Category: Atlanticville News

  • Report on Troutmans Creek due out Friday

    Task force will release results of soil sampling of contaminated sites BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer Long Branch LONG BRANCH — The state Environmental Justice Task Force (EJTF) will release the results of soil samples taken from Troutmans Creek on Friday, according to officials from the New Jersey Department of Environmental…

  • Panter adds zoning clause to fort reuse bill

    Kyrillos endorses Assembly bill but says S-1049 is still alive BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer Assemblyman Michael Panter (D-12) says the portion of Fort Monmouth that lies inside the borders of three host communities will be protected under legislation he has introduced to create an official revitalization authority for the infrastructure…

  • ‘Good night and thank you’

    Above, students from Shore Regional High School, West Long Branch, rehearse for a production of “Evita” Feb. 27. At left, Chris Seeler rehearses his role of Juan Peron. PHOTOSBYCHRISKELLYstaff

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    Justin Condon, 3, Oceanport, gets pointers on spinning a basketball from Tony “Showtime” Springer of the Harlem MagicMasters during halftime at the annual Alpha Chi Ro “Shoot to Save” game at Monmouth University’s Boylan Gymnasium on Feb. 24.

  • Bluegrass: Hillbilly roots speak to modern audiences

    Bluegrass & Oldtime Music Assn. celebrates 28th year with March 19 concert BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer Members of the Bluegrass & Oldtime Music Association get together monthly to perform and jam at Embury Methodist Church Hall in Little Silver. Clockwise from top: Mike Edgerton, Howell, Mike Rosenow, Long Branch, and…

  • School tax could rise to pay for referendum

    District proposes scaled-back version of original spending plan BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer Eatontown school district taxes could rise by an average of nearly $183 annually over 25 years if a $29.8 million construction referendum wins favor with voters later this month. The average taxpayer cost is based upon recent property…

  • Council prez: Relations with Mon U. are good

    Liaison members share outcome of meeting with university officials BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer West Long Branch WEST LONG BRANCH — Court case or not, town and gown relations are just fine, according to Borough Council President Richard F. Cooper Jr. Even as Borough Attorney Gregory Baxter prepares to challenge last…

  • Students celebrate the heroes in their lives

    Teens in Heroes Project perform at Two River Theater BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer SCOTTFRIEDMAN LONG BRANCH — A project that began as an educational program for Long Branch High School students has blossomed into a success story for Red Bank’s Two River Theater Company (TRTC). The TRTC Education Outreach Program…

  • In the Arts

    Monmouth University’s Visiting Poets Series will present a free reading by award-winning Irish poet Eamon Grennan, Friday, 4-7 p.m. The author of six poetry collections, Grennan will read in Wilson Auditorium, 400 Cedar Ave., West Long Branch. The Jack Sharkey farce “I Take This Man” opens Friday at First Avenue Playhouse, 123 First Ave., Atlantic…