Category: Atlanticville News

  • M.B man faces cocaine, weapon charges

    OCEAN TOWNSHIP – A Monmouth Beach man is facing multiple drug charges after township police arrested him in a parked car outside a closed business on Route 35. Police arrested and charged Andrew Robert Ruch, 19, with possession of cocaine, possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, possession of drug paraphernalia and unlawful possession of…

  • Menorah lighting

    PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Top: The Long Branch Fire Department helps the city prepare for the menorah lighting at Pier Village Dec.9. Bottom: Long Branch’s Harvey Katz is helped by Rabbi Laibel Schapiro.

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    JEFF GRANIT staff Fans show support during the Long Branch vs. Moorestown football game Dec. 2 for the NJSIAA’s CJG III state championship held at Rutgers University in Piscataway.

  • For the Record

    A photograph incorrectly identified as Eatontown resident Debra Smith was printed in the Dec. 6 edition of the Atlanticville in the Word on the Street section.

  • Fort Monmouth given extension on reuse plan

    BY LINDA DeNICOLA Correspondent Afederally mandated deadline for completion of a Fort Monmouth reuse plan has been extended just in the nick of time. Chairman of the Fort Monmouth Economic Redevelopment Planning Authority (FMERPA) Robert Lucky announced last week at the FMERPA monthly meeting that the federal Office of Economic Adjustment, an arm of the…

  • Clerk’s office can provide help with passports

    FREEHOLD – With just weeks to go before the busy holiday travel season and upgraded international travel identification restrictions set to take effect, Monmouth County Clerk M. Claire French is reminding residents that the Monmouth County Passport Office is available to help residents get their travel documents in order. “The county passport office is here…

  • BBB: Play smart when buying tickets online

    Con artists take to the field for football season With the college football and National Football League (NFL) seasons under way, Better Business Bureau (BBB) is warning sports fans to be on the lookout for fraudulent sellers when shopping for hard-to-get tickets online. The secondary-ticket market for sporting and entertainment events, which includes tickets bought…

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    ERIC SUCAR staff Lucy McGraith, of the Westwood Players Ensemble, runs through a few lines during a dress rehearsal in the Long Branch High School auditorium on Dec. 7. The Ensemble’s production included “A Charlie Brown Christmas” and “The Gift of the Magi.”

  • Developer asks boro to use eminent domain

    Mayor: Weston Village to be built without condemnation BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer The developer of a proposed 120-unit townhouse development at a Route 35 site has asked the Eatontown Borough Council to use eminent domain to acquire additional land for the project. Developer Weston Associates presented the mayor and council with a letter at…