Category: Atlanticville News

  • Dept. of Ed. says city schools making progress

    Some middle & high school students fail to meet NCLB goals BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer Two Long Branch schools failed to meet the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) benchmarks this year, but a spokesman for the New Jersey Department of Education (DOE) said the city’s schools are making progress. The DOE released its…

  • Ocean Twp. completes acquisition of golf course

    Grant funds sought for $4.5M purchase of Colonial Terrace BY LORI ANNE OLIWA Correspondent OCEAN TOWNSHIP – – The Ocean Township Council announced Aug. 15 that purchase of the Colonial Terrace Golf Course had been completed. “My fellow council members and I are extremely proud to have been part of the preservation of this significant…

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    CHRIS KELLY staff A runner and his shadow stride on the West End boardwalk in Long Branch on a sunny Aug. 24 morning.

  • FanFest will lead up to Breeders’ Cup

    Events seek to involve community in race festivities BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer OCEANPORT – – As Monmouth Park Racetrack is readied to host one of the world’s top thoroughbred races this fall, the Borough of Oceanport is gearing up for a week’s worth of local festivities to support the big event. Plans are in…

  • New high school building awaits start of school year

    Circa 1926 building will house special needs students BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer LONG BRANCH – The new state-ofthe art $70 million Long Branch High School building will open for students this September at its new Indiana Avenue location. The new building was constructed on a 47-acre campus that now encompasses both the high school…

  • Holt advocates equal pay for equal work

    House passes bill that counters recent Supreme Court ruling BY LORI ANNE OLIWA Correspondent U.S. Rep. Rush Holt, D-12, a member of the House Committee on Education and Labor, recently expressed his support for women in the workplace by his sponsorship of H.R. 2831, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2007. U.S. Rep. Rush…

  • Driving back the hands of time

    PHOTOS BY TINA COLELLA The Rumson Country Club provided a pastoral background for the Monmouth Coaching Invitational Aug. 24. Antique coaches, teams of magnificent horses, whips, grooms and elegantly dressed passengers converged on the Rumson and Navesink areas from all points for the three-day event, which last took place in the area in August 1901.…

  • Driving back the hands of time

    19th-century coaches support 21st-century land conservation BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer Was it 2007 or 1907? The lower field of Aulde House on Cooper Road in Middletown was filled with late-model automobiles on Aug. 25, but anyone gazing at the upper field that night would have witnessed a scene from the early years of the…

  • L.B. jazz fest takes place Sept. 1

    LONG BRANCH – The 2007 Long Branch Jazz & Blues Festival (formerly known as Beachfest) will take place Saturday, Sept. 1, from 1-10 p.m. on the Great Lawn/Promenade. The Jersey Shore Jazz and Blues Foundation, in conjunction with the City of Long Branch Urban Enterprise Zone, produces this family fun-filled day that features seven bands,…