Category: Atlanticville News
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Boro to seek grant for senior center upgrades
BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer The Eatontown Borough Council will seek funding from the county for upgrades to the Senior Center/Community Center located on Broad Street. Eatontown Community Center KENNY WALTER The council discussed submitting an application under the county’s Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program and is expected to pass a resolution at its…
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Growing community
Monmouth U. grad student seeks participants for garden project BY LINDA JOHNSTON MUHLHAUSEN Correspondent WEST LONG BRANCH —Community gardens are sprouting up all over Monmouth County as a way for neighbors to come together to grow their sense of community as well as delicious, healthful garden produce. A few months ago Dr. Robin Mama, dean…
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Slocum murder trial topic of March 8 meeting
SHREWSBURY — Questions persist about an infamous murder that occurred in what is now West Long Branch in 1863. Peter Slocum, descendant of a prominent Monmouth County family, was found guilty of the murder of his wife and was hanged, but debate about his guilt continues today. On Monday, March 8, the Shrewsbury Towne-Monmouth Chapter…
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Photo
Timmy Presley, a member of the Seashore Sharks basketball team, practices prior to the start of the Seashore School vs. Calvary Academy game in the playoffs of the Jersey Shore Private School League on Feb. 23. More photos on page 3 and at www.gmnews.com. ERIC SUCAR staff
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Firefighters March part of Belmar St. Patrick’s Day parade
Firefighters from Monmouth and Ocean counties and throughout the state are being invited to join the Firefighters March in the Belmar St. Patrick’s Day parade on Sunday, March 7. The march continues a memorial tradition begun following the Sept. 11, 2001, deaths of 343 members of the New York City Fire Department (FDNY). The Firefighters…
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Holocaust genocide film program March 8
The Community Relations Committee of the Jewish Federation of Monmouth County will sponsor its annual Holocaust Genocide Film Education Program on March 8 at the Axelrod Performing Arts Center, 100 Grant Ave, Deal. This year’s program, “The Road to Recovery and Reconciliation,” features two powerful films that explore the psychological, emotional and incredible path to…
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Long Branch officer one of two men charged in assault
ALong Branch patrolman was one of two men charged in the alleged assault of a man outside a Neptune Township nightclub on Jan. 31. Patrick Joyce, 26, of Long Branch, was arrested by detectives from the Neptune Township Police Department and the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office on Feb. 22 and charged with one count of…
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Police seek suspect in store robbery
WEST LONG BRANCH — Police responded to a report of a robbery at the Walgreen’s located at the intersection of State Highway 36 and Monmouth Road at approximately 4:30 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 21. According to police, an employee had been threatened with a knife and forced to surrender cash from the safe. No one…
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On Campus
Monmouth University, West Long Branch, has named the following local students to its fall dean’s list: From Eatontown, Samantha Brown, Christopher Busacca, Heather Dome, William Graham, James Greatorex, April Huggler, Eileen Jones, Lorraine Llarena, Laura Marshall, Matthew Miller, Michael Ottaviano, Mae-YungTang and Danielle Truppo; From Long Branch: Yuri Albertao Melannie Barbour, Amanda Benevenia, Paul Carrera,…
