Category: Atlanticville News

  • DOT announces lane closure on Route 36

    EATONTOWN — The N.J. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced that the left lane on Route 36 eastbound would be closed directly before the turn for Wyckoff Road (CR 547), reducing the highway from three lanes to two lanes for a 0.7-mile stretch. The agency said in a press release that the lane would reopen on…

  • Eatontown GOP seeks recount

    Outcome will decide balance on council BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer The Eatontown Republican Party will request a recount of votes in the close Borough Council race, which saw the tallies for three candidates within 1 percent. Eatontown GOP chairman Richard Robinson confirmed that the party would petition the county to recount the ballots. According…

  • St. James to host organ recital on Sunday

    LONG BRANCH — The music of Bach, Handel and other notable composers will reverberate in the worship space at St. James Church as James Douglas, director of music, presents a free organ recital this Sunday. T he Nov. 21 organ recital is scheduled to begin at 4:30 p.m. and will begin with a prelude and…

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    Veteran Avery Grant (r), of Long Branch, leads the city’s Veterans Day ceremony at Jerry Morgan Park on Nov. 11. LAUREN CASSELBERRY

  • Youths get a (suit) leg up on success

    Suits, interview skills, support offered at ‘Suit Up for Success’ BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer With donated suits and tailors at the ready, a local clothier suited up local youths last week to build self-esteem and prepare them for the job market. Matt Duru, of Michael Duru Clothiers, fits a young man for a suit…

  • Model students

    Shore Regional High School seniors walk the runway during “A Night in Hollywood,” the annual senior fashion show fundraiser held at the West Long Branch high school on Nov. 3. Seventy seniors modeled fashions from local stores. PHOTOS BY LAUREN CASSELBERRY

  • Pallone brews victory from Little challenge

    Holt bests challenger for 12th District seat BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer In a year when many Democrats across the country failed to keep their seats in Congress, 11-term Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-6th District) was able to hold onto his in a heated race, coming away with a message from voters: Rep. Frank Pallone…

  • Flash mob dance

    Volunteers converged for a flash mob dance at Monmouth Park in Oceanport on Nov. 6, Breeders’ Cup Day, to raise funds for Mary’s Place by the Sea, a center for women undergoing cancer treatment, then dispersed as suddenly as they appeared. FRANK GALIPO

  • L.B. charter school tries again

    Pneuma Academy application makes it onto DOE list BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer For the second time this year, a science-centered charter school proposed for Long Branch has found its way onto the state’s charter school application list.   Rita Thornton, an educator and Long Branch resident and founder of the proposed Pneuma Academy Charter…