Category: Atlanticville News

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    MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Runners Bob Chavez, Woodbridge, and Mike Washakowski, Ocean Township, stretch before the start of the Jersey Shore Running Club’s 17th annual Spring Run on the Promenade in Long Branch on April 15. Since 1998, the 5K run has been held in honor of fallen Long Branch Police Officer Patrick King.

  • ‘Artists Curating ArtistS’

    Different … but similar “Ten Meteors” by Chris Chambers The Shore Institute of the Contemporary Arts (SICA) in Long Branch presents “Artists Curating ArtistS,” two very different yet similar exhibitions that will run from April 21 through May 27. An opening reception will be held at the gallery 3-6 p.m. Sunday, April 23. The exhibit…

  • Alliance will offer classes on how to parent an athlete

    BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer OCEANPORT – The Coastal Monmouth Alliance for the Prevention of Substance Abuse is scheduled to offer the Parenting an Athlete (PAA) program in conjunction with the borough school district and the St. Barnabas Institute for Prevention. The PAA program will be offered in five workshops titled…

  • Notes

    Nicole Gomez and Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. Long Branch High School junior Nicole Gomez attended page school in Washington, D.C., during the first half of the current school year. Gomez, 16, was nominated to be a page by Congressman Frank Pallone Jr. (D-6). She was one of 65 students chosen out of 400 candidates for…

  • Council to vote on property upkeep law

    Code enforcement could cite violations including grass growing too high BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH – Letting grass grow extremely tall would be outlawed under a new measure now being considered by the Borough Council. So would keeping an excessive amount of debris or trash in front of…

  • Festive folk art expresses ‘the brightness of human nature’

    Caribbean influence inspires works by outsider artist BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer Betty Kern and daughter Jenny, 12, at the opening of an exhibit of Kern’s folk art at the Red Bank Public Library on April 6. The artwork on exhibit includes a portrait of Jenny in bold hues (far left),…

  • In The Arts

    The Sea Bright Library will host an exhibit by Flo Higgins, Rumson watercolorist and professional astrologer, through the month of April. Library hours are Monday, 10-7:30 p.m., Tuesday, 3-7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, 10-5 p.m. and Saturday, 9 a.m. to noon. For more information, contact the library at (732) 758-9554. The Jewish Community Center…

  • Time, space and spirituality

    “Showers From Heaven” ‘Life After Life,” an exhibit of photographs by Melanie Heinrich, is at McKay Imaging Studio & Gallery in Red Bank, where it will run through May 12. The photographs reveal unique perspectives of time, space and spirituality. According to Heinrich, she began work on the images following the death of her brother…

  • Four companies respond to blaze

    Police and firefighters from Eatontown, Fort Monmouth, Shrewsbury and Oceanport responded to a structure fire at 57 Main St. (Route 35) at 1:58 a.m. on March 31. The building, occupied by Lee Myles Transmission, Thrifty Car Rental and Monmouth Auto Diagnostics, sustained significant damage as a result of the blaze and was deemed unsafe by…