Category: Atlanticville News
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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…
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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…
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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.
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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Interchange work could face delays
BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer The owner of a Eatontown property is seeking to challenge a recent court ruling that would allow the state to take a portion of his land to redesign the intersection of Routes 35 and 36. Robert Lutzker is expected to file an appeal in the Appellate Division of state Superior…
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Helpline volunteers lend an ear 24/7
Call volume up, donations down in weakened economy BY RACHEL HOFFMAN Correspondent The phone is ringing. Simone Perry is poised and ready for action in a small wooden cubicle, headset firmly framing her young face, long braided tendrils of hair neatly tucked underneath. She’s come all the way from Brooklyn, N.Y., to pick up the…
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Ray Licata Memorial Swim
PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Clockwise from top: Swimmers compete in the one-mile swim during the fifth annual Ray Licata Memorial Swim held in Long Branch on Sept. 5. Participants await the start of the swim, which is held in honor of Licata, who was dedicated to promoting shoreline safety. Proceeds from this year’s swim,…
