Category: Atlanticville News

  • Holy Trinity: Miracle on Exchange Place?

    Bishop BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer Last-minute intervention may be the miracle that staff and parents of students at Holy Trinity School in Long Branch have been praying for. Because unnamed benefactors have come forward with offers of financial support, a decision on closing the school has been put off by…

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    CHRIS KELLY staff Students in the Long Branch High School Soundwave Jazz Band perform during the third annual Concert for Kids held at the high school Jan. 21.

  • MU unveils plans for new athletic center

    Multipurpose activity center could seat almost 5,000 BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer Graphics provided by Monmouth University show the campus location of the proposed multipurpose activity center with exterior and interior views. Only one West Long Branch residence is situated anywhere near Monmouth University’s proposed multipurpose activity center, and that home…

  • Chase for Life: Giving parents tools to save a child’s life

    Daughter BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer Farley Boyle with daughter Chase on the dock where Chase fell and nearly drowned in August. LITTLE SILVER — Chase climbs up on her mother’s lap, and her mother is reminded of what could have been. Chase Boyle, 2, lives with her parents, Farley and…

  • Work on Atlantic Ave. bridge near completion

    BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer LONG BRANCH — The Atlantic Avenue bridge, which was scheduled to reopen several months ago, will open this month, according to a Monmouth County spokesman. The $2,585,858 project will be completed by Ferreira Contracting Co., the contractor hired after the original contractor for the project forfeited…

  • Barham priorities: Assess needs, cut costs

    Freeholder director says county will look ahead 25 years BY LIZ SHEEHAN Correspondent BY LIZ SHEEHANCorrespondent Bill Barham FREEHOLD — Just over a year after he was named to replace retiring Freeholder Harry Larrison on the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders, Monmouth Beach resident William Barham has been selected as the director of the board…

  • WLB council taking town’s zoners to court

    Council sides with neighbors; challenges Kilkare Farm expansion BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH — The Republican-controlled Borough Council has chosen to fight the Zoning Board of Adjustment’s decision allowing Monmouth University to construct six tennis courts and other facilities at the former Kilkare Farm. However, Councilman J. Thomas…

  • Pallone drops out of U.S. Senate race

    Congressman Frank Pallone Jr., (D-6) announced on Monday that he is not going to make a primary bid for the seat now held by U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez. Pallone endorsed Menendez at a press conference at the Trenton State House on Monday morning and pledged to work on his behalf. “Over the past year, I…

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    CHRIS KELLY staff Members of the Long Branch High School Dance Squad perform a routine during the third annual “Concert for Kids” at the high school’s auditorium on Jan. 21.