Category: Atlanticville News
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NPS: Sandy Hook beach fees based on area beach fees
MIDDLETOWN — The National Park Service’s proposal to double most parking fees at Sandy Hook is based on a market survey of the rates at beaches in the area near Sandy Hook, Raina Williams, public affairs officer at Gateway National Recreation Area, said in a recent interview. Williams was responding to concerns expressed by Rep.…
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Monmouth County privatizes drawbridges to save $572K
Twenty-eight bridge tenders to receive layoff notices BY KRISTEN DALTON The Sea Bright-Rumson Bridge and the Oceanic Bridge are two of four county drawbridges whose daily operations will be handed over to a private firm beginning in 2012. The Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders decided on Nov. 9 to shift responsibility for operation of…
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Teachers cook up funds for education
Throw down for charity raises money for new classroom technology BY KRISTEN DALTON Chef Joe Racioppi (center) gets ready to take on Little Silver teachers Kim Christman and Tim Russoniello in the Silver Chef Throw Down competition at McLoone’s Rum Runner in Sea Bright on Nov. 18. FRANK GALIPO Little Silver teachers Tim Russoniello and…
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Congregation B’nai Israel celebrates Jewish book month
RUMSON — In honor of Jewish Book Month, author/dancer Leanore Friedland Ickstadt will appear at Congregation B’nai Israel in Rumson 11:30 a.m. Dec. 6 at 11:30 a.m. to speak about her new book, “Dancing, Out of Germany: A bicultural reflection.” The book describes the lives of four dancers forced to leave Germany with the rise…
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New places, CD for Holiday Express 19th season
Holiday Express is in its 19th season of delivering music, food, gifts, financial support and friendship to those in need and there are plenty of new things going on for the nonprofit group. For its 19th season, Holiday Express has newplaces to visit, a new CD, and a new logo for the nonprofit that will…
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Murdered tot’s father arraigned; bail kept at $10M
Arthur Morgan III, of Eatontown, charged in death of 2-yr-old BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Arthur Morgan III was arraigned in State Superior Court in Freehold on Dec. 5.The family of Tierra Morgan-Glover, the 2-year-old found dead Nov. 22, watched grief-stricken as her father, Arthur Morgan III, appeared for arraignment in New Jersey Superior Court in Freehold…
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Arc of Monmouth gets UnitedWay grant
TINTON FALLS — The Arc of Monmouth has for a second year been awarded an Income Impact Funding Grant of $20,000 from the United Way of Monmouth County. This grant is part of the United Way’s Community Impact model, designed to create lasting changes in Monmouth County. The Arc of Monmouth’s Employment Services Department received…
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FMERA at work on zoning fort property
Steadman: Parcels in Charles Wood Area will be first to be sold or leased BY KENNYWALTER Future development of the Fort Monmouth property requires rezoning the fort’s 1,127 acres, a cooperative effort between planners for the Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority (FMERA) and local officials. FMERA Executive Director Bruce Steadman said in a Nov. 16…
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Luke Pasick leads the charge into the Atlantic Ocean at the beach in West End, Long Branch, for the first Pilgrim’s Plunge on Nov. 26, a benefit for the IGA Nephropathy Foundation of America. CLAIRE SHEPROW
