Category: Atlanticville News

  • Diocese decides to close Holy Trinity

    Information night May 15 will provide info on other schools BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer LONG BRANCH — Rather than the hoped for miracle, Holy Trinity School officials learned Monday night that the school will close its doors at the end of the school year. At a special meeting of parish…

  • Boro approves tax hike of 3.5 cents for 2006

    Budget taps $900,000 from surplus to hold down tax hike BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH – Sometimes when town officials craft a budget, they just have to say no. That is what Mayor Janet Tucci told about 40 town employees and residents last week just prior to the…

  • Relay for Life to take place in Long Branch

    The American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life will take place in Long Branch for the fourth year. The two-day event will be held on June 10 and 11 starting at 12:30 p.m. at the Great Lawn at Pier Village. Relay for Life is the cancer society’s overnight celebration of hope and survivorship during which teams…

  • Shore Reg’l BOE elects prez, V.P.

    WEST LONG BRANCH – The Shore Regional High School Board of Education has elected Anthony F. Moro Jr., of Monmouth Beach, and Frank Pignatore, of Oceanport, as president and vice president, respectively, for the academic year 2006-07 during its April 25 reorganization meeting. Moro, who was also sworn to a new three-year term on the…

  • Driver hits, knocks down utility pole

    WEST LONG BRANCH — A Little Silver man faces drunken driving charges after he struck and knocked down a utility pole on Oakwood Avenue during the late afternoon on May 3. Because the Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L) telephone pole was split in half and blocked the roadway as a result of the crash,…

  • Pedestrian safety initiative under way

    EATONTOWN — Beginning tomorrow through Sept. 27, law enforcement officers from the borough will be stepping up enforcement and education of the state’s pedestrian laws. In an attempt to reduce the disproportionate number of pedestrian injury crashes and fatalities, the state Division of Highway Traffic Safety will assist the borough of Eatontown in developing a…

  • Photo

    JEFF GRANIT staff Dressed in period costume, Nubia Boaventura, 8, and Willie White, 9, third-graders at Woodmere School in Eatontown, portray passengers at the “Titanic Ball” held as part of a social studies lesson.

  • Notes

    The Long Branch Senior Center on Second Avenue has begun a new food program and will be serving homemade lunches every Tuesday and Thursday at noon for a cost of $4 per person. The center is also looking for volunteers to assist with lunch preparation, delivery of meals homebound seniors. To volunteer or for more…

  • Vets hospital to move; Patterson clinic to close

    FBI, Homeland Security ask to stay after fort closes BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer More than 23,000 military retirees will be seeking health care elsewhere in Monmouth County once the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital relocates outside of Fort Monmouth’s gates. As the Pentagon readies the 89-year-old U.S. Army…