Category: Atlanticville News

  • Walk will support efforts to Bring Sean Home

    LONG BRANCH — The Bring Sean Home community will hold a walkathon and fundraiser on Saturday, Oct. 3, at Pier Village in Long Branch to benefit The David & Sean Fund. The Bring Sean Home Walkathon and Fundraiser will help defray expenses related to the abduction of Sean Goldman to Brazil and his repatriation to…

  • Sept.: Fall is staggering in

    Weeks of brilliant color are ahead, and it is time to think about your spring garden. Bulbs, those buried treasures, are the easiest and most diverse way to add excitement to your spring garden. Captivating color, fragrance and a wide range of varieties are their trademark. Many bulbs grow and bloom in early spring, offering…

  • Long Branch Jazz Fest

    PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Left to right: A member of the Mauricio de Sousa Quartet performs at the Long Branch Jazz & Blues Festival on Sept. 5. Festival attendees shop at one of the vendor booths at the event, held at Pier Village along the beachfront. The festival featured live entertainment, food and craft…

  • Celtic Connections

    CHRIS KELLY staff Brian O’hAirt listens as Len Graham sings a traditional Irish song during a Sept. 18 concert that opened Monmouth University’s Celtic Connections, a yearlong focus on Irish culture.

  • St. James presents monthly music programs

    Church offers expanded monthly music performances LONG BRANCH — St. James, the Episcopal Church at 300 Broadway, has a tradition of excellence in worship music and is expanding its program to include monthly music performances through May of next year.U nder Tom Colao, music director and organist, the program has expanded to include the public…

  • In the Service

    Army National Guard Sgt. Damon D. Bowles has returned to Sea Girt 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 School,…

  • NOTESAround Town

    Asbury United Methodist Church, 61 AtlanticAve., North Long Branch, will hold its third annual Harvest Dinner & Gift Auction 6-10 p.m. Sept. 26 at West Long Branch Community Center, 11 N. Locust Ave. The event will feature a buffet, a DJ, 50/50, and gift auction with various gifts and gift certificates. Admission is $25. For…

  • Photo

    ERIC SUCAR staff A visitor to “Thunder on the Shrewsbury” takes a close look at a rowboat on display Sept. 19 at the boat show held at the Long Branch Iceboat and Yacht Club, which also featured dozens of Jersey speed skiffs and other high-speed boats on display and in action along the Shrewsbury River.

  • State lends $22M to stem Branchport Creek pollution

    BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer Branchport Creek may once again be a recreational waterway thanks to a multimillion-dollar loan from the state that will fund improvements to eliminate storm-water runoff from Monmouth Park into the creek. Oceanport Mayor Michael Mahon The $22 million loan from the New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust, working in partnership with…