Category: Atlanticville News

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    Ziayioh Wakefield, 7, is fitted for the correct sized helmet during an interactive safety clinic for youths held at the Skate Plex skateboard park in Long Branch June 8.

  • Diabetes, youth focus of ANF

    LONG BRANCH – The All Neighbors Foundation (ANF) will host a meeting July 9 from 5-7 p.m. at the Long Branch Public Library Community Room on Broadway. Speakers will include representatives from The American Diabetes Association and JJ Hoops. The ANF was created in March with a focus on providing services for the children of…

  • Solving transport issues – one idea at a time

    Forum views towns’ traffic woes as interrelated BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer TINTON FALLS – Local officials exchanged ideas recently about transportation and traffic issues in eastern Monmouth County. The group of municipal officials and legislators participated in a transportation roundtable during the May 5 meeting of the Two River Council…

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    ERIC SUCAR staff Ocean Township Elementary School Principal William Galatro, who will retire at the end of the school year, is surrounded by students during a surprise send-off celebration held at the school May 30. See story, page 3.

  • Visioning the future of Fort Monmouth

    FMERPA public meetings to begin June 12 BY LINDA DENICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DENICOLAStaff Writer All the pieces of the puzzle that make up the planning for the closing of Fort Monmouth in 2011 are being tweaked and analyzed in the hope that they will fit into place before the Dec. 8 deadline set…

  • Residents oppose city’s land swap

    DEP asked to keep Ocean Ave. parcels as Green Acres BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer A group of Long Branch residents is asking the state Department of Environmental Protection to turn down the city’s request to swap Green Acres parcels. The residents traveled to Trenton Monday to present petitions bearing almost…

  • The world changed and a life changed on 9/11

    Local named to head program for kids who lost parents BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer LONG BRANCH – Tracy C. Burns was teaching a class of preschool students in Old Bridge when the attacks on the World Trade Center took place on Sept. 11, 2001. Burns, along with six of her…

  • Swap of beachfront road draws local opposition

    City says no plans in place for Green Acres parcel BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer LONG BRANCH – The proposed reopening of portions of Ocean Avenue to vehicular traffic along the Long Branch oceanfront has elicited a less than positive reaction from a large number of city residents. The city has…

  • County GOP celebrates women in politics

    GOP showcases female candidates for local, county and state office BY LORI ANNE OLIWA Correspondent BY LORI ANNE OLIWACorrespondent The contributions that women make in the political arena were recognized and applauded June 1 by Monmouth County Republicans. “Hail to the Women in Politics,” an event sponsored by both the Monmouth County Federation of Republican…