Category: Atlanticville News

  • County jobless rate up 3.2 percent over 12 months but stabilizing

    Data: Recovery under way after unemployment peaked in July BY TOM SHORTELL Staff Writer Monmouth County workers are still feeling the brunt of the 2008 economic collapse, as the county’s latest unemployment rate is 3.2 percent higher than it was 12 months earlier. An estimated 28,666 workers residing in the county were without jobs in…

  • Friends group advocates for Oceanic Bridge

    Group wants historic character of span preserved BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer The Friends of the Oceanic Bridge Association is urging residents to reach out to county, state and federal officials regarding the future of the 70-year-old historic bridge connecting Rumson and the Locust section of Middletown. Oceanic Bridge At a meeting on Dec.15 at…

  • Best photos of 2009

    Photographers’ picks “Best Day at the Beach,” Seven Presidents Park, Long Branch, June 14. CHRIS KELLY staff LONG BRANCH — The Long Branch Concordance hosted speakers on the issue of finding shelter during its Dec. 16 meeting. Among the presenters were: Shanna Goldstein, director of Family Promise in Keansburg; Sandra Fills, director of the homeless…

  • Polar plungers

    Participants brave the frigid weather and dash toward the ocean at the start of the fourth annual Polar Bear Plunge held at the Sea Bright public beach on Jan. 10. More than 300 people took a dip in the icy waters of the Atlantic Ocean in the annual ritual hosted by the Ancient Order of…

  • NOTES

    Long Branch Free Public Library has various genealogy resources for the public to use to research family history, including introductorymaterials as well as genealogy materials displayed in the glass case outside the local history room during January. The history room is open from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesdays or by appointment. For an appointment,…

  • LBC focus on emergency housing programs

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    Sixth-grader Isabelle deAbreu spells a word on her way to winning the annual spelling bee at Margaret Vetter School in Eatontown on Jan. 6. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • Gov’t funds aim to retain fort workers

    $3 million supports N.J. Technology Solutions Center BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer The federal government has awarded $3 million to seed an initiative aimed at stemming the potential “brain drain” of highly skilled workers resulting from the closure of Fort Monmouth. The Department of Defense funding will promote the New Jersey Technology Solutions Center’s mission…

  • Fire chief’s 2nd term is first for L.B. fire dept.

    BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Sebastian Tomaine stepped up and ran for fire chief in Long Branch and in the process made department history. Pictured at the Long Branch Fire Department organization meeting Jan. 1 are First Assistant Chief Alfred Sico (l-r), Chief of Department Sebastian M. Tomaine, Second Assistant Chief Harold “Buster” Bentley. Tomaine,…