Category: Atlanticville News

  • Event to benefit lieutenant

    Harley Davidson/Buell of Long Branch will host a fundraising event to benefit the Brian Brennan Stands Alone Trust on Veterans Day, Nov. 11. Jeff Margaritell, owner, Harley Davidson/ Buell of Long Branch, said, “This day-long event gives us an opportunity to help Lt. Brian Brennan, one of our local Afghanistan war veterans, in addition to…

  • Mudslingers throw annual art show

    “Hand built large leaf bowl” by Lauren Bellero The annual Mudslingers Pottery Art Show & Sale Open House will take place Sunday, Nov. 9, 1-6 p.m. Unique wheel thrown and hand built functional and decorative stoneware pottery by Red Bank artist Lauren Bellero, and fine art photography by Jersey shore photographer David L. Brown will…

  • IN THE ARTS

    “Now You Shall Deal With Me” by Mike Kupka Animated villains, ghosts, goblins and ghouls will haunt the walls of Cel-ebration! Gallery in Red Bank, where original art and limited-edition pieces created by Disney artist Mike Kupka and gothic artist and author Gris Grimly will be highlighted through Nov. 15. Animation cels and drawings representing…

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    ERIC SUCAR staff Daniella Bedoya, of Ocean Township, performs her routine during the floor portion of the 2008 Shore Conference Gymnastics Championships held Nov. 1 at Brick Memorial High School.

  • ‘Rock Out’ for soldiers

    WEST LONG BRANCH — Monmouth University’s radio station WMCX’s “Rock Out (Support Our Troops)” fundraising concert on Oct. 18 raised over $900 for Marines Helping Marines (MHM) and Legacy of a Hero. “Rock Out” is an annual concert hosted by WMCX and other student organizations in honor of Christopher Cosgrove, a fallen Marine who was…

  • GOP takes council seats in area towns

    BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer The Republican party continued its success in two area towns during the Nov. 4 elections, gaining a total of four council seats in West Long Branch and Eatontown. In the West Long Branch contest, Republican incumbents Christopher Neyhart and J. Thomas DeBruin edged out Democratic…

  • Students celebrate Character Counts week

    Long Branch High School students participate in the national Character Counts Week. LONG BRANCH — High School freshman teachers Joseph Gallo and Amanda Terry celebrated Character Counts (CC) week by helping their students develop the “Six Pillars of Character.” CC is a nationally recognized week celebrated Oct. 20-24. The Long Branch teachers worked together and…

  • Kean sponsors bill to revise COAH rules

    Bill calls for RCAs to be reinstated in New Jersey BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer State Sen. Sean T. Kean and some 15 other legislators are sponsoring a bill that they say will revise the state’s affordable housing laws. Kean (D-11th District) explained in an Oct. 24 press release that the bill would give towns…

  • Painted & polished, Count Basie reopens

    Theater marks project end with celebratory concert While some spent the summer months down the shore or by the pool, employees at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank spent the summer renovating and preparing for the theater’s Oct. 30 reopening. The Basie, 99 Monmouth St., closed June 30 and is set to reopen with…