Category: Atlanticville News
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Monmouth Conservation Foundation founder dies
Judith Hurley Stanley Coleman MIDDLETOWN — Conservationist and philanthropist Judith Hurley Stanley Coleman was known to “think globally and act locally” in the fight to preserve Monmouth County’s rapidly dwindling open spaces. The well-known community activist, who was a founder of the Monmouth Conservation Foundation and Save Sandy Hook, died peacefully at the age of…
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Angelica Patel, of Ocean Township, waits for a return shot during Ocean Township Recreation Department’s summer tennis clinic at Wayside Park on July 23. JEFF GRANIT staff
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Lifeguard relays
Monmouth County lifeguards compete in the run-swim-run race during the 11th Annual Monmouth County Park System Invitational Surf Relays held at Seven Presidents Park in Long Branch on July 30. Lifeguards await the start of the competition in which five Monmouth County lifeguard squads competed in six different relay races. Sea Bright lifeguards compete in…
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Advocates laud halt of LNG proposal
ASIG suspends project due to Gulf oil spill fallout BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer Ocean advocates are welcoming a decision by Atlantic Sea Island Group to withdraw its proposal to construct Safe Harbor Energy, a 116-acre liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility on a manmade island 19.5 miles off the coast of Sea Bright. Clean Ocean…
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Concordance invites families to join community garden program
LONG BRANCH — The Long Branch Concordance Family Success Center invites families to participate in the Long Branch Community Garden Program. The garden is located at Seventh Avenue, across from the municipal complex/library and the Anastasia Elementary School. Programs are scheduled for Mondays through the fall from noon to 2 p.m. and will include how…
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Jody Joseph rocks Long Branch’s Pier Village with classics by Stevie Nicks and Janis Joplin on July 22. MIKE JAGENDORF
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Monmouth U. hosts antique bicycle meet
WEST LONG BRANCH — The National Wheelmen is holding its annual meet at Monmouth University through July 31. The event, celebrating antique bicycles, will include bike rides, public demonstrations, races, games on bicycles, lectures, displays and a parade. The meet included a historic century ride on July 28 starting at Monmouth with 80 riders traveling…
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Oyster program may find new home
Shrewsbury River among sites being considered by Baykeeper BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer KEYPORT — The NY/NJ Baykeeper is investigating alternative locations for an oyster restoration project after complying with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) order to remove a research related shellfish reef from Raritan Bay. The Baykeeper, which works to protect…
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Jim Van Brunt Memorial takes place Aug. 4
LONG BRANCH — The JVB Memorial benefit softball game will be held Wednesday, Aug. 4, at 7:30 p.m. at Valenzano Park in West Long Branch. The softball game is held in memory of Jim Van Brunt, a former Long Branch resident and 1962 graduate of Long Branch High School. Van Brunt was very active in…
