Category: Atlanticville News

  • City urged to revise preservation rules

    Advocate says historical properties need more protection BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer The 125-year-old Elberon Memorial Church is among the historic structures that would be protected by a new historic preservation ordinance. A local historian is calling on the Long Branch City Council to adopt stronger protections for the city’s historical structures. Beth Woolley, a trustee…

  • Not just a number, more than a name

    Monmouth U’s Veterans Roll Call honors fallen servicemen, servicewomen BY KRISTEN DALTON Staff Writer U.S. Air Force retired 1st Sgt. Jeff Hood, coordinator of veterans services at Monmouth University, takes part in a roll call of the names of fallen members of the U.S. armed forces during a Veterans Day remembrance held outside the Stafford…

  • DEP rewrites beach access rules

    Draft regulations shift authority from towns to state BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer A n outcry from environmental groups and other stakeholders has led to a revised set of beach access rules that would give the state greater oversight over the way municipalities provide access to the waterfront. The revised draft regulations have been circulated by…

  • Job opportunities for New Jersey veterans

    LONG BRANCH — Barnabas Health will host a Veterans Health Care Job Fair on Monday, Nov. 14, from 2 to 6 p.m. at Monmouth Medical Center, Second Avenue in Long Branch. The job fair is exclusively for veterans and will feature current opportunities for all levels of skill and experience available throughout Barnabas Health’s network…

  • Remembering the boys who came home

    Memorial program honors veterans who died as a result of their service BYMIKE DAVIS Staff Writer HOLMDEL — When the widows of Vietnam War veterans come in, Lynn Duane sees their husbands’ lives unfold before her eyes. In the piles of photographs, Duane, who oversees the In Memory program for the N.J. Vietnam Veterans Memorial,…

  • Beauty and the Beach

    Runners participate in the Beauty and the Beach 5-mile walk/run for women, which took place Nov. 6 on the boardwalk in Long Branch. The event benefits Aslan Youth Ministries, Red Bank, a nonprofit serving urban youth and their families in Monmouth County. PHOTOS BY FRANK GALIPO

  • Fire companies conduct joint training exercise

    Fort Monmouth buildings provide training ground for local firefighters BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer Firefighters from Eatontown, Long Branch and West Long Branch participated in joint training exercises that included venting a roof at the vacant Howard Commons housing at Fort Monmouth and rescuing a victim through a window on Nov. 6. LAUREN CASSELBERRY Local…

  • Volunteers will help prepare tax returns

    AARP Tax-Aide, the nation’s largest free, volunteer-run tax preparation and assistance service, is seeking volunteers in Monmouth County to help taxpayers who are seeking assistance preparing and filing their 2011 tax returns. According to a press release, volunteers do not need to be an AARP member or a retiree to participate, nor do they need…

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    Michael Hopko, of Firefighter University, supervises local firefighters as they train for the rescue of a victim from the second story of a smoke-filled house on the grounds of Fort Monmouth on Nov. 6.LAUREN CASSELBERRY