Category: Atlanticville News

  • Park service to hold public meeting on Hook beach fees

    BY LIZ SHEEHAN Correspondent MIDDLETOWN — The public will have a chance to speak out on the National Park Service’s proposal to double most of the fees charged at Sandy Hook, at an open house to be held at Fort Hancock on Monday, Sept. 26. The session will begin with a presentation by the park…

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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

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Eatontown ordinances differ on spacing of mobile homes

    Pine Tree Park residents complain about placement BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer EATONTOWN – To address concerns about the placement of new mobile homes in Pine Tree Park, the Borough Council must address a conflict between two ordinances governing the spacing of mobile homes. At the council’s Sept. 7 workshop meeting, Gene Anthony, borough attorney,…

  • Jersey Coast Red Cross served as hurricane headquarters

    Chapter used Tinton Falls warehouse to ship supplies BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer TINTON FALLS — When the forecast for Hurricane Irene had it bearing down on New Jersey, the American Red Cross designated the Jersey Coast Chapter as the hub for statewide operation. Diane Concannon, spokeswoman for the American Red Cross, explained in an interview…

  • Civil War re-enactors to camp in Freehold

    FREEHOLD — To celebrate the opening of the new exhibition, “Marching Away: Monmouth County in the Civil War,” the Monmouth County Historical Association will host a Civil War re-enactors encampment during the weekend of Sept. 17-18 on the grounds of the museum and library, 70 Court St., Freehold. The public will be welcome to tour…

  • Chamber names Spinnaker Award honorees

    RED BANK — The Eastern Monmouth Area Chamber of Commerce (EMACC) has announced the honorees for the 2011 Spinnaker Awards. Now in its 20th year, the Spinnaker Awards honor businesses and individuals who make life better for everyone in eastern Monmouth County, according to a press release from the chamber. “We are particularly fortunate in…