Category: Atlanticville News
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Lessons from life are basis for school project
Daisy Hoagland selected to attend leadership conference in D.C. BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer Daisy Hoagland LONG BRANCH – When a fifth-grade class was assigned to do an independent study on a subject of their choice, one student picked a topic that was close to her heart, and even closer to…
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Borough celebrates life, spirit of Jay Ross
BY LIZ SHEEHAN Correspondent BY LIZ SHEEHANCorrespondent MONMOUTH BEACH – Family members, friends and neighbors of Jay Ross, who died earlier this month at the age of 91, gathered Monday evening at the Monmouth Beach Cultural Center to honor him and share memories about him. Ross was known for the generous gifts he had made…
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The First United Methodist Church, 103 Monmouth Road, Oakhurst, will hold its Vacation Bible School 2006. The free program will run Monday through Friday, 5:30-8:30 p.m. For information, call Tiffany Letts, director of Christian education, at (732) 531-1150. ***** The Long Branch Free Public Library on Lincoln Avenue at the Elberon Branch Library will host…
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PHOTOSBY SCOTT PILLING staff Above, Mia Ramos (l) and Laura Vaccaro, members of the Dance Club at Eatontown’s Vetter Elementary School, perform a folk dance they have learned in the after-school program. Below, Sanjana Dodley and other fifth-graders perform for teachers, parents and other students on June 6.
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Court hears arguments on motion in Hook suit
U.S. seeks dismissal of suit by Save Sandy Hook, Clearwater BY LIZ SHEEHAN Correspondent BY LIZ SHEEHANCorrespondent TRENTON – Judge Mary Little Cooper of the United States District Court will determine if the suit brought by two Monmouth County groups seeking to nullify a lease for Fort Hancock buildings granted by the National Park Service…
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West Long Branch to DOT: Repave Route 71
Stretch between Rt. 36 and Norwood aves. needs repairs, council says BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH – Urgent message from the Borough Council to Trenton: Repave Route 71, pronto. Via a unanimous vote, the council passed a resolution at its June 7 meeting petitioning the state Department of…
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Monmouth University volunteers at “Coast the Coast” MS Bike Tour On May 20 and 21, the Mid-Jersey Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society held its 15th annual “Coast the Coast” MS Bike Tour. More than 1,500 cyclists from the tristate area and around the world participated in this year’s tour. The “Coast the…
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Area churches still helping hurricane victims
BY CHRISTINE VARNO and LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writers BY CHRISTINE VARNO and LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writers District 9 in New Orleans, one of the poorest areas and hardest hit by the floods brought by Hurricane Katrina. Local churches continue to be a part of the recovery effort under way in the Gulf Coast areas devastated by…
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Ex-Shore Regional HS teacher will go to trial
Judge rejects plea deal; trial on sex-abuse charges to begin Sept. 25 BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH – Now that his attempted plea bargain has failed, a former Shore Regional High School teacher and coach will face a jury this fall on charges that he sexually assaulted a…
