Category: Atlanticville News

  • Hearing on municipal budget set for May 21

    West Long Branch council introduces $9M spending plan BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH – The Borough Council is expected to hold a public hearing on its proposed $9 million 2008 municipal budget on May 21. Council introduced the spending plan on April 16, which is calling for borough taxpayers to raise a…

  • Friends call attention to effects of driving drunk

    Fundraiser at Monmouth U. set to be held April 30 BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH – When Monmouth University student Melissa Pinheiro was in a car accident last year, her life changed. Pinheiro was with her sister, Heather Pinheiro, and her cousin, Kylie Pinheiro, in December when the car they were traveling…

  • Holder of most records breaks his latest in N.J.

    New York man pushes Ford more than 17 miles at local drag strip BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer Pushing a car is one of the last things most people would want to end up doing on a chilly Saturday. But then, Ashrita Furman is not most people. Ashrita Furman, 53, pushes a Ford Festiva along…

  • Preserving Monmouth County’s written history

    Joint project puts Red Bank Register’s archive online BY LINDA DeNICOLA Correspondent Most people today don’t remember a time when the local newspaper provided the only source of information about what was happening in the community and, to a smaller extent, in the larger world. The first issue of the Register was published June 27,…

  • Voter registration better linked to DMV services

    TRENTON- Voter registration opportunities for New Jersey residents will expand as the statemoves to fully implement a federal law. The federal “motor voter” law requires the stateMotor Vehicle Commission (MVC) to link voter registration withmotor vehicle transactions. The state’s Department of the PublicAdvocate began examiningNew Jersey’s compliance with the law in late 2006 after receiving…

  • Boro man finds hand grenade in basement

    EATONTOWN – Borough residents were evacuated fromtheir homes last week after a man discovered a hand grenade in the basement of his newly purchased home on Locust Avenue. On April 15 at approximately 10:57 a.m., police received a report that a man came across a hand grenade while cleaning the basement in his new home,…

  • LBC to host mini-fair April 26 at library

    The Long Branch Concordance (LBC) is inviting the community to attend the “School’s Out for Summer, Now What?” mini-fair on April 26 from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Long Branch Free Public Library at 328 Broadway. The event is being held in order to explain summer activity opportunities for children and teens in…

  • Adopt a Pet

    Cami Cami Name Breed domestic shorthair Age Five years Color white with gray Sex spayed female Description outgoing; friendly; gentle; large Adoption fees: Adult dogs – $100; puppies up to 4 months – $140; adult cats – $60, or two for $90; kittens up to 4 months – $120; purebred adult dogs and cats –…

  • Two youths charged with damaging cars

    LONG BRANCH – Two juveniles are facing 18 counts of criminal mischief for allegedly smashing in the windshields of parked cars at the city train station. On April 16, city police responded to the train station on Third Avenue after receiving a report that two males were causing damage to parked vehicles. A concerned citizen…