Category: Atlanticville News

  • stork •••

    Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank, announces the birth of a boy Oct. 16 to Grover and Sean Adams of Long Branch; a girl on Aug. 19 to Nikki Leilani Aromando and Dana Nathaniel Green of Eatontown; and the birth of a boy on Aug. 13 to Heather and James R. Vandenbos of Eatontown. Jersey Shore…

  • 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…

  • Fort Monmouth reuse authority names director

    BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer The Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority (FEMRA) named Bruce Steadman as executive director on Nov. 4. Steadman previously served as president and CEO of the Plattsburgh Airbase Redevelopment Corp. (PARC) in Plattsburg, N.Y., a redevelopment site similar to Fort Monmouth, Laura Jones, communications director for the N.J. Economic Development Agency…

  • GOP retains control of cty. freeholder board

    BY DAN HOWLEY Staff Writer County Republicans have once again secured control of the Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders. The Republican candidates, incumbent Robert Clifton and Neptune City Mayor Tom Arnone, handily defeated their Democratic counterparts, incumbent John D’Amico and Spring Lake Borough Councilwoman Janice Venables, in last week’s freeholder elections. Of the 344,668…

  • Pier designs narrowed to three options

    Mayor sees project making city a transportation hub BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Although the funding has not been secured and the permits are not in place, Long Branch Mayor Adam Schneider said he is excited about the different options the city has for the planned pier and ferry terminal. Renderings of three design options…

  • Beach Sweeps

    Above: Jon Rumph carries pieces of wood off the beach at the Monmouth Beach Bathing Pavilion during Clean Ocean Action’s 25th annual Fall Beach Sweeps on Oct. 23. Below: Middlesex County College Phi Theta Kappa members Deanna Perchiano, Esther Paragulla and Nicholas Tancredi help sort and record the debris cleared from the beach at Pier…