Category: Atlanticville News
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Grand jury indicts bus driver
AMonmouth County grand jury returned an indictment May 1 charging a bus driver with assaulting a developmentally disabled passenger. According to the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office, Chinuphai Patel, 49, of East Brunswick, was indicted on charges of third-degree aggravated criminal sexual contact. The indictment follows an investigation conducted by the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office in…
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Six indicted in cell phone rewards scam
Five family members and another local resident have been indicted by a Monmouth County grand jury for their alleged involvement in a fraudulent scheme based on reward points earned for cell phone purchases. On May 4, the grand jury returned an indictment charging Leon C. Kassin, 62, of Ocean Township, his son Morris Kassin, 33,…
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Suspect in armed robbery sought
OCEAN TOWNSHIP — Police are seeking the public’s help in locating a suspect in an armed robbery at a township fast-food restaurant last week. On April 8 at approximately 2:08 a.m., township police received a 911 call from the night manager of the Wendy’s located in the Middlebrook Plaza on Route 35 South, indicating that…
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A joyful sound
PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Left to right: Associate conductor John Morton leads the Greater Shore Concert Band during a performance at Reformation Lutheran Church in West Long Branch May 5. Red Bank Regional student David Smolokoff sings “Where’er You Walk.” One of the 50-plus area musicians who make up the orchestra performs during the…
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Walk the line
JEFF GRANIT staff Shore Regional High School senior Sam McGhee attempts to walk a straight line while wearing vision-impairing goggles during the school’s Mission PROM program May 6.
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JEFF GRANIT staff Shore Regional High School senior Mike Tringola, wearing Fatal Vision Goggles to simulate the effects of driving drunk, touches the finger of a West Long Branch police officer as part of a sobriety test exercise during the school’s annual Mission PROM program May 6.
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Police seeking leads in pellet gun attacks
OCEAN TOWNSHIP — Police are searching for leads into two pellet gun attacks that occurred in the township last month. On April 18 at approximately 9:43 p.m., police received two complaints from motorists advising that their vehicles were struck by pellets as they traveled through the intersection of South Lincoln and Larchwood avenues. In the…
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Moving historic bldgs. seen as next best option
BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Members of the preservation community see plans to relocate the historic Takanassee Beach Club buildings in Long Branch as the glass half full. Life Saving Station No. 5 “It’s not ideal, but it’s better than demolition,” said Ron Emrich, executive director of Preservation New Jersey. “It’s unfortunate a solution could…
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Art in the Park in Long Branch
Organizations to host free art event on May 24 The Long Branch Arts Council, in partnership with the Long Branch Historical Association and the Long Branch Free Public Library, will host dozens of artists from throughout New Jersey in the 11th annual Art in the Park event May 24. The free event will run from…
