Category: Atlanticville News

  • County park system recognizes volunteers

    141 individuals cited for 1,000+ hours of service to parks Volunteer Catherine Barry of Deal (center) is congratulated by Freeholder Lillian G. Burry and Recreation Chairman Ed Loud of the Monmouth County Board of Recreation Commissioners. Barry recently reached a record-setting 3,000-hour mark of service to the Monmouth County Park System. Among the 141 volunteers…

  • Resident reports bear sighting

    OCEAN TOWNSHIP – On March 21 at 3:45 p.m., township police received a report that a bear was sighted in the wooded area behind the senior residence on Stacey Drive in the Hidden Meadows complex. Officer Luke Sciallo responded and met with the resident of Stacey Drive who advised the officer that when he was…

  • Lecture at Vietnam Era Center March 31

    The New Jersey Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial Foundation will host an author lecture by Philip J. Briggs, “Avoiding Armageddon: John F. Kennedy and American Foreign Policy,” March 31 at 1 p.m. The lecture is based on Briggs’ book “Making American Foreign Policy: President-Congress Relations from the Second World War to the post-Cold War Era.” It will…

  • Police: Altercation ends in hit-and-run

    OCEAN TOWNSHIP – Police were called to Wanamassa Point Road March 19 at 2:17 a.m. in response to a report that a pedestrian had been struck by a vehicle that left the scene. A resident who witnessed the incident described the vehicle as a 1993 white Ford pickup truck. Officer Mark Del Tin arrived on…

  • BREAKING NEWS: Planners call for new zones, shuttle, parks

    Long Branch board sends master plan re-exam to City Council BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer Planners call for new zones, shuttle, parks Long Branch board sends master plan re-exam to City Council A Transit Village corridor centered at the Long Branch train station and inter-city public transport are among the recommendations in a re-examination of…

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    CHRIS KELLY staff Michael Egner, 9, Shrewsbury, prepares dough to be made into matzah during a session of the Passover Model Matzah Making Institute held at the Ruth Hyman Jewish Community Center in Deal March 25. Passover will begin at sundown on Monday.

  • Many firms interested in mapping fort’s future

    Fort reuse panel will announce choice of consultant April 18 BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer Everyone is interested in the fate of Fort Monmouth, including master plan consultants across the country. The director of the Fort Monmouth Economic Revitaliza-tion Planning Authority (FMERPA), Frank Cosentino, reported that the authority has received an…

  • 10th Annual Sgt. Pat run set for April 7

    BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer LONG BRANCH – More than 1,000 people are expected to gather on the Long Branch shore next week to participate in the 10th annual run and walk to honor slain Long Branch Police Officer Sgt. Patrick King. The Sgt. Pat’s 5K Run and 2-mile Fitness Walk…

  • Spring brings new year for members of Bahá’í faith

    Faith, family, community central to Bahá’í beliefs BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer Patty and Jim Whyte in Haifa, Israel. Haifa is the site of Baha’i shrines. It’s the dawn of a new year for members of the Bahá’í faith, of which there are reputed to be 5 million across the globe.…