Category: Atlanticville News

  • Five seek two seats on Eatontown Boro Council

    BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer Five candidates are vying for two seats up for election on the Eatontown Borough Council on Nov. 3. Victoria Rau The seats are currently held by Councilwoman Victoria Rau, who is running for re-election as an independent, and Councilman Charles DaVis, who has chosen not to run for re-election. The…

  • Winning effort

    CHRIS KELLY staff Robert Vavanaugh, of West Long Branch, races to the finish line to win the Little Silver Classic 5K, which finished on the track at Red Bank Regional High School on Oct. 11.

  • NOTESAround Town

    Long Branch Free Public Library, 168 Lincoln Ave., is exhibiting threae works of art by Maria Kavalos during the month of October. Kavalos works with pen and ink. Also, the library is seeking computer-literate volunteers to act as certified tax preparers from Feb. 15 through April 15. Volunteers will meet with patrons to provide free…

  • A crowning event

    CHRIS KELLY staff The 2009 Homecoming Queen Lauren Cesco-Cancian is crowned by 2008 Queen Becky Gilman during halftime of the Ocean Township High School vs. Colonia High School football game on Oct. 9.

  • Photo

    ERIC SUCAR staff Andrew Giordano gets a boost from his uncle, Gene Ruta, as he puts the finishing touches on his entry in the scarecrow-building contest held at Pier Village in Long Branch on Oct. 10.

  • County rejects swapping park land for jughandle

    BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer The Monmouth County Board of Recreation Commissioners has rejected a proposal to use 1.2 acres of the county’s Weltz Park for the construction of a jughandle at Route 35 and Armstrong Boulevard in Ocean Township. The board agreed to reject the proposal during its Oct. 5 meeting after a review…

  • Lt. gov. candidates back shared services

    County residents Guadagno and Esposito in three-way debate at Monmouth U. BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer The state’s three candidates for lieutenant governor, including two local residents, each touted shared services programs between state municipalities and school districts as a way to provide tax relief to New Jersey residents. PHOTO COURTESY OF ASBURY PARK PRESS/THOMAS…

  • Scaling the heights

    CHRIS KELLY staff Abigail Guida, Monmouth Beach, makes her way up a rock wall during the Long Branch Block Party held in West End on Sept. 26.

  • McLoone’s beach cleanup

    PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT Above: Katie Kauffman (l-r), of Leonardo, and Erin Larkin, Hazlet, clean up debris during the third semi-annual Beach Cleanup by staff of McLoone’s Pier House at Pier Village in Long Branch on Sept. 23. Left: Margaret Gilbertson, Freehold Township, collects trash along the beachfront. Below: Volunteers clear the beach in front…