Category: Atlanticville News

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Benefit on Jan. 17 to raise funds for child with cancer

    Friends of Ocean Township residents Chris and Dana Lee are holding a fundraiser Jan. 17 from 1-5 p.m. at Bar Anticipation in Belmar to raise money to help offset the medical costs for their five-year-old daughter, Tori, who has Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Tickets for the benefit cost $25 a person, which includes a buffet, entertainment…

  • Police break up party in twp.

    OCEAN TOWNSHIP — A group of area teens are facing alcohol-related charges after police broke up a large party at a township home last week. On Dec. 30 at approximately 2:10 a.m., Ocean Township Police Officer Michael Legg and Sgt. Michael Clancy were investigating a suspicious vehicle parked on Edgewood Avenue when they discovered an…

  • Man sentenced to 15 years

    NEWARK — A Long Branch man was sentenced last week to 15 years behind bars for possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon. On Dec. 29, U.S. District Judge Joel A. Pisano sentenced Sean Forehand, 35, to 180 months in federal prison and additionally ordered the defendant to serve five years of supervised…