Category: Atlanticville News

  • Disaster drill preps first responders for emergencies

    County OEM coordinates mock response to storm, flood BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Oceanport residents woke up Saturday morning to the sound of a medivac helicopter circling the Wolf Hill Park and the sight of various emergency personnel vehicles coming into the park for an early morning drill. KATHY CHANG Members of local Scout groups…

  • County seeks comment on Rte. 35 jughandle

    Project calls for taking 1.2 acres of county park BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer OCEAN TOWNSHIP — Officials with the Monmouth County Parks System are seeking the public’s input on a proposal to use 1.2 acres of the county’s Weltz Park for the construction of a jughandle near Route 35 and Armstrong Boulevard in the…

  • MU Performing Arts Series to spotlight Celtic culture

    WEST LONG BRANCH — Monmouth University’s Performing Arts Series at Pollak Theatre runs the gamut from Celtic culture to Woodstock this season. Highlights include Grammy winners Los Lonely Boys, Melissa Manchester and Suzanne Vega, and a nostalgic 1940’s revue and Woodstock icon Richie Havens. This season will spotlight the Celtic culture with performances by Cherish…

  • Great Depression is theme for Archives Day at library

    Monmouth County in the Great Depression is an exhibit that will be on display at the Monmouth County Library Headquarters, Symmes Drive, Manalapan, for the month of October. The display is part of this year’s Archives and History Day, which will be held at the library headquarters on Oct. 10. The keynote speaker will be…

  • In the Service

    Army National Guard Sgt. Damon D. Bowles has returned to Sea Girt, N.J., after being deployed to an overseas forward operating base in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Bowles, a water purification and distribution supply specialist with five years’ military service, is assigned to the 154th Quartermaster Company. A 1996 graduate of Monmouth Regional High…

  • CBA students, alumni celebrate 50-year mark

    Grounds may be different, but spirit the same, grads say BY TOM SHORTELL Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — Members of Christian Brothers Academy’s freshman class trotted into McKay Gym last week after completing the Heath Run, the traditional freshman race across campus. The run is named after longtime coach Tom Heath. Once inside, homerooms competed in…

  • Harvest House Tour in M.B. Oct. 4

    MONMOUTH BEACH — Five Monmouth Beach homes will be featured on a house tour to take place from 1:30-5 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 4. Altar Rosary Society of The Church of the Precious Blood in Monmouth Beach will present the event. A boutique will be held at borough hall in conjunction with the house tour.…

  • Kevork Hovanian, founder of R.B. homebuilder, dies

    BY KIMBERLY STEINBERG Staff Writer Kevork S. Hovnanian RED BANK — Kevork S. Hovnanian, founder and chairman of the borough-based homebuilder Hovnanian Enterprises Inc., died Sept. 24 at New York Presbyterian Hospital at the age of 86. Hovnanian, of Rumson, founded the small family-run company in 1959, and Hovnanian Enterprises grew to become New Jersey’s…

  • Monmouth Regional district charged with discrimination

    Former superintendent also named in suits brought by three female employees BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Lawsuits filed on behalf of three female employees of Monmouth Regional High School charge the regional school district and several administrators with discrimination based on age, sex and race. The suits were filed in U.S. District Court in Trenton…