Category: Atlanticville News

  • Local teen starts charity to benefit senior citizens

    BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer Sarah Marcowitz, 13, of Ocean Township, founded the Generations Elder Care charity to benefit senior citizens in the community. OCEAN TOWNSHIP – When 13-yearold SarahMarcowitz sawthat senior citizens in her community couldn’t afford propermedical care, she decided she wanted to make a difference in their lives. Marcowitz founded Generations Elder…

  • Halfway house runaway arrested in Ocean Twp.

    OCEAN TOWNSHIP – A Red Bank man was taken into custody last week after being wanted by police for leaving a halfway house in Hoboken. Ocean Township Police Officer Randy Slawsky was patrolling in the Oakhurst section of the township on June 2 at approximately 12:30 a.m., when he spotted a male riding a bicycle…

  • Local man arrested for burglaries

    OCEAN TOWNSHIP – A 24-year-old townshipman is facing charges after fleeing the scene of a robbery last week. Police arrested and charged Cecil Romero Bailey with multiple counts of burglary and resisting arrest following a breakin at the township’s Industrial Park, where five businesseswere reportedly to have been burglarized, according to police reports. According to…

  • LBC to host networking meeting June 18

    The Long Branch Concordance (LBC) is scheduled to host a “Networking, Planning and Celebrating Summer!”meeting 2-4 p.m. June 18 at the Brookdale Community CollegeHigher Education Center on Broadway. Several important resource materials created by the LBC will be available at the meeting, including a list of housing services, a resource booklet for immigrants and a…

  • State, local officials act to mitigate racetrack runoff

    Neighborhood watch group wants end to pollution of waterways Oceanport has asked the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to allow more wastewater from Monmouth Park to be processed at the Two Rivers Water Reclamation Authority. Working in conjunction with state and local officials, the borough is asking the DEP to take the step as…

  • Towns join regional shared services study

    Sea Bright, Monmouth Beach to be included in feasibility study BY DAN HOWLEY & MELISSA KARSH Staff Writers Afeasibility study of sharing emergency services that originally involved Fort Monmouth’s three host towns will now include two additional municipalities: Monmouth and Sea Bright. The two towns want to be part of a study exploring the possibility…

  • Monmouth population now exceeds 659,000

    FREEHOLD – The Monmouth County Planning Board has released the county’s 2008 population information which estimates 659,353 people now live in Monmouth County. This represents a total resident population increase of 0.56 percent in 2007 and an overall increase of 7.2 percent, since the 2000 U.S. census. “Monmouth County continues to be a preferred location…

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    Members of the Red Bank Catholic softball team run out of the dugout after defeating Immaculate Heart at the NJSIAA’s Non-Public Group A Softball championships held at Toms River East High School on June 7. Story, page 38. CHRIS KELLY staff

  • Residents call neglected development site unsafe

    Mayor: Detention basin at the Ranch project in Elberon will be rebuilt BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer Agroup of Elberon homeowners are calling on Long Branch officials to address the “unsafe” conditions at a deserted development project bordering their neighborhood. Pictures of vacant lots and abandoned million-dollar homes at the Ranch development project site in…