Category: Atlanticville News

  • Apple festival kicks off centennial celebration

    Delicious Orchards reaches milestone BY REBECCAMORTON Staff Writer Owner William McDonald stocks tomatoes at Delicious Orchards, which will begin celebrating its 100th anniversary with an apple festival on Sept. 17-18. ERIC SUCAR staff COLTS NECK — The orchards that have supplied the crisp, sweet apples that are found in the famous pies and cider at…

  • Photo contest seeks entries by Oct. 14

    The Freehold Soil Conservation District is sponsoring its annual photo contest. Photographers are asked to capture subjects in Middlesex and Monmouth counties in the following themed categories: agriculture, conservation practices, natural resources and wildlife. The contest is open in two divisions: adult (ages 18 and over) and teen (ages 13-17). Aprize of $75 will be…

  • Long Branch schools mark 9/11

    Left: Thomas Wright (l-r) and Andrew Ashton, members of the Long Branch High School Junior Air Force ROTC program, stand in front of a steel beam from the World Trade Center as they fold an American flag during the Long Branch School District’s 9/11 Commemoration Ceremony held at the high school on Sept. 9. Above:…

  • Brookdale sports teams are nationally ranked

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer Brookdale Community College’s men’s cross country team doesn’t have the depth that head coach Geoff Harrison envisioned, but that doesn’t mean the Blues won’t be racing for a national ranking this fall. Brookdale lost three of its top five scorers from last year’s squad that was second to Gloucester at…

  • FMERA approves golf course lease

    Agreements reached for operation of Suneagles, Gibbs Hall BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer Officials are hoping to execute a contract this week for operation of the Suneagles Golf Course at Fort Monmouth, which is scheduled to close on Sept. 15. During a special meeting on Sept. 9, board members of the Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority…

  • Reality show pays it forward

    BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer (l-r) Rick Martinsen, co-writer, Point Pleasant; Jimmy Fields, host/producer, Red Bank; Frank Calo, producer/ director, New York; Steve Craig Bogard, founder of Aslan Youth Ministries, Asbury Park. When Jimmy Fields was a teenager growing up in Asbury Park, he got a little help along the way through a youth mentoring…

  • Photo

    RJ Fazio (r), of Sea Bright, competes in the Senior Men’s Division of SkimBash 2011 at the Sea Bright Municipal Beach on Sept. 10. The annual skimboarding competition is open to male and female competitors, both pro and amateur. LAUREN CASSELBERRY

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    Bike New York’s season-ending 10th annual Twin Lights Ride will have more than 2,000 cyclists pedaling through Monmouth County on Sept. 25. Highlights of the Twin Lights Ride presented by the Jamaica Tourist Board include stunning views of grassy horse farms and lush woodlands on each route, as well as beautiful ocean panoramas on longer…

  • Friends support community in name of Sept. 11 victim

    Friends of Monmouth Beach resident establish KDM Foundation BY KRISTEN DALTON Staff Writer Friends and family of Keith D. McHeffey founded the KDM Foundation following his death on Sept. 11, 2001. The foundation raises funds to support community projects like the new playground at the Dean Porter School in Rumson, carried out in partnership with…