Category: Atlanticville News

  • On Campus

    Stacy R. Beharry, Long Branch, has been named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Keystone College, La Plume, Pa. Hailey Rassas, Long Branch, has completed the associate alumnae of Douglass College extern program at Douglass College of Rutgers University, New Brunswick. The program last one to two weeks and provides Douglass students…

  • Bipartisan group forms Women’s Political Caucus

    Bipartisan group works toward supporting women in politics BY LORI ANNE OLIWA Correspondent BY LORI ANNE OLIWACorrespondent Ellen Karcher The 2008 Presidential election is not the only place where women are making their mark in politics. A Monmouth County Chapter of the Women’s Political Caucus of New Jersey (MCWPC) has recently been formed with the…

  • Quakers need help to restore historic meetinghouse

    Fundraising goal is to raise $500,000 in five years for repairs BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer SHREWSBURY – With the first phase of restoration work completed on the Shrewsbury Quaker Meetinghouse in the historic Four Corners section of Shrewsbury, the Monmouth County Historical Commission has given Shrewsbury Quakers a $4,180 grant…

  • Science students see the future: robotic surgery

    Students from the Academy of Allied Health & Sciences observe the da Vinci S Robot at work. LONG BRANCH – Students from Monmouth County Vocational School’s Academy of Allied Health & Sciences got an up-close look at the future of surgery recently during a visit to Monmouth Medical Center. Students attended a Robotic Surgery Lunch…

  • Communities coped in wake of nor’easter

    Oceanport readied shelter; despite outages, no one came CHRIS KELLY staff Mario Santiago, of Clayton Tree Service, uses a chain saw to clear away a tree limb damaged during the Feb. 14 nor’easter. Senior citizen Gloria Kretowicz spent last Thursday inside her Red Bank condominium wearing two pairs of pants, two shirts, a robe and…

  • Long Branch approves revised Pier Village plans

    Residential units, third phase added; hotel possible BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer Revised plans for the Pier Village redevelopment project were approved last week, and include a third phase along the oceanfront with more residential units, retail outlets and possibly a hotel. At the Feb. 13 municipal meeting, the Long Branch…

  • Wall that Heals to come to Long Branch

    Traveling replica of Vietnam Memorial due in county in July BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer A replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial will be on display in Long Branch in July. It is called “The Wall that Heals” and for most, that is what it accomplishes through its travels around the…

  • Boro seeks approval of new polling places

    County Board of Elections will review change of election venues BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer EATONTOWN – A new plan that moves polling places out of all but one borough school awaits the approval of the Monmouth County Board of Elections (MCBE). Mayor Gerald Tarantolo said Tuesday that the borough, along…

  • Councilman succumbs after battle with cancer

    BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer Joseph Questore EATONTOWN – Borough Council-man Joseph Questore, 46, passed away last Sunday after a long battle with cancer. “He was a great person,” said Mayor Gerald Tarantolo Monday, “a great individual, a great father, a great husband, and an outstanding councilman.” Questore is survived by…