Category: Atlanticville News

  • Police seek information on stabbing incident

    BYMIKE DAVIS Staff Writer EATONTOWN – Borough police are investigating a July 2 incident that left a 15-year-old Eatontown youth with multiple stab wounds and in the Intensive Care Unit at Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune. Detective Lt. Lawrence Tyler said last week that the stabbing, which occurred in Wolcott Park, resulted from…

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    The Matt Wade Band performs on July 9 at the first ShrimpFest hosted by the Ocean Township Chamber of Commerce at Joe Palaia Park. LAUREN CASSELBERRY

  • Summer workshops in Ocean Grove

    The Ocean Grove Historical Society is sponsoring summer workshops in handcrafts, both vintage and modern, at the Centennial Cottage in this Victorian community by the sea. The schedule is: “Magazine Page Bowls and Containers,” Wednesday, July 20, 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Instructor Laura McHugh will demonstrate how to transform magazines into interesting bowls or…

  • Grant will get O.T. complex above water

    $4.4Min FEMA funds will help rebuild part of Poplar Village on higher ground BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer The Poplar Village complex was inundated in 2005 after eight days of heavy rains caused Poplar Brook to overflow. Ocean Township’s Poplar Village senior complex will undergo extensive reconstruction to help mitigate flooding with funds from a $4.4…

  • L.B. gets mixed reviews on three measures

    Residents weigh in on solar project, smoking ban, meters BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — During a busy City Council meeting, members of the public had different takes that ranged from praise to criticism on three city ordinances. During the June 28 meeting, the council approved ordinances authorizing the city to bond for a…

  • Momentum builds to keep fort commissary open

    Local representatives’ efforts to protect the commissary at Fort Monmouth are gaining steam in Washington, D.C. U.S. Rep. Rush Holt (D-12th District) said during a July 7 teleconference that House leaders have joined the fight to keep the post exchange open. He spoke on the floor about the commissary during debate on the Defense Appropriations…

  • Seashore Day Camp marks 85th anniversary

    Campers have been enjoying summers at Seashore Day Camp since 1926 LONG BRANCH – Local officials and generations of Shore families who have attended Seashore Day Camp for the past eight and a half decades will come together July 23 to celebrate the camp’s 85th anniversary. The reunion will take place at Seashore’s 345 Second…

  • Oceanfest

    Crowds pack the boardwalk for Long Branch’s OceanFest 2011 celebration on July 4. The annual event features a sand castle competition, strolling entertainers, vendors, children’s activities, dance and capoeira demonstrations and live music. PHOTOS BY JOHN LALANAS

  • ShrimpFest

    Rita Simmons, owner of My Two Sons Crab Cakes in Englishtown, serves up a variety of seafood dishes on July 9 during ShrimpFest, a three-day event that featured family-friendly activities and hosted by the Ocean Township Chamber of Commerce at Joe Palaia Park. LAUREN CASSELBERRY