Category: Atlanticville News

  • LBHS JROTC program ready to build on year one

    BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer Master Sgt. William Wilson (far right) stands with Long Branch High School students enrolled in the Air Force Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps during an exercise. ERIC SUCAR staff LONG BRANCH — Master Sgt. WilliamWilson expects a boom of 30 more students for the second year of the Air Force Junior…

  • L.B. begins planning for solar power

    Council expected to authorize $250K bond ordinance BY KENNYWALTER LONG BRANCH — The City Council is taking the first steps to ensure the city becomes reliant on solar energy by authorizing a study of the scope and cost of a solar installation. At the June 14 meeting, the council was expected to introduce an ordinance…

  • Monmouth Medical honors EMS responders

    LONG BRANCH — Nearly 100 men and women were honored at Monmouth Medical Center’s May 17 EMS Appreciation Night for Monmouth County’s First Responders. The event recognized the dedication, commitment and service of those who are first on the scene of emergencies and accidents. The EMS workers gathered at the West Long Branch Community Center.…

  • Italian American Assoc. awards 14 scholarships

    OCEAN TOWNSHIP — The Italian American Association of the Township of Ocean (IAATO) awarded $24,000 in academic scholarships to 14 high school students during a ceremony on June 8. Scholarships were awarded in three categories: Ocean Township High School students who have excelled for four years in the Italian Studies Program; Monmouth County High School…

  • Ocean Township teens earn rank of Eagle Scout

    Matthew DeSantis (l-r) and Jesse Lauria at their Eagle Scout Court of Honor ceremony May 14. DANIEL DeSANTIS OCEAN TOWNSHIP — Ocean Township High School seniors Jesse Lauria and Matthew DeSantis officially became Eagle Scouts at a Court of Honor attended by more than 160 Boy Scouts, dignitaries, family and friends on May 14. The…

  • Fresh Air Fund seeks hosts in Monmouth for July

    BY REBECCAMORTON Staff Writer A program that brings New York City children to the suburban splendor of New Jersey for a week of summer fun is seeking new host families for 2011. The Fresh Air Fund has been giving inner-city children the joy of a summer vacation with volunteer host families and at Fresh Air…

  • Christie to HUD: Approve fort plan

    BY DAN HOWLEY Staff Writer OCEANPORT — Gov. Chris Christie has joined a growing chorus of state officials ratcheting up the pressure on Washington to approve the Fort Monmouth redevelopment plan. In a letter addressed to Shaun Donovan, secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Christie calls for the agency to…

  • T-Mobile proposes cell tower at church site

    Residents say 100-foot-tall pole would impact property values BY DAN HOWLEY Staff Writer OCEAN TOWNSHIP — Residents in the Rolling Meadows section of the township are up in arms over a proposal by TMobile to construct a 100-foot-tall mobile phone tower on the grounds of the nearby Wayside United Methodist Church. Roughly 100 residents turned…

  • Armed Forces Day

    Above: James Vanfechgmann, 12, Hazlet, sits in the pilot’s seat of a Black Hawk helicopter during Armed Forces Day, a special day saluting members of the military, held at Monmouth Park on June 4. The event included tours of the Black Hawk, exhibits, music, a flyover and thoroughbred horse racing. Below: Tyler Wolff, 11, looks…