Category: Atlanticville News

  • ‘New Beginnings’ shelter calendar is now on sale

    SPCA Teddy Ever since its introduction three years ago, the Monmouth County SPCA’s “New Beginnings” calendar has been delighting area pet lovers with beautiful photos and heartwarming success stories of shelter alumni. Each year, this fundraiser features pets who have been adopted from the SPCA’s Eatontown shelter. The current crop includes calendar covergirl Samantha, who…

  • School traffic prompts Bath Ave. parking ban

    BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer LONG BRANCH –– The City Council banned parking on sections of Bath Avenue last week in response to a change in traffic conditions created by the opening of the new Long Branch Middle School. Ordinance 3-06, which was unanimously adopted at the Jan. 10 municipal meeting,…

  • City opts for public bids on contracts

    The Long Branch Council agreed last week that all public contracts in the city will be awarded through the “Fair and Open Process,” City Attorney James Aaron said at the Jan. 10 council meeting. The state Senate approved new pay-to-play guidelines in Dec-ember, allowing local governments to choose between the “Fair and Open Process” or…

  • Suspect sought in armed robbery

    BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer LONG BRANCH –– The owner of a local convenience store was held at gunpoint last week during a robbery. On Jan. 10, police responded to Krauszer’s on Ocean Avenue after receiving a report that a robbery had just occurred, according to Sgt. Fernando Sanders. According to…

  • Police seek suspects in theft from teen

    OCEAN TOWNSHIP –– On Jan. 13 at 9:20 p.m., township police were called to a home in the Wanamassa section in response to the robbery of a 13-year-old boy. Upon arrival, the police spoke to the victim who reported that he and several friends, also juvenile residents of the township, were walking home on Wickapecko…

  • Kyrillos intros fort redevelopment bill

    S-1049 is in committee, not on BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer True to his word, state Sen. Joseph M. Kyrillos Jr. (R-13) last week introduced a bill designed to ensure that the federal government will recognize a new multi-jurisdictional entity charged with overseeing future uses of Fort Monmouth’s buildings and land.…

  • Police interrupt melee, arrest township man

    OCEAN TOWNSHIP –– A melee at a house party early Saturday morning spilled out onto the street and left one 23-year-old man under arrest and another with a broken nose, according to township police. Edward G. White II of Oakhurst, was arrested on Jan. 14 at about 4:30 a.m. and charged with aggravated assault, conspiracy…

  • Photo

    MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Jackie Van Wagner, as Miss Hannigan, and Lauren Brown, who stars in the title role, rehearse on Friday for a performance of “Annie” at Eatontown’s Memorial School this weekend.

  • Minister: King’s dream of equality will come true

    Rubin tells YMCA BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer Sean Byrnes, chief volunteer officer of The Community YMCA, Bishop Fred Rubin and Dr. D. Crist Northington at the 17th annual Breakfast Celebrating the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and His Legacy. WEST LONG BRANCH — “Thank God for dreamers.” That…