Category: Atlanticville News
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Center offers support for cancer patients, families
The mission of The Wellness Community, 613 Hope Road, Eatontown, is to help people affected by cancer enhance their health and well-being through participation in professional programs of emotional support, education, and hope. The Wellness Community serves Monmouth and Ocean County residents affected by cancer, including people with cancer, their family members, caregivers, and friends.…
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Fun at the fair
Top to bottom: Julia Salermo, of Long Branch, takes a spin on one of the rides at the West Long Branch Community Fair held at the Community Center on July 6, then waits her turn to jump on one of the rides. Grace Wartmann, of Eatontown, has some fun on one of the rides at…
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WLB fills vacant council seat
BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH — A little more than a month after longtime Councilman Joseph Woolley resigned, the Borough Council named a replacement. At the July 7 council meeting, the five current council members voted Zoning Board member Jose Villa to fill Woolley’s seat, after the seven-term councilman resigned on June…
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Jim Gomez, of West Long Branch, tries to ring the bell on the High Striker game at the annual West Long Branch Community Fair held at the Community Center on Locust Avenue on July 6. More photos on page 23 and at gmnews.com. ERIC SUCAR staff
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Vietnam film to be shown
On July 17 at 1 p.m. the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial Foundation will host a film screening and panel about the 1st Cavalry Division in Vietnam. The film, “We Were Heroes: The 1st Cavalry Division in Vietnam,” will feature the story of the “First Team” in Vietnam, including the famous battles and operations in…
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Fort museum to begin new chapter
Communications artifacts to relocate to Aberdeen, Md. BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer From bouncing sunlight off a mirror to bouncing radio waves off the moon, the U.S. Army Communications and Electronics Museum houses a collection of impressively rare and arguably war-winning technologies, many of which scientists developed in our backyard. An early radio wave locator…
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Oceanfest
Dazzling fireworks, a juggling stilt walker and sand sculpture demonstrations were part of Oceanfest, Long Branch’s traditional Independence Day celebration, held on the Promenade along the oceanfront on July 4. PHOTO BY MIKE JAGENDORF PHOTO BY JOHN LALANAS PHOTO BY MIKE JAGENDORF PHOTO BY JOHN LALANAS
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Another $1M in funding secured for pier design
BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — The city will receive another infusion of funding for the completion of the design phase of the proposed Long Branch pier and ferry. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-6th District) announced earlier this month that he secured $1 million to complete the engineering and design phase from the…
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Police seek suspect who entered home
WEST LONG BRANCH — Borough police report that at approximately 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 7, a resident of Maple Avenue called to report that an hour earlier he had come home to find an unknown white female standing in the foyer of his home. The female told the resident that she thought she was in…
