Category: Atlanticville News

  • Atlantic Highlands & Highlands offer all of the charms of seaside towns

    BY REBECCAMORTON Visitors don’t have to wait until summer to enjoy the many charms of Atlantic Highlands’ First Avenue. Nestled along the Sandy Hook Bay, Atlantic Highlands and Highlands are two small Jersey shore towns that have much to offer. Both towns are easily accessible along Route 36 and have access to the SeaStreak ferry,…

  • Photo

    Runners of all ages move along Ocean Avenue in the 10th annual Keith D. McHeffey 3-Mile Fun Run from Sea Bright to Monmouth Beach and back March 12, a benefit for the Keith D. McHeffey Foundation, which was created to keep alive the spirit of McHeffey and other local victims of the World Trade Center…

  • Changes to beach access rule draw protest

    Advocates say towns have poor track record on providing public access BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer Ralph Coscia, president of Citizens’ Right to Access Beaches (CRAB), speaks about restrictive local beach access rules during a press conference held at Bare Wires Surf Shop in Long Branch on March 9. ERIC SUCAR staff A handful of advocacy…

  • in the service 

    Navy Seaman Recruit Ryan M. Eberhardt, son of Lorraine and Ronald M. Eberhardt of Ocean, recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill. During the eight-week program, Eberhardt completed a variety of training, which included classroom study and practical instruction on Navy customs, first aid, firefighting, water safety and survival…

  • The Arc marks Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month

    TINTON FALLS — The Arc of Monmouth along with a network of more than 700 chapters of The Arc across the nation, including self-advocates, families and volunteers, mark Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month in March. The month will commemorate the progress toward improving the lives of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) and also highlight…

  • ‘Any Dream Will Do’

    Students make final preparations for Shore Regional High School’s production of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” on March. 3. Members of the Shore Players perform in the musical, which will also be presented at the West Long Branch high school on March 11, 12 and 13. PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff

  • State issues Request for Proposals for Monmouth Park

    Winning applicant will land five-year lease of racetrack BY DAN HOWLEY Staff Writer Monmouth Park Local officials are praising the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority (NJSEA) for issuing a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the lease of Monmouth Park in Oceanport. Issued on March 3 and due by March 31, the RFP offers qualified…

  • Residents mull legal options to stop dealership expansion

    Application seeks 12 variances; driveway at center of debate BY DAN HOWLEY Staff Writer EATONTOWN — Residents of the borough’s Parker Village development are weighing their legal options in a bid to block the expansion of the Circle BMW dealership. Plans for the project, which were heard at the Planning Board’s Feb. 28 meeting, call…

  • Oceanport and WLB agree to share dispatch services

    Boros expect to save combined $1.3M over five years BY DAN HOWLEY Staff Writer OCEANPORT — The Borough Council has entered into a shared services agreement with West Long Branch that the two municipalities hope will save them a combined $1.3 million over the next five years. Approved by the West Long Branch Borough Council…