Category: Atlanticville News

  • Long Branch celebrates its connection with Dorothy Parker

    The spirit of a famed author and wit lives on in the city of her birth. LONG BRANCH — She was one of the most famous cynics in American literary history and a tireless advocate for civil rights. A frequent critic of the popular culture and an Oscar-nominated screenwriter. A socializing, hard-drinking, clothing-optional sort who…

  • Cleanup of contaminated sites at fort raises concerns

    Army defends plan, which locals say is ‘backwards’ BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer The remediation of contaminated sites at Fort Monmouth is under fire by local officials who fear they will be left to pick up the tab when the U.S. Army vacates the installation. A map showing contaminated sites at Fort Monmouth prepared by…

  • L.B. beaches see record attendance, revenues

    Free admission in effect for seniors and youths BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — City officials received some good news last week: beach revenues are on the increase. Danny George, beach manager, and Carl Jennings, director of the Recreation Department and Human Services, delivered the news at the July 28 workshop meeting. “We…

  • NOTES

    Middletown Elks No. 2179, Old Bridge Elks, Freehold Elks and Long Branch Elks will hold a “Run for The Kids,” Aug. 2 (rain date Aug. 9). Sign-up is 9 a.m. at the Middletown lodge only at 251 Church St., Belford section of Middletown. The run will start at the four various lodges and end at…

  • Criminal and juvenile record expungement seminar Aug. 12

    LONG BRANCH — The Monmouth Vicinage Superior Court will hold an expungement seminar on Wednesday, Aug. 12, at the Brookdale Community College Learning Center Community Room, 2nd Floor, 213 Broadway, Long Branch, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. A record of an arrest or conviction often is revealed when a person applies for a job, school…

  • Ocean Grove annual garden tour slated for Aug. 7

    The Historical Society of Ocean Grove is holding its second annual garden tour for the Angel of Victory Fund 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Aug. 7. The Angel of Victory statue was erected in Ocean Grove for the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Monmouth to commemorate a major turning point in the Revolutionary War.T his statue…

  • Group would rename, enhance L.B. boardwalk

    BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Agroup of Long Branch residents is proposing a plan to create a unified boardwalk along the city’s oceanfront that would feature art installations and a historical theme. Save Ocean Avenue Committee member Dennis Sherman spoke during the July 28 workshop portion of the council meeting to discuss the committee’s list…

  • Eatontown Rec sponsors Labor Day race, fall programs

    EATONTOWN — The borough Recreation Department will hold the 15th annual Eatontown 5K Labor Day 5K race walk Sept. 7, with the one-mile kids’ run beginning 8:45 a.m. All races begin and end at the Sheraton Hotel, Industrial Way. The traveling soccer program for residents in grades three through eight will be offered this fall,…

  • Stranding center: Whale struck by boat

    Carcass washed up on Monmouth Beach BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer The fully intact remains of a 27-foot endangered humpback whale were found along a small stretch of shoreline in Monmouth Beach early last week. CHRIS KELLY staff Onlookers gather to get a glimpse of a dead female humpback whale that washed ashore in Monmouth…