Category: Atlanticville News
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Voters pass $8M school referendum
Shore Regional to undergo $14M improvement project BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer Voters from four area towns have approved an $8 million referendum to help fund major improvements to the heating and electrical systems at Shore Regional High School. “I’m very pleased with the community’s support of this referendum,” Shore Regional High School Business Administrator…
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Riders sought for charity bike-a-thon
Timmy’s Tour de Shore 2008, a bicycle ride to raise awareness and money for pediatric brain tumor research, is slated for Oct. 12 at Fort Hancock’s Gateway National Park on Sandy Hook. The event, which is sponsored by Epic Advertising of New York City, includes a 2- or an 8-mile Fun Ride on Sandy Hook,…
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Monmouth U. helps to open thrift shop
WEST LONG BRANCH — Monmouth University students have taken on the task to help a nonprofit organization open a thrift shop in Neptune. Professor John Buzza has brought the Monmouth University Center for Entrepreneurship and students together with the RedeemHer Organization to open the thrift store. All proceeds from the store will be donated to…
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Volunteers interact with senior citizens
Monmouth County programs foster social relationships BY PATRICIA YOCZIS Correspondent Nothing brightens a day like a friendly call or visit, especially if someone lives alone or cannot leave their home. For more than 30 years, the elderly and shut-in residents of the Monmouth County have been given brighter days through two programs of the Monmouth…
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Resident calls new ramp ‘impossible’
LONG BRANCH — One city resident, who has been vocal in seeing that a handicapped accessible ramp be built along the oceanfront, is not entirely pleased with the outcome of the project. “The good news is that there is an access ramp for handicapped and elderly people to get to the beach in Long Branch,”…
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Children’s nature play is focus of conference
Child Care Resources will hold its sixth Early Childhood Conference, “Leave No Child Indoors: Nature in the Lives of Young Children,” in the Student Life Center of Brookdale Community College, Route 520, Lincroft, on Oct. 18 from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The Student Life Center is near parking lots 6 and 7. There is…
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NOTES
The Asbury United Methodist Church on Atlantic Avenue in Long Branch is holding a Roast Pork Dinner 6 p.m. Oct. 14. The dinner will include roast pork, sauerkraut, salad, potato, vegetable, roll, cake and coffee and the dinner costs $7 for adults and $4.50 for children under the age of 12. For more information, call…
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Atty: Schoor plea bolsters civil suit
Township seeking punitive damages for extortion scheme involving former mayor BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer When the founding member of a civil engineering firm pleaded guilty last week to paying a “gratuity” to township officials, one attorney said that Ocean Township’s lawsuit involving backdoor deals with a former mayor has become that much stronger. In…
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Music, drums and dance held in city
Dancers participate in the recent Oceans of Rhythm Festival held in Long Branch. LONG BRANCH — As part of the daylong Long Branch Day celebration last month, the annual Oceans of Rhythm Festival 2008 was held in the city with two performances and a processional as part of the event. ZEYBRAH, in conjunction with The…
