Category: Atlanticville News

  • Annual walk to raise awareness of food allergy

    More than 1,500 walkers are expected at Long Branch boardwalk Sept. 18 LONG BRANCH — As any parent knows, life with children is a balancing act between worrying for their safety and setting them free to grow and meet new challenges. For parents of children with food allergies, that balancing act is even more pronounced.…

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    Members of the Italian American Association of Ocean Township cook Italian specialties on Aug. 11 during the 35th annual Township of Ocean Italian Festival held at Joe Palaia Park Aug. 10-14. LAUREN CASSELBERRY

  • Eatontown council approves $17K for Mallette Hall study

    Council split; mayor casts tie-breaking vote to green-light study BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer EATONTOWN — Following months of heated discussion, the Borough Council authorized a $17,000 feasibility analysis of Mallette Hall, a Fort Monmouth site under consideration as a future home for borough offices. “We agreed to get our architect’s analysis, so that we…

  • Prosecutor’s drug, gun bust nets locals

    LONG BRANCH — Numerous local residents were caught up in a wide-reaching drug and gun bust operation when the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office’s Narcotics and Criminal Enterprises Unit arrested members of an alleged racketeering network reported to be responsible for the distribution of significant quantities of heroin and the illegal sale of assault firearms in…

  • Officials offer last-ditch effort to save commissary

    Post exchange slated to close Sept. 13 BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer Local officials said last week they are not giving up the fight to keep the commissary at Fort Monmouth open, despite the Department of Defense’s decision to close the post exchange on Sept. 13. “I think the Pentagon thinks that this decision is final,…

  • Ocean Twp. to install red-light cameras

    Monitoring system for intersections expected to decrease accidents, generate $$ BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer OCEAN TOWNSHIP – The Township Council moved forward with plans to install red light cameras at major intersections at the Aug. 8 meeting. The municipality began the process for installation of the monitors by American Traffic Solutions (ATS) by unanimously…

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    Festivalgoers enjoy a ride on the “Super Shot” on Aug. 11 during the 35th annual Township of Ocean Italian Festival hosted by the Italian American Association of Ocean Township at Joe Palaia Park Aug. 10-14. LAUREN CASSELBERRY

  • Yoga Festival by the Sea Sept. 24, 25

    ASBURY PARK — Yoga Festival by the Sea 2011 will take place Sept. 24 and 25 in Asbury Park’s downtown business district and along the city’s oceanfront boardwalk. The festival will include live music, organic and vegetarian fare, art creation and skate-boarding, and is sponsored by the yoga basin yoga studio to promote community outreach…

  • stork club 

    Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Red Bank, announces the following birth: A girl on June 15 to Stefanie L. and Aaron M. Green of Ocean Township; A girl on July 9 to Tiffany Watkins of Long Branch.