Category: Atlanticville News

  • Food pantry: Have wheels, will travel this summer

    Mobile food bank unit to target senior citizens BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Minnie Daniels, 82, walks 1.2 miles to Foodtown to get her groceries. With so many seniors, like Daniels, struggling to find transportation and funds to buy food, the FoodBank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties unveiled its mobile pantry last week. Volunteers for…

  • Legislators pledge vigilance in fort reuse plan

    Fort Monmouth Revitalizaton Authority bill approved BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer With the bill that would create the Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority approved by the state Senate and Assembly on June 28, 12th District legislators look toward the next steps in the property’s rebirth. Sen. Jennifer Beck The revitalization authority is the entity that…

  • Class of 2010

    Graduates listen to commencement speakers at Ocean Township High School’s 2010 graduation ceremony held at the school’s athletic field on Monday, June 21. LAUREN CASSELBERRY

  • A call to artists for an Urban Canvas

    LONG BRANCH — Currently getting under way in downtown Long Branch, the Urban Canvas Project is designed to turn the façades of 40 unoccupied buildings on lower Broadway into a communal work of art that will inspire and beautify the neighborhood, create a one-of-a-kind local attraction and put forth a message of energy and solidarity…

  • A celebration of arts

    Chris Carroll and Jeff Schreiber chat while artist Tom Chesek creates art during Art Hits the Streets, a celebration of the arts sponsored by Imagine Long Branch and held on lower Broadway in Long Branch on June 26. The three were among the eclectic group of visual artists, music makers, writers, photographers and others participating…

  • Locals draw line in the sand over drilling

    Hands Across the Sand rallies beach-goers across the globe BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Alifelong county resident was joined last weekend at the beach in Long Branch with many other concerned residents protesting offshore drilling in New Jersey. Dozens of people hold hands for 15 minutes Saturday at one of the beaches at Seven Presidents…

  • L.B., O’port officials get pollution update

    BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer OCEANPORT — Officials from both Long Branch and Oceanport were given an exclusive tour last week of the $20 million project designed to eliminate runoff from Monmouth Park that is the cause of pollution in Branchport Creek. The tour took place June 24, led by the New Jersey Sports &…

  • stork club •••

    Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, announces the birth of a girl May 5 to Jordan Tuchol and Jonathan Ramos of West Long Branch. May 26, a girl to Janice and Robert Gill of Eatontown. Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank, announced the following births: May 21, a girl to Anlly Cepeda-Santos and Mauricio Dos Santos…

  • ‘Rock to Prevent’ concert takes place Aug. 11

    OCEAN TOWNSHIP — Prevention First will host its second annual benefit concert, “Rock to Prevent,” on Wednesday, Aug. 11, in Festival Plaza at Pier Village in Long Branch. The concert highlights the spirit of youth and community and inspires young people to write, play music and find their own voice, according to a press release…