Category: Atlanticville News

Shore Regional High School head football coach Mike Constantino holds the championship trophy aloft as he and the Blue Devils celebrate their 56-28 victory over Palmyra in the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group I championship game played Dec. 5 at Kean University in Union. It was Shore’s second straight CJ championship. SCOTT FRIEDMAN photo

Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, is being celebrated by Jews around the world from Dec. 6-13. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR

By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Deer management is a crucial process in controlling the population of the wild mammal in New Jersey, a number that could well exceed 200,000 this year, according to state officials The state issues annual warnings during peak deer mating season that occurs usually from late October…

By KENNY WALTER Staff Writer The developers of a proposed 96-student Jewish University ran out of time last week, forcing the Ocean Township Zoning Board of Adjustment to deny the application. The board unanimously ruled against the Yeshiva Gedola Na’os Yaakov’s application on Dec. 1 after developers opted not to seek a time extension to…

The Long Branch Athletic Department Green and White Association first annual Craft and Vendor Fair will be held from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Dec. 12 at Long Branch High School, 404 Indiana Ave., Long Branch. The gift selection will include body and skin care products, children’s books, seashell ornaments, stone art, scarves and gloves, tie dye…

VSA New Jersey (VSA/NJ), a statewide nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting the creative power of people with disabilities, is accepting applications for the 2016 Arts Achievement Awards through Jan. 22. The annual VSA/NJ Arts Achievement Awards include the Student Arts Excellence Awards, presented to students with special needs (mainstreamed, inclusion, self-contained classes or activities), 14…

By KAYLA J. MARSH Staff Writer The students at Trinity Hall will soon have a new place to call home as the independent all-girls college preparatory high school signed a contract to move to the former Child Development Center on Hope Road in the Tinton Falls section of Fort Monmouth. The school, a not-for-profit that…

Monmouth Players presents The Santa- Land Diaries by David Sedaris, adapted by Joe Mantello, on Dec. 12 at 8:15 p.m. and Dec. 13 at 2 p.m. at the Navesink Arts Center in the Dean K Anderson Theater, 149 Monmouth Ave., Atlantic Highlands. All admission is $15. SantaLand contains adult content and is not for children.…

FREEHOLD — A Monmouth County grand jury has indicted a Long Branch man on six counts stemming from the strangulation murders of a city woman and her foster daughter, and child pornography-related charges connected to the young murder victim. Brian Farmer, 59, of John Street, Long Branch, was named Nov. 30 in an indictment charging…