Category: Atlanticville News
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The second annual Monmouth Beach Beautification Committee Scarecrow Festival is planned for 2-4 p.m. Oct. 18 at Monmouth Beach Borough Hall. A rain date is scheduled for Oct. 19. Residents are asked to make their own scarecrows and there will be four categories: individual, group, business and school class. The wood for the scarecrows will…
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FAAN walk
SCOTT FRIEDMAN Walkers participate in the first Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network (FAAN) walk, which attracted more than 1,000 people to the Long Branch boardwalk on Sept. 7.
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Artists help local youth create mural at camp
PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Above: William Cochran, (l-r), Cody Loomis, artist Pat Ellson, Brianna Quilla and Fabian Reyes sit next to a piece of art work they helped to create at Monmouth Cares in West Long Branch on Aug. 27. Monmouth Cares held its Dog Days of Summer camp, which is a two-week, hands-on…
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Despite discord, fort reuse plan approved
Eatontown mayor votes yes to bypass Fed’s intervention on plan BY JENNA O’DONNELL Staff Writer The Fort Monmouth redevelopment authority approved a reuse plan for the fort property last week despite objections from officials, residents and two of the mayors on the panel. During a Sept. 3 special meeting at the Tinton Falls Municipal Complex,…
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Twp. museum to open at Woolley House this year
Ice cream social at historical building set for Sunday BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer After nearly four years of hard work, a major project to restore the historical 250-year-old Eden Woolley House is nearing completion. “At this point in time, all we need is to restore the baseboard molding and paint the house and then…
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Trop rock show to help New Hope Foundation
Jim Morris and the Big Bamboo Band will take the stage at New Hope Foundation’s first Trop Rock Festival on Sept. 21 from 1-7 p.m. at the Shore Casino in Atlantic Highlands. Other featured musicians include John Frinzi, Doyle Grisham, Rackett, Sunny Jim White, Charlie DeCosa and Gary Philips. Tickets are $40 per adult and…
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The buzz about honeybees
Threatened state insect necessary for ecosystem and agriculture BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff Beekeeper Angelo Trapani, who operates Trapper’s Honey in Millstone with his wife Anna, checks to see if his honeybees have made any progress on two new honey frames. They thrived with the dinosaurs, ancient Egyptians and even…
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In service to others
Church members return from mission trip to Malawi BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer Bob Rhoad had a truly amazing experience. That’s how the Upper Freehold resident described the mission trip he and other Allentown Presbyterian Church members took in the first two weeks of August to Malawi, Africa. His father, Ed, and 13-yearold son, Ethan,…
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Wawa critics question traffic at proposed site
Testimony on Eatontown Wawa application to continue in November BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer EATONTOWN — A traffic expert hired by objectors to a proposed Wawa convenience store is accusing the project’s traffic engineers of providing “inaccurate” data to the Borough Planning Board. Appearing before the Aug. 25 Planning Board meeting, traffic engineer Alexander Litwornia…
