Category: Atlanticville News

  • 2006 in photos

    CHRISKELLY staff “Futbol” fever grips the crowd at Por Do Sol, Long Branch, watching the Brazilian National Soccer team compete against Ghana in the second round of the World Cup tournament in June. SCOTTPILLING staff Monmouth University’s Jamaal McClintock takes San Diego’s J.T. Rogan’s feet out from under him during the December’s Gridiron Bowl in…

  • People Who Make a Difference Sitting down and breaking bread together

    Volunteers share monthly dinner with group home residents BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer PHOTOSBYMIGUEL JUAREZ staff Above: K. Hovnanian employees Terry Sperber and Linda Anderson prepare bags of goodies for the HABcore House Christmas party on Dec. 21. Bottom left: Patty Williams smiles at the gift she received, a new camera.…

  • 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.

  • Council accepts Trotta’s resignation with regret

    Boro administrator for two decades lauded by colleagues BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer EATONTOWN — As the year comes to a close, an era in borough history will also come to an end as Michael Trotta, borough administrator for the past 21 years, has tendered his resignation due to poor health.…