Category: Atlanticville News

  • In the Service

    Rebecca B. Pickerd has graduated from the Army ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corps) Leader’s Training Course at Fort Knox, Ky. A student at Niagara University, N.Y., the cadet is the daughter of Doris and Joe Pickerd of Fort Monmouth.

  • Grandparents raising children will get a break

    The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders has approved a new program to support grandparents who are raising children in Monmouth County. According to a press release, the county’s Office on Aging will oversee the new grandparent caregiver respite program, which gives grandparents who live in Monmouth County a break from the daily routine of raising…

  • Ruth Hyman celebrates 90th birthday with a few friends

    Philanthropist Ruth Hyman was feted by friends at a celebration of her 90th birthday. LONG BRANCH — More than 300 of Ruth Hyman’s closest friends gathered on Sept. 13 for a special gala soiree in honor of the Long Branch philanthropist’s 90th birthday. At 90, Ruth is actively involved with numerous organizations including: the Jewish…

  • Photo

    Participants await the start of the Bring Sean Home Walkathon held at Pier Village Festival Plaza in Long Branch on Oct. 3 in support of David Goldman’s efforts to secure the return of his son, Sean, who was abducted and taken to Brazil by his mother in 2004. Story and more photos, page 3.

  • NOTESAround Town

    Students and faculty at the Yeshiva at the Jersey Shore in Deal Park put aside their pencils and books and headed to the Deal beach recently. Armed with large garbage bags and disposable gloves, the first- through fifth-graders worked their way across the beach, collecting garbage left behind by summer beachgoers. By the time they…

  • Commercial uses limited in beachfront zone

    BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer The Long Branch City Council has approved an ordinance aimed at preserving the residential character of one of its beachfront neighborhoods. The council voted 4-0 at the Sept. 22 meeting to approve for final consideration an amendment to the RC-1 beachfront mixed zone to prohibit freestanding commercial properties within the…

  • Funding approved for beach replenishment, flood control

    U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-6th District) announced that the U.S. House of Representatives has passed the Fiscal Year 2010 Energy and Water Conference Report, which will allow the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to continue critical shore protection and flood control projects in Monmouth County. The conference report reconciled differences between the House and…

  • Burry: Misconduct charges will not stop fort closure

    Pallone and Holt: Reports show critical data withheld from BRAC BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer County and local officials are skeptical that a pair of classified reports that found the decision to close Fort Monmouth was preordained and based on flawed information will alter the course of the fort’s closure. “None of us approve of…

  • Advocate for ‘voiceless victims’ is honored in D.C.

    MCSPCA’s Amato recognized by National Humane Society BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer The chief law enforcement officer for the Monmouth County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (MCSPCA) was honored in Washington, D.C., last week for his continued dedication to what he calls the "voiceless victims" of senseless violence. Lazarus was rescued by…