Category: Atlanticville News
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State report calls for end to UEZ program
L.B. director says program is working, creates jobs, helps cities BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer The future of the Long Branch Urban Enterprise Zone (UEZ) is in serious doubt after the governor’s office recommended last month that the program be eliminated. Gov. Chris Christie’s office released a report Feb. 25 that suggested that the Legislature eliminate…
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LADACIN’s gala slated for March 12
LADACIN Network will hold its 30th annual “Rosebud Gala” dinner-dance on March 12 at the Sheraton Eatontown Hotel. The gala is the agency’s premier annual fundraising event and will feature dinner and dancing, an awards ceremony, gift auction, raffles and a floral centerpiece contest. Carl Craft and Marty Martinez, co-hosts of 95.9 WRAT’s “Morning RAT…
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Local students move on in VFW contest
Does patriotism still matter? This question was the 2010-11 theme of the National Patriot’s Pen Essay Contest sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars. The Patriot’s Pen program offers sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders the opportunity to express their opinions on a patriotic theme and to improve their writing skills by composing a 300- to 400-…
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Michael’s Feat supports ill newborns and families
Michael Gerard Puharic Memorial Fund has raised $1M BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer Adam Puharic and Janet Emma admire a mural at the dedication of the Michael‘s Feat Family Resource Room at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Monmouth in May 2007. When Dana and Adam Puharic lost their newborn son Michael within 83 hours…
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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…
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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…
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‘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
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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…
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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…
