Category: Atlanticville News
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Poplar Brook flood plan will impact park
Army Corps proposes berm, basin at Joe Palaia Park BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer Heavy rains caused flooding in October 2005. OCEAN TOWNSHIP — A conceptual plan to mitigate the risk of flooding along Poplar Brook could see major changes at Joe Palaia Park, including the loss of some of the park’s fields and structures.…
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Community health centers to receive stimulus funding
Two New Jersey community health centers will receive $2.6 million in federal stimulus funds over the next two years to provide health care to low-income medically underserved residents. The Center for Health, Education, Medicine and Dentistry in Lakewood and the Monmouth Family Health Center in Long Branch and are among 126 health centers nationwide that…
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Sea Bright officials tour Oceanport court
Boros explore sharing municipal court facility BY SUSANNE MORELLI Staff Writer SEA BRIGHT — Borough officials recently paid a visit to neighboring Oceanport to attend a meeting and tour municipal court facilities as it explores a proposal to consider sharing court space. Councilwoman Dina G. Long read a memo on the visit on behalf of…
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Sports authority to pay $3.1M to stem pollution from track
Reclamation authority ups number of gallons treated BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer A sign warns residents that the creek is polluted OCEANPORT — A $3.1 million agreement announced last week between the New Jersey Sports & Exposition Authority (NJSEA) and the Two Rivers Water Reclamation Authority (TRWRA) in Monmouth Beach is expected to help alleviate…
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Monmouth freeholders launch call to service
The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders, in coordination with the Citizens’ Campaign, has launched its own county-wide call to service to increase public participation in county government. This effort joins a statewide New Jersey call to service led by the Citizens’ Campaign. Monmouth County’s call to service officially kicked off Feb. 26 with the adoption…
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Help needed at county park gardens
The Monmouth County Park System is seeking volunteers to help in the gardens at several park locations, including Deep Cut Gardens in Middletown, Thompson Park in the Lincroft section of Middletown, Dorbrook Recreation Center in Colts Neck, and Huber Woods in Middletown. New volunteers are invited to attend a tree and shrub pruning workshop prior…
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NOTES
A reception for Sister Mary Beth Lloyd will be held 2-4 p.m. April 4 in the Community Center at Peter Cooper Village, 200 Forrest St. in West Long Branch. Sister Lloyd, of the Religious Teachers Filippini, is a former resident of Little Silver whose family resides in Red Bank. She is the author of “AIDS…
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Boat builders during WWII topic of talk
MONMOUTH BEACH — Bob O’Brien, president of the New Jersey Museum of Boating in Bay Head, will present an illustrated history of local boat builders during WWII and their craft. “The History of Boatbuilding during WWII on the Jersey Coast” will be presented 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 25, at the Monmouth Beach Cultural Center, 128…
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One-USA cleanup
Left: Dominique Rivera, 13, of Long Branch pitches in during the One-USA cleanup at one of Long Branch’s beaches on Saturday, March 21. Above: Marshall Willliams, 13, of Long Branch, picks trash out of a dune. PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff
