Category: Atlanticville News
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Soup’s on at Soup D’Shore
Student-run nonprofit offers warm meals, social programs BY DAN HOWLEY Staff Writer Students in Monmouth University’s entrepreneurship program serve lunch at Soup D’Shore, a community soup kitchen founded by the students and based at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church in Long Branch. A group of 35 Monmouth University students are doing their part to help…
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Walk for pancreatic cancer research on May 15
WEST LONG BRANCH — The Monmouth County Pancreatic Cancer Research Walk will be held May 15 at Monmouth University, with all net proceeds benefiting The Lustgarten Foundation, the nation’s largest private foundation dedicated solely to funding pancreatic cancer research. The goal of the 3K walk is to raise money and awareness for research for pancreatic…
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Monmouth Medical Center honors volunteers
LONG BRANCH — Monmouth Medical Center hosted its 47th annual Adult Volunteer Awards Dinner recently, with more than 100 volunteers gathering at the SeaBreeze Café to celebrate an evening set aside in their honor. “National Volunteer Week is the time we set aside to show how much we appreciate the role our volunteers play on…
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American Littoral Society celebrates Earth Day
Students, volunteers plant beach grass at Sandy Hook BY KAITLYN D. KANZLER Staff Writer Andrew Stryker braves the inclement weather and plants beachgrass during the American Littoral Society’s Sandy Hook Beachgrass Planting on April 16. LAUREN CASSELBERRY LAUREN CASSELBERRY MIDDLETOWN — The American Littoral Society celebrated Earth Day early this year, on April 16, at…
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Eatontown Borough Council adopts $22M budget
Town to use $2.9 million in surplus to help offset property tax increase BY DAN HOWLEY Staff Writer EATONTOWN — Local taxpayers will see a bump in their municipal taxes following the Borough Council’s adoption of a $22 million 2011 spending plan last week. The council voted 4-0 in favor of adopting the budget during…
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L.B. officials anticipate end of UEZ
Jones: Funds could keep zone going through 2012 BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — The city may soon be forced to find other ways to fund some future events and projects, because officials are predicting the end of the state’s Urban Enterprise Zone (UEZ) program. Long Branch UEZ Director Jacob Jones said at the…
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stork club
Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Long Branch, announced the birth of a boy onMarch 30 to Meghan Burke Mueller and Benjamin Carl Mueller of the Oakhurst section of Ocean Township.
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Manasquan: small-town charm & an eclectic downtown
Main Street draws visitors in summer as well as at holiday time BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer Downtown Manasquan With miles of attractive beaches and a thriving downtown, Manasquan offers more than your average beach town. Manasquan has been a seaside destination since 1878, when railroads offered convenient access to New York City and the…
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Attorney: Developer’s plan will return Monmouth Park to profitability
NJSEA aims to have private ownership of racetrack by June 1 BY DAN HOWLEY Staff Writer Monmouth Park Racetrack The attorney for the real estate developer negotiating a five-year lease agreement to operate Monmouth Park Racetrack in Oceanport says his client is up to the challenge of making the racetrack a self-sustaining enterprise. “He believes…
