Category: Atlanticville News

  • 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…

  • Ocean Twp. nonprofit will assist families, youth

    Community Hope Fund will launch Jan. 23 BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer Christine Hanlon OCEAN TOWNSHIP — A new township based nonprofit will focus on improving the lives of financially strapped families and promoting positive youth development. The Community Hope Fund, which will hold its official launch party this month, is being organized by a…

  • Pilot program at hospital, health center deemed success

    Grant aims to shift patients from ER to health center BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Midway through a two-year study, two local health care facilities are seeing positive results from a pilot program aimed at reducing costs and shifting primarycare patients from hospital emergency rooms to community health centers. The Emergency Department at Monmouth Medical…

  • L.B. council divides MTOTSA right of way

    Land will be added to three properties BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — The City Council adopted an ordinance splitting a right of way among three properties in the MTOTSA neighborhood. As part of an agreement between the MTOTSAAlliance and the city, three beachfront properties will receive a share of the vacated, city-owned…

  • West Long Branch turns library over to county

    BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer After months of debate, the West Long Branch Borough Council adopted an ordinance that officially turns the borough library over to the Monmouth County Library System. Adopted during the Dec. 30 meeting by a 3-1 vote, the ordinance finalizes a contract between West Long Branch and the county that changes…

  • Ice time

    Right: Skaters of all ages enjoy time on the ice during a public ice skating session at the Red Bank Armory Ice Complex on Dec. 31. Above: Alexis Simon, of West Long Branch, watches skaters glide by. PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff

  • What’s in a name?

    Roadways and bridges are named for the famous BY KAREN L. KESTEN Staff Writer You’re stuck in traffic again and you turn on the traffic report. You hear the names of bridges and roads over and over, but who are these people, and why do they have their own bridge? Spanning the Raritan River, the…

  • DOT taking bids for interchange project

    Work on intersection could begin by spring BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer A redesign of the intersection of Route 35 and Route 36 in Eatontown to ease traffic congestion is scheduled to begin this year. CHRIS KELLY staff EATONTOWN — The state Department of Transportation (DOT) is accepting bids from contractors for the long-awaited redesign…