with help

    EATONTOWN — Big Brothers Big Sisters of Monmouth & Middlesex Counties held its annual holiday party Dec. 18 at The Mill at Spring Lake Heights. Approximately 200 people joined in to celebrate the holiday season, including volunteer Big Brothers and Big Sisters and their Littles, representatives from the agency’s Board of Trustees, staff and volunteers…