Category: Atlanticville News
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Top to bottom: Junior Matheo (l-r) and Jayshon Rodgers, both of Long Branch, jam on guitars during a Rock Star Band Tournament held at the Long Branch Free Public Library on Broadway on Sept. 2. Teen Services Librarian Nekesha Mitchell gives Rodgers pointers during the tournament, which featured the music of Green Day. Isiha Matheo,…
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Marine Task Force to improve aquatic response time
BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer Members of local fire departments are collaborating to form a Marine Task Force to improve response to emergencies. HIGHLANDS — The Highlands, Sea Bright, Middletown and Atlantic Highlands fire departments are working to improve the area’s aquatic emergency response by forming Monmouth County’s first Marine Task Force. “The goal is…
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Lifeguards near finish line of beach season
Despite Earl, summer 2010 brings calmer seas and fewer rescues BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Tommy Lyons, of Rumson, catches a wave last week in the rough surf caused by a tropical storm. ERIC SUCAR staff LONG BRANCH — At this time last year lifeguard supervisor Michael “Spike” Fowler at Seven Presidents Oceanfront Park talked…
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Alzheimer’s is topic of science lecture
TINTON FALLS — The 2010 Norman J Field Lecture in Science, “Preventing Alzheimer’s Disease by 2020?,” will be presented by Dr. Zaven S. Khachaturian Thursday, Oct. 7, at 7:30 p.m. The lecture will take place at the Performing Arts Center Auditorium of Monmouth Regional High School, 1 Norman J Field Way in Tinton Falls. An…
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L.B. native set to begin filming mob caper
Several big names already signed on for ‘Numba One’ BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer With an arsenal of big names already signed on, former Long Branch resident Michael Attardi is hoping to secure a few more before his new movie, “Numba One,” starts filming in October. Michael Attardi (l) and Federico Castelluccio at a recent…
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L.B. beaches produce record revenues
Ideal summer weather also increases beach expenses BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer For the second straight summer, Long Branch beaches generated record figures in revenues, with estimates close to $1.3 million. Rough surf caused by a tropical storm sprays bathers on a sweltering Sept. 1 afternoon. Story and photo page 6 and at gmnews.com. ERIC…
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‘Kittenpalooza’ offers half-price adoptions
Sarge With more 300 felines available, the Monmouth County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (MCSPCA) hopes to find good homes for most of these cats and kittens through “Kittenpalooza,” a monthlong adoption project. Once again, summer ends with an overpopulation of cats and kittens, said Francesca Alexander, MCSPCA community cat coordinator. Anyone…
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Marine’s film provides ‘Severe Clear’ view of Iraq War
Screening honors Sept. 11 victim Beth Quigley BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer With a rifle over his shoulder and a video camera around his neck, former Marine Corps 1st Lt. Michael Scotti went to Iraq. Soldiers patrol during the Iraq War in a frame from the film “Severe Clear.” Several years later, with the help…
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Tommy Lyons, of Rumson, makes his way into the surf off the beach in Sea Bright on Sept. 1. ERIC SUCAR staff
