Category: Atlanticville News
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ERIC SUCAR staff As his attorney, John Fahy (l), listens, former West Long Branch Mayor Paul Zambrano talks to reporters outside the Martin Luther King Federal Building and Courthouse in Newark following his sentencing Oct. 23.
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All dressed up
PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Above, Charles Rogers, 10, of Eatontown sits in his “Rubik’s Cube” costume as he participates in the Eatontown Halloween parade Oct. 20. Right, a costumed Connor Kragh, 4, of Eatontown is all smiles at the parade.
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Former mayor gets 366 days behind bars
FBI says Zambrano helped take down former Sen. Lynch, others BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer After apologizing to the residents of West Long Branch for accepting bribes to feed his gambling addiction, former Mayor Paul Zambrano, 51, was sentenced to 12 months and one day in a federal penitentiary Tuesday. ERIC SUCAR staff Paul…
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In the Service
Army Reserve Pfc. Dominique L. Dasher has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. A 2006 graduate of Monmouth Regional High School, Tinton Falls, he is the son of David Dasher of Eatontown.
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Sauce maker turns up the heat on taste buds
Highlands eatery’s sauce holds a world record for hottest flavor BY JOHN SUTTON Correspondent HIGHLANDS – – It was closing time, 2 a.m. in a bar on the Jersey Shore in 1989, and Blair Lazar was ready to pack up and go home for the night after a night of slinging drinks. There was only…
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Banners benefit seriously ill children
LONG BRANCH – The Long Branch Chamber of Commerce has sponsored a total of 42 officially sanctioned Breeders’ Cup banners and has been awarded 10 tickets to the Breeders’ Cup race to be held Friday and Saturday at Monmouth Park racetrack. The tickets will be donated through the chamber to the Valerie Center at The…
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Trick-or-treating is tricky for kids with allergies
For many of the 3.1 million American children with food allergies, the candy they get while trick-or-treating is the spookiest part of Halloween, according to the Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network (FAAN). And the growing popularity of allergen advisory labeling may confuse them and their parents as to which candies are safe and which should…
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Three seek two council seats in West Long Branch
BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer One incumbent and two newcomers are vying for the two open seats on the West Long Branch Borough Council in the upcoming municipal election. Joseph G. Hughes Councilman Joseph C. Woolley, a Republican, is seeking his seventh consecutive term on council in the Nov. 6 election. He is being challenged…
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Building a better straw man
ERIC SUCAR staff Eleven-year-old Emily Ellison of Oakhurst and other contestants work on their scarecrows during a scarecrow-making contest organized by Girl Scout Troop 880 at the Ocean Township Library on Oct. 16. There were prizes for youths in grade five and up.
