Category: Atlanticville News

  • Mentors needed for college-bound students

    RED BANK — Boys & Girls Clubs of Monmouth County (BGCM) and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Monmouth County (BBBSMC) are partnering on a new initiative to expand the College Bound Program for high school seniors. The nonprofits are seeking adult volunteers to support and mentor students in Red Bank and Asbury Park so they…

  • Meadowlands State Fair helps kids smile

    State Fair at the Meadowlands Fairgrounds, East Rutherford, will donate up to 2,000 State Fair entry tickets to underprivileged children in Middlesex and Monmouth counties this spring, for use during the 19-day fair, slated to run daily from June 17 through July 5. “State Fair Meadowlands — New Jersey’s largest annual family-friendly event — is…

  • Coastal advocate wants tougher development rules

    Dillingham urges public to weigh in with DEP BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer Tim Dillingham, executive director of the American Littoral Society, is urging state regulators to take a tougher stance on coastal development. Tim Dillingham “We are trying to get the state to strengthen those rules so that the environment becomes a high priority…

  • Help is available for past-due utility bills

    EATONTOWN — The nonprofit Affordable Housing Alliance has announced that the agency is accepting applications for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program known as LIHEAP. This federally funded program can help both middle- and low-income families as well as the disabled and the elderly pay past-due home heating and cooling bills. Monmouth County families…

  • Pedaling a good cause

    Cyclists begin the 19th annual Bike MS “Coast the Coast Ride” organized by the New Jersey Metro Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. The ride began at the Monmouth University campus in West Long Branch on May 22. FRANK GALIPO

  • Events at Ocean Twp. Library in June

    Unleash the diva in you, get in touch with the inner you through dance, or make a splash at the Ocean Township Library in June. Meet Author Ira Jacobson at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 2. Jacobson’s book “A Quest for Excellence: The Incredible Story of the Most Beautiful Store in the World” tells the story…

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    Graduates process to their seats at the beginning of Monmouth University’s annual commencement ceremony held at PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel on May 20. More photos, page 24 and at gmnews.com. JEFF GRANIT staff

  • Defamation suit targets campaign flier

    Suit seeks campaign records, unspecified monetary damages BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Less than two weeks after Councilman Brian Unger and Long Branch Mayor Adam Schneider faced off for the mayor’s seat, the two will be heading to court in a defamation lawsuit brought by Schneider. In the days after his May 11 election victory…

  • Students ‘kick it up a notch’ at Iron Chef competition

    Team of MHSN students tops teachers in culinary battle BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer The students cranked up the heat — and the stakes — inside the cooking laboratory at Middletown High School North’s fifth annual Iron Chef Throwdown competition on May 20.   Clockwise from top: Matthew Zappoli (standing, second from left), executive chef…