Category: Atlanticville News

  • Trotta bids bittersweet farewell to Eatontown

    Boro administrator for more than two decades grateful to have served BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer LAYLIWHYTE Michael Trotta EATONTOWN – Michael Trotta has resigned from his position as borough administrator, but his love for the borough in which he has worked for over 20 years remains intact. Trotta tendered his…

  • The Atlanticville’s top stories of 2006

    John Zambrano The year offered up a mixed bag of news stories ranging from municipal officials caught taking bribes, to hotly contested elections, taxpayer revolt and the toppling of real estate empires. 1.Guilty plea by Zambrano ‘shocks’ council Long Branch Councilman John “Fazz” Zambrano resigned his seat on the City Council after entering a guilty…

  • Center announces drives scheduled for January

    Central Jersey Blood Center, Shrewsbury, has announced the following local blood drives: + Jan. 9 from 3-7 p.m. at The ARC of Monmouth, 1158 Wayside Road, Wayside section of Ocean Township + Jan. 13 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m., a Fair Haven community drive at Fair Haven Firehouse, River Road + Jan. 17 from 6-9 p.m.…

  • CHRIS KELLY staff

    Long Branch’s Aleta Burley (c) volunteers at the Second Baptist Church on Liberty Street for a Christmas dinner on Dec. 23.

  • NAACP asks police, churches to address gang violence

    Long Branch reacts to fourth murder in four months BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer Concerned Citizens Coalition Chairwoman Julia Wheeler and Councilman Brian Unger speak out about violence in the city at a press conference Tuesday. In the wake of the fourth homicide in Long Branch in the past four months,…

  • Culinary program open in L.B.

    The Culinary Education Center of Monmouth County (CEC), in Asbury Park, is a student-centered culinary program open to all county high school students in their junior and senior years. The CEC is a collaborative effort between Brookdale Community College and the Monmouth County Vocational School District. Long Branch resident Michael Sirianni is principal of the…

  • Police seek suspects in robbery of youth

    The Culinary Education Center of Monmouth County (CEC), in Asbury Park, is a student-centered culinary program open to all county high school students in their junior and senior years. The CEC is a collaborative effort between Brookdale Community College and the Monmouth County Vocational School District. Long Branch resident Michael Sirianni is principal of the…

  • Milestones

    Wilson Tara and David Wilson Tara Marie Chavez, daughter of Patricia and Dean R. Chavez of Long Branch, was married Oct. 14, 2006, to David Wilson, son of Barbara and Keith Wilson of Matthews, N.C. The Rev. Ian Trammell performed the ceremony at St. Michael’s Roman Catholic Church, Long Branch, where the bride was given…

  • Stork Club

    CentraState Healthcare System, Freehold Township, announced the following local births: Dolores and Aaron Pollak, a daughter on Oct. 26; Kari and Greg Denton, a son on Oct. 31; and Kristyn and George Turturro, a son on Oct. 31, all of Tinton Falls.