Category: Atlanticville News

  • Safety Fair to offer lifesaving training to county families

    Fair to be held Sunday 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at Ocean Township High School Children throughout the county are faced with dangers in their communities every day, Monmouth County Sheriff Kim Guadagno said. To help families be proactive in keeping their children safe, Guadagno and the Sheriff ‘s Office are joining forces with Greater Media Newspapers…

  • Back in time

    PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Above: Heather Macdonald, of Oakhurst, portrays Phoebe Woolley, the great-, great-, greataunt of Eden Woolley, Ocean Township’s first committeeman, at the ice cream social and tour, showcasing the progress of an ongoing restoration project at the Eden Woolley House in Ocean Township on Sept. 7. Below: Chris Tomaino portrays former Ocean…

  • Local church names new director of music

    Tom Colao to act as organist, conductor and composer at church Tom Colao, the new director of music at St. James Episcopal Church in Long Branch, plays the organ while leading the choir at a recent service. LONG BRANCH — The St. James Episcopal Church on Broadway has welcomed a new director of music to…

  • Shana Foundation event to feature walk, surfing

    MONMOUTH BEACH — The Shana Foundation, a nonprofit charity dedicated to protecting children against bacterial meningitis, is planning to host its annual 5K race Sunday at 9 a.m. The event will be followed by a Pro-Am Surf Jam at 11 a.m. “Runners will like the course because it is flat and has ocean and river…

  • Remembering a hero

    Family and friends mourn the loss of Coleman Bean, 25 BY BRIAN DONAHUE Staff Writer FILE PHOTO Coleman Bean plays with the family’s dog at home in East Brunswick in March 2004, shortly after returning from his first tour of duty with the U.S. Army in Iraq. Coleman Bean was a lot of things to…

  • Cty. recognizes city housing authority

    The Long Branch Housing Authority (LBHA) is being recognized by the county for its Presidential Estates project. The Monmouth County Planning Board is naming the LBHA as a 2008 recipient of the Planning Merit/Design Award for architectural excellence at the Presidential Estates site. Presidential Estates is the second phase of a five-phase HOPE VI project…

  • Students aim to improve skills for SAT testing

    LONG BRANCH — It’s never too soon to start getting ready for college, according to some 98 high school juniors in the Long Branch school district. The group of high school students have elected to sign up for an innovative program to help them improve their language arts and math skills in preparation for taking…

  • Fun in the city

    Above: Children play on the inflatable bouncing Moonwalk that was set up during Long Branch Day on Sept. 13. Right: Lizeth Eugenio (middle) is fitted with a helmet at the Saint Barnabas Health Care System table. PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff

  • Intercultural Community Entertainment Sept. 27

    The nonprofit All Neighbors Foundation, Long Branch, is seeking donations and participants for its first Intercultural Community Entertainment in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. The free event will be noon-5 p.m. Sept. 27 at Jerry Morgan Park, Liberty Street, Long Branch. Needed are clowns, face painters, rubber horseshoes, piñatas, prizes and ribbons, ankle rings for…