Category: Atlanticville News
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L.B. District may drop MLK Day from calendar Operation Sleighbells toy drive marks 101st year
Proposal leads to protest at Board of Ed. meeting Family and Children’s Services began with holiday collection BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Atentative school year calendar that would eliminate the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday in the Long Branch School District touched off a controversy at the board’s…
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Police searching for suspect in series of car break-ins
OCEAN TOWNSHIP — Police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating a suspect in a rash of vehicle burglaries. In several instances, victims have reported credit cards stolen from their vehicles and have been used at area businesses, according to a report issued by the Ocean Township Police Department. Police believe the burglaries may…
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Horse-racing bills advance to full state Assembly
Potential new revenue stream for purses at Monmouth Park, Meadowlands BY DAN HOWLEY Staff Writer Alegislative package aimed at keeping the horse-racing industry at the Meadowlands in East Rutherford and Monmouth Park in the borough afloat has advanced to the state Assembly. The bills, which were approved and moved forward by the Assembly Regulatory Oversight…
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Arts workshops for autistic kids available
Now in its 28th year, the Parent/Child Workshops in the Arts for Children with Autism, a signature program of VSA New Jersey, the State Organization on Arts and Disability, will be beginning in the spring. Through participation in weekly workshops in the visual and performing arts, young people ages 3-21, enhance their understanding and appreciation…
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Led by music teacher Julia Silverman, 22 members of the chorus at the Seashore School in Long Branch bundled up in coats, hats and mittens and added to the holiday festivities in Red Bank, singing at the Dublin House courtyard on Monmouth Street on Dec. 18. The chorus performed as part of Red Bank RiverCenter’s…
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Operation Sleighbells toy drive marks 101st year
BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Operation Sleighbells toy drive, the founding event of Family and Children’s Services (FCS), will wrap up this week. The Long Branch-based nonprofit finished up the 101st annual collection last week and will dispense the toys and gifts in the days before Christmas. Program Coordinator Samantha White explained the drive’s long…
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Holiday Sing- Along
Clockwise from above: The Monmouth University Chamber Singers perform during the Holiday Sing Along held on the Grand Staircase in Wilson Hall at the West Long Branch university on Dec. 9. Danielle Richards sings “Silent Night.” PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff
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New zoning aims to spur economic development
Changes to Eatontown land use regs will not affect residential properties BY DAN HOWLEY Staff Writer EATONTOWN — The Borough Council adopted a series of new zoning regulations that it hopes will help spur economic growth throughout the borough’s business districts. Included in a series of eight ordinances the council adopted unanimously at its Dec.…
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Ice & snow must be cleared from vehicles before driving
Highway safety and law enforcement officials have reminded New Jersey motorists that an amended law went into effect on Oct. 20 that requires that all ice and snow be removed from a vehicle before it may travel on New Jersey’s roads. Failure to do so can result in a citation and fine. Division of Highway…
