Category: Atlanticville News

  • Celebrating MLK’s birthday

    Hollis Cooper leads the crowd in singing “We Will Overcome” at the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Observance Ceremony at the MLK Memorial Park in Long Branch on Jan. 21. More photos, page 3. PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Clockwise from top: Long Branch Director of Community and Economic Development Jacob L. Jones…

  • Teachers ‘boycott’ event for incoming freshmen

    Meeting planned for Feb. 21 to negotiate teachers contract BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer School district employees in Ocean Township are continuing to work without a contract, and as a result, the annual curriculum fair for incoming high school freshmen was canceled this month. The fair was called off by the Ocean Township High School…

  • Unger requests show on access cable Channel 20

    Councilman calls for public meetings to be aired on TV, Web site BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer Councilman Brian Unger is awaiting a response from the city’s cable commission on whether he can host an interview program on the Long Branch cable access Channel 20 (LBC20). Unger submitted a written request to the commission Jan.…

  • Mobile park sale could force residents to move

    Boro offers relocation advice to residents of Circle Mobile Home Park BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer EATONTOWN- Residents of the CircleMobile Home Park on Route 35 learned last week that the site where their homes are located is being sold to a new owner. Plans for the 6-acre lot could call for the new owner…

  • Homeless survey to draw public awareness

    The Project Homeless Connect 2008 event planned for Jan. 29 BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer LONG BRANCH – The New Jersey 2008 Project Homeless Connect program is planned to be held thismonth in an attempt to gather information and ultimately end homelessness throughout the state. Communitymemberswho lack a permanent residence or who are homeless are…

  • Police charge 30 youths with underage drinking

    OCEAN TOWNSHIP – An anonymous call to township police led to the arrest of 30 people for underage drinking at a house party near the Monmouth University campus. Another three men are facing charges for providing the alcohol at the party, according to police reports. At approximately 11:44 p.m. on Jan. 11, police received an…

  • Police uncover $75K worth of stolen goods

    LONG BRANCH- Two city men were arrested last week for a string of burglaries and thefts, as the result of an investigation by Long Branch police. On Jan. 16, police arrested and charged Cesar Paulo Gonsalves, 33, of Lippincott Avenue and Ronaldo Dasilva Lopes, 25, of Jackson Street with several counts of burglary and theft…

  • Jury convicts man for attempt to lure minor

    City cop poses as 14-yr.-old girl on Internet to capture predator LONG BRANCH – A Nutley man was convicted last week on attempted sexual assault charges for trying to engage in a sexual act with someone he thought was a 14-year-old girl in Long Branch. On Jan. 15, a Monmouth County jury convicted Jonathan Nazzaretto,…

  • Italian American Assoc. to open center Jan. 31

    OCEAN TOWNSHIP – The Italian American Association of the Township of Ocean (IAATO) is celebrating the grand opening of its Cultural Center on Route 35 with a free lecture series on Jan. 31 at 7:30 p.m. The event is open to the public and will showcase the facility’s Resource Center, meeting rooms, classrooms and banquet…