Category: Atlanticville News
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Auction will benefit Michael’s Feat
BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH – The Student Government Association of Monmouth University is hosting its sixth annual charity auction Feb. 13 at 7:30 p.m. in Anacon Hall. All proceeds from the auction will benefit the Michael Gerard Puharic Memorial Foundation, also known as Michael’s Feat. Admission to…
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A lifetime of friends rally around injured resident
Friends and family of Carl Lawson will host fundraiser March 3 BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer The Eatontown community is rallying to help the Lawson family after an accident left Carl Lawson paralyzed. EATONTOWN – Following a catastrophic accident in the life of one of the borough’s hometown sons, the community…
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Court to DEP- how much beach?
Judge rejects beach clubs’ motion to dismiss access suit BY LIZ SHEEHAN Correspondent BY LIZ SHEEHANCorrespondent SEA BRIGHT – – A judge has ordered the state Department of Environmental (DEP) Protection to provide more information to the nine Sea Bright beach clubs it is suing to force them to provide more public access to their…
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Notes
PHOTO BYJIMREME The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Children’s Festival was held Jan. 30 at the Rebecca Stafford Student Center at Monmouth University in West Long Branch. The Children’s Festival coordinates with area schools to have local children visit the campus and learn about the legacy of Dr. King in a fun and creative…
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Family Friends program helps special-needs kids
The Epilepsy Foundation of New Jersey (EFNJ) will implement Family Friends, a service program established in 1984 by the National Council on the Aging (NCOA). The Family Friends program will supplement and expand the services of EFN’s former program known as Helping Hands. Much like the Helping Hands program, Family Friends provides services for children,…
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ANF seeks to serve community
The Long Branch-based All Neighbors Foundation (ANF) nonprofit organization held its first meeting on Jan. 17 at the Brookdale Community College Learning Center on Broadway. Director and founder Marco Diaz said ANF was created in March 2004 under its original name, “Children Are Our Future” to provide services for the children of Monmouth County. Diaz…
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Coastal study unveiled to local stakeholders
County study divides region into four subgroups BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH – A planning study divides the Monmouth County’s Coastal Region into four sub-regions and focuses on the commonalities among those subregions, according to the project’s supervising planner, Joseph Barris. Barris spoke at last week’s Fifth Wednesday…
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Holy Trinity hosts dinner for needy
LONG BRANCH – The St. Vincent de Paul Society of Holy Trinity Church, Exchange Place in Long Branch, will host a Christmas in February Feast on Feb. 18 at 1 p.m. in the Parish Hall. The dinner, held with the assistance of St. Benedict’s Church of Holmdel, is free to all families and individuals who…
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Oceanport opposes bill to end RCAs
Chaump: Bill would undermine affordable housing BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer “If passed, a lot of municipalities would not be able fulfill their affordable housing obligations.” The Oceanport Borough Council is opposing a proposed reform that would end the practice of municipalities transferring their fair share housing obligations to towns outside…
