Category: Atlanticville News
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Cops assaulted while breaking up brawl
OCEAN TOWNSHIP — Two local residents are facing several charges after they allegedly assaulted several township police officers during a New Years Eve brawl last week. Orson Fleurant, 20, and David O. Whittaker, 19, both of Ocean Township, were arrested after an argument between five people at the Twinbrook Apartment Complex lead to a fight,…
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Lighting the menorah
PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Above: Rabbi Laibel Schapiro lights one of the candles for the Chabad of the Shore’s Menorah Lighting Ceremony for Hanukkah held at Pier Village Dec. 28. Below: David Pirogovsky, 10, of Ocean Township, volunteers to take part in the Hanukkah celebration.
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Park Avenue Bridge opens to traffic Jan. 2
Bridge project planned to be complete by July BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff The Park Avenue Bridge in the Elberon section of Long Branch opened to traffic Jan. 2. LONG BRANCH — The Park Avenue Bridge in the Elberon section of the city opened last week after being closed for…
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Local ice-skaters bring home silver medal
Ice-Lantics to compete in championship this month Above, the Ice-Lantics synchronized ice-skating team. Below, the team wins a silver medal. Pictured: Gabriella Stewart, of Red Bank (l-r), Kelsey Jagusch of Monmouth Regional High School and Vinci Rego of Red Bank Catholic High School. LONG BRANCH — The Ice-Lantics intermediate synchronized skating team returned from Connecticut…
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Woman celebrates 103rd birthday
Wayside Retirement Center hosts birthday party for resident BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Above: Maude Pier talks with friends and family during her 103rd birthday party hosted by the staff of the Wayside Retirement Center in the Wayside section of Ocean Township Dec. 18. Below: Maude Pier (l) shares a…
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Man charged with buying alcohol for minors
OCEAN TOWNSHIP — Police arrested one local man for attempting to purchase alcohol for minors and charged another three men for attempting to purchase alcohol while under the legal age. On Dec. 31 at approximately 6:45 p.m. Ocean Township police Detective Lt. Steven R. Peters and Detective Sgt. Charles Weinkofskywere conducting a special detail, targeting…
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Specialty hospital names new director
Pat Mezzina, of Red Bank, joins facility located in Monmouth Medical Center Pat Mezzina LONG BRANCH — Specialty Hospital at Monmouth has named a new clinical director with an accomplished record in bedside nursing and nursing management to oversee the facility located within Monmouth Medical Center. Pat Mezzina, of Red Bank, recently joined AcuteCare Health…
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NOTES
The Coastal Monmouth Alliance for the Prevention of Substance Abuse will be holding its next meeting Jan. 12 at 10 a.m. in the meeting at the Long Branch Public Library on Broadway. ***** SCAN Learning Center, Monmouth Mall, Eatontown, is showing the artwork of Ray Sternesky, Asbury Park, through February. Hours are 9 a.m. to…
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Students prepare for Science Olympiad 2009
LONG BRANCH LONG BRANCH — A team of fourththrough sixth-graders at The Seashore School received a different kind of physics lesson last month. As part of their training for Science Olympiad 2009, they built a device from straws to cradle an egg being dropped from 10 feet in the gym at the school on Broadway…
