Category: Atlanticville News

  • Fall Beach Sweeps set for Oct. 24

    Clean Ocean Action (COA) is enlisting individuals, families, organizations and businesses to participate in the 24th annual Fall Beach Sweeps on Saturday, Oct. 24, at more than 60 sites along the New Jersey coast. The statewide, volunteer-led cleanups begin at 9 a.m. and end at 12:30 p.m., rain or shine. A map and list of…

  • MTOTSA celebrates

    Residents of the MTOTSA neighborhood in Long Branch celebrated on Sunday the end of a six-year battle to save their beachfront homes from being taken by eminent domain. The victory barbecue was joyful and at times tearful, as neighbors recalled the struggle and remembered members of the alliance who passed on before the group reached…

  • Students learn their way around TV studio

    Long Branch program gives students on- and off-camera time BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer ERIC SUCAR staff Students Anna Kelly (l-r), Hannah Elliott and Conor Mullan answer questions about the television studio during their class at Long Branch Middle School on Oct. 1. LONG BRANCH — State-of-the-art equipment and real-life experience is introducing Long Branch…

  • Museum seeks help with IDs in vintage photos

    BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer The Eatontown Historical Museum is seeking information on two vintage photos. Help is needed to match names with faces in this photo of the Chattle High School class of 1907. EATONTOWN — The Eatontown Historical Museum is asking for the public’s help in identifying two photos that were recently found…

  • Top dog

    MATT DENTON Lori Van Pelt and Roxie (left) finish the 16th annual Dog Walk and Pet Fair sponsored by the Monmouth County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (MCSPCA) and held at Brookdale Community College on Oct. 3.

  • Monmouth University Founders’ day Oct. 14

    WEST LONG BRANCH — Monmouth University will host its annual Founders’ Day celebration on Wednesday, Oct. 14, with the convocation ceremony beginning at 2:15 p.m. in Pollak Theatre. Dr. Stephen E. Flynn, renowned expert on homeland security will deliver the convocation address. Flynn served as the lead policy adviser on homeland security for the presidential…

  • 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…

  • First Year at Monmouth helps freshmen connect

    Students will partner with Habitat for Humanity BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH — A Monmouth University program gives college freshmen new to campus life a sense of community and the opportunity to participate in community service. The university has established the First Year at Monmouth volunteer project, a yearlong initiative during which…