Category: Atlanticville News

  • Seaside Carriage Ride

    CHRIS KELLY staff Horse-drawn carriage rides were provided for the public along the Long Branch oceanfront in Pier Village on Dec. 22.

  • People Who Make a Difference

    Bringing the holiday to some special children BY MARIANNE KLIGMAN Correspondent Fifteen years ago, Susan Tudor and her husband, Barry, welcomed their second child and only son, Jeremy, into the world. ALEX TOWLE At the Blue Moon Yoga Studio in Shrewsbury on Dec. 16, Chuck Blair of Eatontown and Amanda Ciccia of Middletown pack a…

  • Photo

    ERIC SUCAR staff A few of the items that were on display for a holiday gift swap held at the Monmouth Mall in Eatontown Dec. 28. Customers were invited to bring a new, unused gift with a value of $10 or more to swap for a display item or a $10 mall gift card.

  • Bloopers

    Hope you’ll excuse our ‘fowl’ language ADELE YOUNG We like to start the new year by looking back at the typographical and grammatical errors that almost made it, and some that actually did make it, into some of Greater Media Newspapers’ publications during the previous year. One of our most colorful characters in recent years…

  • NJDOT awards funds for street improvements

    Long Branch receives $160K for repairs on Third Avenue LONG BRANCH – The city is among a group of more than 400 towns across the state to receive funds to support road improvements. The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) awarded $78.75 million in municipal aid to fund street improvement, rehabilitation and safety projects in…

  • Monmouth Mall seeks approval for expansion

    Hearings on project set to continue at Jan. 14 Planning Board meeting BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer EATONTOWN – The owner of Monmouth Mall is seeking approval from the borough Planning Board for a series of expansion projects at the Route 35 site. Vornado Realty Trust, which owns Monmouth Mall, is planning to build four…

  • Fireman served area for over 3 decades

    Former fire official Philip C. Payne dies following stroke BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH – A moment of silence was observed at the Dec. 19 Eatontown municipal meeting for a former fire official who was on life support after he had had a stroke. A day later, Philip C. Payne died at…

  • City man suspected of selling imitation clothes

    A 66-year-old Long Branch resident faces up to 10 years in jail LONG BRANCH – A Long Branch man is being charged with selling counterfeit clothing out of a Fourth Avenue business. On Dec. 13, members of the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office, the New Jersey State Police and the Long Branch Police Department arrested Melvin…

  • Three men suspected of drug crimes

    LONG BRANCH – Two Long Branch men and a Neptune man are facing several drug charges after an investigation by the Long Branch Police Department’s Street Crimes Unit. Police arrested and charged Paterson Lavarin, 23, of Franklin Avenue, with possession of a controlled dangerous substance (CDS), possession with intent to distribute, possession with intent within…