Category: Atlanticville News

  • L.B. Fire Department holds awards ceremony

    LONG BRANCH — The Training Division of the Long Branch Fire Department held its annual Training Graduation and Awards Ceremony Dec. 17 at the Branchport Hose Company firehouse on Branchport Avenue. Every year the division hands out certificates detailing the training that a firefighter has participated in during the recent year. This year there were…

  • Free workshop on nutrition for babies and children

    LONG BRANCH — Learn about healthy nutrition habits for infants and young children during WIC’s “Healthy Habits for Babies” workshop hosted by the Long Branch Concordance Family Success Center (LBC) on Friday, Jan. 22, 2-3:30 p.m., at 279 Broadway, Suite. 301, in Long Branch. Presenter Robin McRoberts, program manager for New Jersey’s Special Supplemental Nutrition…

  • L.B. Planning Board moves forward on master plan

    Attorney: City is meeting affordable housing quota BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — The city Planning Board continues to work toward a comprehensive master plan, which is due to be completed by March. At the Dec. 15 meeting, the planners passed a resolution approving the fair-share housing plan for the city that was…

  • DaVis, Rau end tenure on council

    Chief also lauds DaVis for service in police dept. BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer Charles DaVis EATONTOWN — The Borough Council and Eatontown Police Department thanked two council members as they stepped down from the dais at the last council meeting of 2009 Councilman Charles DaVis and Councilwoman Victoria Rau participated in their last meeting…

  • Eatontown honors police, paramedics

    BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer Eatontown resident Matt Serpico publicly thanks the police officers and paramedics who worked to save his father’s life after he collapsed and lost consciousness at an area fitness center earlier this year. EATONTOWN — The Borough Council took time out earlier this month to honor the police and emergency service…

  • Wintertime delight

    Above: Samuel and Sarah Falotico, of Bradley Beach, sled down Cemetery Hill in West Long Branch Dec. 20 following a weekend snowstorm. Below: Children wait their turn to take a ride at the top of Cemetery Hill. PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff

  • Animal cruelty charges lodged against pet owners

    ABelford woman pleaded guilty to 81 counts of failure to provide proper sustenance to her pets last week, according to Chief Victor “Buddy” Amato of the Monmouth County SPCA in Eatontown. Amato said Marlene D. Sandford was fined $5,000 Dec. 11 in Middletown Municipal Court by Judge Michael Puglisi. Sandford was charged with 81 counts…

  • Road rage incident leads to arrest

    OCEAN TOWNSHIP — A township man is facing weapons charges after he allegedly brandished a knife at a male driver and his female passenger during what is described as an incident of road rage. Christopher Tilas, 19, of Ocean Township, was charged by police last week after he was stopped by police following a complaint…

  • NOTES Around Town

      The first Long Branch Mayor’s Cup Taekwondo Championship was held at Shore Regional High School in West Long Branch on Dec. 6. The tournament director was Grandmaster Kyong H. Kim, the official USA National Team head coach for taekwondo and also head master at the U.S. Taekwondo Center in West Long Branch. Long Branch…