Category: Atlanticville News
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Firm hired to oversee repairs at police station
Contractor will review bids for new roof at 95 Poplar Ave. BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH — A contract worth more than $6,000 has been awarded to a Spring Lake Heights firm that is expected to assist in financial matters related to the anticipated replacement of the leaking…
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CHRIS KELLY staff This house at 24 Russell Terrace was a winner in Eatontown’s holiday Home Decorating Contest.
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Catching the bad guy with ‘Mike the P.I.’
Red Bank author spins detective yarns into book for young readers BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer JEFF GRANIT staff Making up stories to tell his son, Andrew, led Michael Tuite to write “Mike the P.I.,” a book of detective stories geared for middle-school readers. Michael Tuite likes to make up stories…
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Teen anger program offered
Prevention First has announced that beginning in January, an anger management program for adolescents called Keys to Inner Visions (KIV) will provide life-skills education to resolve conflicts and shape the development of healthy beliefs and clear standards for behavior for adolescents ages 13-16. The small educational groups will counsel low-level juvenile offenders referred by Juvenile…
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Council to recommend new pay-to-play rules
Aaron: State regulations BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer LONG BRANCH — The City Council was expected to make recommendations for new pay-to-play regulations at Tuesday night’s municipal meeting. The state Senate approved new pay-to-play guidelines on Dec. 8 that “permit units of local government to pass stronger laws limiting the awarding…
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Two charged in auto thefts at apt. complexes
OCEAN TOWNSHIP — Ocean Township police responded to four separate car thefts from three apartment complexes in the township last week and arrested two men for the crimes. On Dec. 19 at about 6:10 a.m., officers were dispatched to an apartment in the Continental Gardens apartment complex, where a woman reported that two men had…
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Probe of crash continues
EATONTOWN — The investigation into a motor vehicle accident that led to the death of a 17-year-old Brick Township girl last week is continuing, according to the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. The victim, Princess Young, died of crash-related injuries on Dec. 18, two days after she was involved in the single- vehicle crash on Route…
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Johantgen retires, joins Monmouth U police
Detective lieutenant served 25 years on police department BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer Detective Lt. Bruce Johantgen will be retiring from the Long Branch Police Department Friday and Sgt. Fernando Sanders will be named the department’s new public relations officer. LONG BRANCH –– Long Branch Detective Lieutenant Bruce Johantgen will serve…
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Concert to benefit Musicians on Call
A hospital stay is never fun, but a live concert in a patient’s room can go a long way toward making it more cheerful. Musicians On Call brings performances directly to hospital rooms. Four local tri-state area musicians — Tommy Anton, Joe D’Urso, Danny White and Nell Bryden — have teamed up for the second…
