Category: Atlanticville News

  • Police release sketch of stabbing suspect

    Police have released this composite sketch of a suspect in the stabbing of a gas station employee in the Ocean Township. OCEAN TOWNSHIP — Police have released a composite sketch of a suspect wanted in the armed robbery and stabbing of a township gas station employee. The assailant is described as a lightskinned black or…

  • Police tell residents to lock vehicles at night

    OCEAN TOWNSHIP — Police are calling on township residents to lock their vehicles at night after a rash of car burglaries occurred in local neighborhoods last week. Police investigated seven incidents of car burglaries that occurred throughout the night on Oct. 9, in the Wanamassa section of the township and another three incidents in the…

  • Spokes for Hope

    Clockwise from top: Posters signed by Lance Armstrong are raffled off to raise funds for the “Spokes for Hope” bicycle ride Saturday. Participants in the ride travel down Ocean Avenue in Deal. Walter Valentine, of Middletown, prepares for the ride. PHOTOS BY SEAN BRADY

  • A new ‘voice’ to speak for local waters

    Debbie Mans is the new head at NY/NJ Baykeeper BY ERIN O. STATTEL Staff Writer Baykeeper Debbie Mans The quiet motion of the Raritan Bay mesmerized people sitting on the benches at the borough promenade as Debbie Mans looked out over the waters that she now has stewardship over. As the newly appointed baykeeper at…

  • Senior donates car, helps needy mom

    WEST LONG BRANCH — When a resident of a senior retirement community decided it was time to give up driving, she had no idea that donating her car would make a difference in someone else’s life. The donor’s donation of her 1998 Honda Accord to the Family Lift program at MonmouthCares in West Long Branch…

  • Youths invest in their futures

    LONG BRANCH — Elementary and middle school youths began investing in their futures at a financial management seminar held in Long Branch. The Youth Savings Program training seminar, sponsored by the KJ525 Philanthropy Club, was conducted at the Gregory Elementary School. Some 11 youths, along with their parents, participated in the financial management training conducted…

  • Two face drug charges

    OCEAN TOWNSHIP — Two area men are facing drug charges after they were found to be in possession of crack cocaine in two separate incidents last week. On Sept. 23 at approximately 3:07 a.m., Ocean Township police Sgt. Michael Clancy was patrolling the area of Route 35 near West Park Avenue when he pulled over…

  • Man charged in purse snatching

    OCEAN TOWNSHIP — An Asbury Park man is facing theft charges after he allegedly stole a woman’s purse at a local grocery store last week. On Sept. 28 at approximately 11:45 a.m., police were called to Wegmans on Route 35 in Ocean Township, in reference to the theft of a woman’s purse. Ocean Township Police…

  • Two Mon. U students arrested

    OCEAN TOWNSHIP — Two Monmouth University students are facing alcohol and drug charges after police broke up a party last week at the residence they rent on Maplewood Avenue. On Sept. 26 at approximately 2:02 a.m., Ocean Township police Sgt. Michael Clancy was on patrol in the area of RooseveltAvenue when he stopped a vehicle…