Category: Atlanticville News

  • ‘Art in Park’ will open May 27

    The Long Branch Historical Association and the Long Branch Arts Council plan to kick off the summer season with the ninth annual “Art in the Park” outdoor art show May 27. The event will be held one block from the beach in West End Park on the corner of Brighton and Ocean avenues. Works represented…

  • Cops seek 2 suspects in bank robbery

    OCEAN TOWNSHIP – Township police are seeking information related to the armed robbery of the Bank of America branch in Ocean Plaza on Route 35. According to police, on March 2 at approximately 1:47 p.m., the Bank of America branch was robbed of an undetermined amount of cash by two armed men wearing masks. The…

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    CHRIS KELLY staff Students George Robson and Erin Brautigan rehearse a scene March 12 for Ocean Township High School’s production of “Into the Woods,” which opens tonight and runs through Saturday at the high school on W. Park Avenue.

  • CPC’s ‘Peter Bry Clinical Training’ March 23

    CPC Behavioral Healthcare, Eatontown, will present the 2007 “Peter Bry Clinical Training” March 23 from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel. The training will focus on “Domestic Terrorism in Our Schools and Communities and Hate Group Recruitment.” Presenters will be Lt. Edwin Torres of the Gang Management Unit of the Juvenile Justice…

  • Towns want piece of Fort Monmouth pie

    County also seeks facilities, open space after base closure BY LINDA DENICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DENICOLAStaff Writer The three towns that encompass Fort Monmouth have filed their Notices of Intent to seek fort properties within their jurisdictions. In addition, the county also filed notices by the March 8 deadline, mainly for open space and…

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    SCOTT PILLING staff Former New Jersey Devil Bob Skriak gives a motivational talk, “On Realizing Goals,” about perseverence, drive and staying focused to achieve goals to students at Seashore School in Long Branch March 9.

  • Owner contests value set for beachfront home

    Commissioners put value of home below city’s offer BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer The porch of the DeLuca home has an ocean view. A Long Branch homeowner thinks her oceanfront home is worth more than the $750,000 a court-appointed panel has valued it at. Attorney William J. Ward filed an appeal…

  • Notes Around Town

    Taste of Spring Committee: (l-r): Martha Chamberlain Stewart; Stacey Barile; Debi Heptig, executive director of the Long Branch Concordance; Dennis Tafuri, owner of cask 591; Robin Goldberg and JoAnn Abraham. St. Luke’s United Methodist Church on Broadway received a donation of $1,000 from the Norkus Charitable Foundation to be used to support and extend the…

  • Court: Tenant can’t fight redevelopment

    Lawson rules renter lacks standing to block sale of home BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer LONG BRANCH – The attorney representing a Long Branch tenant may appeal a recent Superior Court ruling that permits the condemnation of the oceanfront home he lives in. On Friday, Judge Lawrence M. Lawson denied a…