Category: Atlanticville News
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Suzan Cole, of Long Branch, is one of the volunteers removing plant growth during a cleanup of Ross Island at Lake Takanassee in Long Branch sponsored by the Whale Pond Brook Watershed Association and NJ Friends of Clearwater on Sept. 17. More photos, page 23. ERIC SUCAR staff
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Ocean Twp. plans to acquire more units at Poplar Village
Housing units rendered uninhabitable by flooding BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Poplar Village senior housing complex in Ocean Township experienced significant flooding from Hurricane Irene, requiring the evacuation of residents. OCEAN TOWNSHIP – The Township Committee announced plans to acquire an additional 33 units at Poplar Village after severe flooding from Hurricane Irene made them uninhabitable. During…
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Lunch is served at Arc’s Long Branch center
Expanded menu makes Opportunity Knocks Café a popular lunch spot BY KENNYWALTER Intern Chanel Oladele (l-r), observes Frank Rosenbloom, M.J. Shaughnessey and Carlos Hernandez work in the kitchen of the Opportunity Knocks Café at The Arc of Monmouth Work Opportunity Center in Long Branch on Sept. 14. ERIC SUCAR staff LONG BRANCH — Fridays at…
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Musicians on a Mission support local nonprofits
All-volunteer group to perform Sept. 25 in Allenhurst BY KRISTEN DALTON Local musicians team with Musicians on a Mission to support local nonprofits. Above: Lightning Jar performs at The Saint in Asbury Park. Cathy Noblick and her daughter, Jenny Woods, have always had the desire to give back to the community but were missing the…
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Second arrest in Wolcott Park stabbing of 15-year-old
BYMIKE DAVIS Staff Writer EATONTOWN — An Asbury Park man has been arrested and charged with the alleged stabbing of a 15-year-old victim in Wolcott Park on July 2. According to a press release from the Eatontown Police Department, Tyjuan Browning, 19, has been charged with attempted murder, possession of a weapon, and possession of…
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Ft. Monmouth officially closes, ending an era
Final flag lowered; fort gates locked after 94 years BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer Above: Onlookers watch as Maj. Gen. Randolph Strong (center) and fort police lower the American flag for the final time during the final retreat ceremony held at Fort Monmouth’s Cowan Park on Sept. 15. Right: Maj. Gen. Strong holds the flag…
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Takanassee cleanup
Jim Nickels, of Monmouth University’s Urban Coastal Institute, makes his way along Lake Takanassee’s Ross Island in Long Branch during a cleanup on Sept. 17. PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Monmouth University botanist and ecologist Pedram Daneshgar (l-r), Laurel Vongerichten and Faith Teitelbaum identify plants on Ross Island during the cleanup sponsored by the Whale…
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Shipwrecks, lifesaving and the story of Takanassee
OCEAN TOWNSHIP — Join the Long Branch Historical Association 7:30 p.m. Sept. 28 for the first meeting of the fall. The meeting will be held at the Eden Woolley House, 703 Deal Road, Oakhurst., located in front of the Township. of Ocean Library. The group will tour the Eden Woolley House Museum and view the…
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Sept. programs at L.B. library
LONG BRANCH — The Long Branch Library is offering the following programs: Toddler Time is held at the main library every Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. and at the Elberon Branch every Friday at 10 a.m. Story times for school-aged children are held at the main library Tuesdays and Thursdays at 4 p.m. and at the…
