Category: Atlanticville News
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Help sought in search
OCEAN TOWNSHIP — Police are seeking the public’s assistance in locating a man who they believe to have attempted to rob a township gas station. On Jan. 24 at approximately 7:48 p.m., police received a call from the attendant at the Oakhurst Service Center and Gas Station on Monmouth Road in reference to an attempted…
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Environmental group hosts nature tour
Participants explore Joe Palaia Park during winter walk PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Above: Oakhurst’s Rose McVey holds up Bill McVey, 3, so he can take a picture of ducks during the Ocean Township Shade Tree and Environmental Commission nature walk. Below: Nature walk participants stroll along a trail at Joe Palaia Park on Feb.…
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Two charged with heroin use
OCEAN TOWNSHIP — Two Leonardo residents are facing drug charges for allegedly possessing and using heroin in the parking lot of the Seaview Mall. On Jan. 29 at approximately 2:02 p.m. Ocean Township Police Detective Lt. Steven Peters observed two people acting suspiciously in a vehicle parked near the southern section of the Seaview Mall…
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Boro seeks ‘strict’ pay-to-play law
Introduction of ordinance was up for vote last night EATONTOWN — In an attempt to limit the influence political contributions have on local officials, the Borough Council was expected to introduce what is being called “the strictest version of a pay-to-play ordinance” last night. Proposed by council President John Schiels at a Feb. 4 council…
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FCS receives $10K grant
LONG BRANCH — Family & Children’s Service (FCS), based in Long Branch, has been awarded a $10,000 grant by the Comcast Foundation. The grant monies received by FCS will help support the organization’s Reading Buddies program. Launched in 1998, the early-childhood literacy development program advances literacy skills and creates enthusiastic, confident young readers in 17…
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Advocates: ‘We want to protect our ocean’
Pallone says LNG proposal is wrong energy policy BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer Ocean advocates used a public hearing on a proposal to build an offshore liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility to rally opposition to a project they have dubbed “Insanity Island.” “Just remember, everyone, that the corporations whose projects, products and byproducts can result…
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M.B. man charged in money-laundering plot
Monmouth County grand jury returns 38-count indictment against 16 defendants AMonmouth County grand jury returned a 38-count indictment against 16 defendants, including a Monmouth Beach man, following a yearlong investigation into a cocaine trafficking and money-laundering network based in Manalapan. According to a press release from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office, the investigation was initiated…
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Two Mon. U. students face charges after house party
OCEAN TOWNSHIP — Two Monmouth University students have been accused of providing alcohol to three underage teens after police received complaints of a loud house party. On Jan. 25 at approximately 12:12 a.m., police received a call from a concerned resident about a party taking place at an Alpern Avenue residence in the Oakhurst section…
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Man arrested for alleged theft of township home
OCEAN TOWNSHIP — A Neptune man is facing burglary charges after police found him to be in possession of property believed to have been stolen from a township home. On Jan. 23 at approximately 1:30 a.m., Ocean Township Police Officer Alon Bercovicz observed an individual struggling to push a bicycle with a full suitcase on…
