Category: Atlanticville News
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Operation Sleighbells: Aiding families for 100 years
LONG BRANCH — One hundred years ago Family & Children’s Service (FCS) began an annual giving program that has distributed thousands of gifts of warm clothing, toys and books to families in need. As in years past, this year Operation Sleighbells continues to help families throughout Monmouth County. The program began a century ago when…
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Council votes down Husky Brook project
Opponents cite wetlands, finances; mayor says politics killed park BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer Mayor Tarantolo EATONTOWN — After months of heated debate, the Borough Council voted last week to cancel the controversial Husky Brook Park project. The move came during the council’s Dec. 3 meeting, at which members voted 4- 2 to terminate the…
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L.B. council approves self-assessment report
BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — The city moved a step closer to achieving urban center designation from the state last week by approving a self-assessment report required to qualify the city to move up a level in the state planning process. After hearing a presentation by zoning officer Michelle Bernich, the council…
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VNA extends community-based services to North Jersey
Central Jersey VNA partners with Newark nonprofit BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer Judith Stanley Coleman, chairwoman of the Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey, and VNACJ Chief Operating Officer Ashley Wharton flank Monsignor William J. Linder, founder and CEO of the New Community Corp., and Donnett Brown, executive director of Essex Valley VNA. RED BANK…
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Breakfast with Santa
Above: Carol Alto takes a photo of Jean and Dale Alto, of Ocean, at the Oakhurst Fire Company and Ladies Auxiliary Breakfast with Santa. Right: Dyllan Manning, of Ocean, visits with Santa. PHOTOS BY FRANK GALIPO
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Local church opens doors to those in need at Christmas
BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — A city church will once again be helping to ease the burdens of those who are struggling and in need this holiday season. St. James Church, 300 Broadway, is hosting its seventh annual Christmas Dinner from 4-7 p.m. on Christmas Day. “The dinner is open to everyone,…
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FRANK GALIPO Tara Shelly, of Ocean Township, goes over her Christmas list at a Breakfast with Santa sponsored by the Oakhurst Fire Company and Ladies Auxiliary on Dec. 6. FRANK GALIPO
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NOTESAround Town
Monmouth University, West Long Branch, will present Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” 8 p.m. Dec. 11, and 2 p.m. Dec. 12 and 13 at its Pollak Theatre. The production features true-to-form costumes and wigs from 1843, and music of England of the time period. Tickets are $28, and $15 for children and students. For tickets…
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Crackdown on impaired drivers
LONG BRANCH — The Police Department announced that it has begun a crackdown on drunken drivers during the annual year-end holiday season. The “Over the Limit, Under Arrest” 2009 year-end statewide crackdown will run through Jan. 3. The LBPD will conduct saturation patrols and sobriety checkpoints, looking for motoristswhomay be driving while intoxicated. As a…
