Category: Atlanticville News

  • Residents ask boro to take over Parker Village streets

    Citing tax burden, residents seek to cut costs BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer EATONTOWN— ParkerVillage residents have petitioned the borough to assume control of the development’s roads, a move that touched off a heated discussion at the Borough Council workshop meeting Oct. 5. Bruce Friedman, the attorney representing Parker Village Homeowners Association, asked the council…

  • Monmouth Beach Scarecrow Festival Oct. 22

    MONMOUTH BEACH — The fifth annual Monmouth Beach Scarecrow Festival, sponsored by the Monmouth Beach Beautification Committee, will be held this year on Saturday, Oct. 22, between 2 and 4 p.m. at Borough Hall. The scarecrows begin popping up around town in mid-October, and a map showing the locations of each one will be available…

  • Monmouth U. gender studies program to host film screening Nov. 8

    WEST LONG BRANCH — Monmouth University will host the screening of “Miss Representation” 10 – 11:15 a.m. Nov. 8, in Wilson Hall Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public. A discussion with the film director, Jennifer Seibel Newsom, will follow after the screening at 1-2:15 p.m. This award-winning documentary reveals how media…

  • Churches participate in walk for the poor

    LONG BRANCH — Three St. Vincent DePaul societies sponsored the first annual Jersey Shore Friends of the Poor Walk on Sept. 24 to raise money for local residents who are struggling in the current economy. Some 350 people from Christ the King Church in Long Branch, St. Dorothea Church in Eatontown and St. Michael Church…

  • Shop owners talk business, challenges with Pallone

    Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-6th District talks with small business owners and Red Bank Mayor Pasquale Menna about the impact of the proposed American Jobs Act. KRISTEN DALTON Downtown Red Bank business owners vented their frustrations over the challenges they face in the current economy during a meeting with Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-6th District)…

  • Visiting nurses take on Hurricane Irene

    Preparation key to caring for patients during emergencies BY KRISTEN DALTON Staff Writer RED BANK — During Hurricane Irene, a paraplegic man living along the ocean in Asbury Park was sitting in his wheelchair in desperate need of wound care. Nurse Kathy Kulaszewski, of the Visiting Nurse Association of Central New Jersey, was on duty…

  • L.B. beaches bring in record revenues

    City collects $1.6M in fees despite rain, hurricane at season end BY KENNYWALTER LONG BRANCH — For the third straight summer Long Branch officials touted the city beaches for producing record-setting revenues. Finance Director Ron Mehlhorn Sr. said that the city took in $1.6 million in beach badge fees in 2011 and that total would…

  • Byrne to serve as Monmouth U. public servant in residence

    Gov. Brendan Byrne will guest lecture in classes and give several talks on campus as Monmouth University’s public servant in residence during the 2011-12 academic year. Byrne served two terms as New Jersey’s 47th governor from 1974 to 1982. According to a press release from the university, he is most proud of his role in…

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