Category: Atlanticville News

  • Phoenix offers camp scholarships

    Phoenix Productions Inc., a community theater company in Red Bank, will be accepting nominations for scholarships to its summer theater program, Camp Phoenix. There are two sessions: July 9-20 from 1 to 5 p.m. and July 30-Aug. 10, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Both sessions are Monday through Friday. The curriculum is designed with…

  • Local sites on list of top buildings & places

    TRENTON – – Eighteen Monmouth County sites have made the list of the state’s 150 Top Buildings and Places compiled by The American Institute of Architects of New Jersey (AIA). The list was compiled from nominations received from throughout New Jersey’s architectural and historical communities. The sites include several Red Bank landmarks, including the downtown…

  • Planner: Land swap will unite areas of city

    Talwar touts plan to provide access across beachfront BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer LONG BRANCH – The proposal by city officials to reopen portions of Ocean Avenue to vehicular traffic is part of a citywide plan to unite all neighborhoods of Long Branch, according to the city’s principal planner. During a…

  • Public weighs in on future of Ft. Monmouth

    Special interests, homeless, veterans among concerns BY LORI ANNE OLIWA Correspondent BY LORI ANNE OLIWACorrespondent West Long Branch – – Monmouth University in West Long Branch played host to several hundred people last week who attended the first public forum of the Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Planning Authority (FMERPA). Many attendees were there to advocate…

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    Long Branch High School graduates celebrate June 15.

  • Woman charged with unlicensed dentistry

    Yerlin Gill On June 12, detectives from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office arrested and charged Yerlin Gil, 34, of Long Branch, with unlicensed practice of dentistry, a third-degree crime. The arrest follows a joint investigation by the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office and the New Jersey State Division of Consumer Affairs. The investigation began after several…

  • Notes

    The 10th annual “Motorcycle-only Cruise Night” will be held June 23 from 6-9:30 p.m. on Broadway between Washington and Myrtle avenues. The event is being presented by Harley-Davidson/Buell of Long Branch, and live music will be played on two stages at Washington and Martin streets. For more information, call Dawn at the Harley-Davidson dealership at…

  • VNA awards honor service to community

    RED BANK – Janice Androsiglio has been named 2007 Nurse of the Year by the Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey (VNACJ). The award was presented at VNACJ Nurses’ Day ceremonies held May 2 at Brookdale Community College in Lincroft. A VNACJ nurse for 30 years, Androsiglio spent her early days as a staff nurse…

  • In the Service

    Army Reserve Pvt. Lori L. Lugos has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. A 1998 graduate of Long Branch High School, she is the daughter of Bonnie Weber of the Oakhurst section of Ocean Township. Army Pfc. Demetrius L. Dasher has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.…