Category: Atlanticville News

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    From top: Toby Stark (l-r) and Duke Robinson watch as Robinson’s horseshoe toss reaches the stake during the Capt. James M. Gurbisz Foundation’s fourth annual Horseshoe Tournament held at Wolcott Park in Eatontown on Sept. 18. The foundation, founded in memory of Capt. James M. Gurbisz who died in the line of duty in Iraq…

  • Arc and Brookdale forge partnership

    Program aims to help with transition to adulthood BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer TINTON FALLS — For many students with disabilities, educational opportunities evaporate once they turn 21. Keep Achieving at Brookdale (KACH), a collaboration between Brookdale Community College in Lincroft and The Arc of Monmouth, seeks to address this dearth of opportunity. On Sept.…

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    In honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month, master storyteller and multimedia artist David Gonzales performs at Monmouth University’s Woods Theatre on Sept. 16. During his performance, Gonzales used speech, sound, mime and dance to tell ages-old world myths and stories from the Puerto Rican and Cuban cultures and from his childhood experiences in the Bronx,…

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    Hannah Irons, of Eatontown, (foreground) leads a group of performers at the 29th Annual Lakewood Lions Charity Renaissance Faire held at Pinewood Park in Lakewood on Sept. 18. The event featured gypsy camps, storytellers, jousting and archery competitions. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • County recognizes citizen volunteers

    Three local residents are among six volunteers honored with Citizen Service Awards that recognize individual efforts to improve their communities by the Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders. County residents who received a 2010 Citizen Service Award are: Mike Grady, of Long Branch, who has been a big brother for nine years with the Big…

  • Eatontown event aims to foster sense of community

    BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer EATONTOWN — Eatontown Community Day, to be held Sept. 25, seeks to reinvigorate the borough’s spirit of community through activities, food and music. “They’re looking to elevate the sense of community here in Eatontown,” Janice Grasso, borough director of recreation, said. “There was a time when, during the summer, they…

  • Long Branch aims to avert student housing complaints

    BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Long Branch officials went door to door to meet with Monmouth University students living within city limits earlier this month in an effort to educate them about being good neighbors. Long Branch Fire Marshal Kevin Hayes told the Sept. 14 City Council workshop meeting that the sixth annual meet-and-greet with…

  • Residents urged to turn in unused meds

    BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH — State and borough officials are encouraging residents to dispose of unused, unwanted or expired medication at several locations on Sept. 25. Residents can drop the medications off at Peter Cooper Village community room, 200 Forest St., or police headquarters at 965 Broadway between 10 a.m. and…

  • City applies to state pilot housing program

    Plans call for vacant land to be developed as affordable housing BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — The city may have to wait seven years to fully cash in, but city officials are hoping a new state program will allow them to turn vacant land into a new development. The City Council passed…