Category: Atlanticville News
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Gift drive supports Sixth Battalion troops
WindMill owners sponsor collection for U.S. Marines in Iraq BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer The owners of the Long Branch-based WindMill restaurants will be helping to make the holiday season a little brighter for soldiers stationed in Iraq. “We sincerely believe that these people are protecting our freedoms and whether or…
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Fort advocates tapped for military commission
Muzzi, Giordano nominated to council on armed forces, veterans EATONTOWN — Two local business leaders, both known for their vocal advocacy on behalf of preserving Fort Monmouth, have been named as candidates to serve on a state committee focused on active and veteran members of the military. Frank C. Muzzi, of Long Branch, and Robert…
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Youths arrested at park building
Three juveniles, ages 15 and 16, were arrested on Nov. 30 and charged with burglary and criminal mischief. At 7:44 p.m., Ocean Township police responded to a burglar alarm at the Building and Grounds facility located in Palaia Park on Whalepond Road. They saw an individual standing in an open door of the building with…
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CHRIS KELLY staff Monmouth Beach’s Tina DiLorenzo, 5, walks up Wolf Hill, Oceanport, to sled down the first snow cover of the season on Dec. 6.
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Cop 2 Cop hotline offers counseling, referrals
24-hour intervention staffed by retired police officers, clinicians BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer A statewide program that started about six years ago to help police officers with the psycho-social anxieties stemming from their work has taken hold over the years. In fact, using the program as a model, a Monmouth County…
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Study: Tattoos stain impressions of females
Brookdale professor and students honored for research on project BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer KAREN BOWES Professor Joel Morgovsky, of Brookdale Community College, led a group of students in a study that examined people’s perceptions of those with tattoos. MIDDLETOWN — First impressions are hard to erase, especially if…
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In the Arts
Monmouth University will present a Holiday Concert on the Grand Staircase in Wilson Hall today at 8 p.m. Wilson Hall will resonate with the sounds of the Monmouth University Orchestra and Chorus, as they perform sounds of the season, both classical and contemporary. Tickets are $10. Wilson Hall is located at 400 Cedar Avenue in…
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Council approves equipment purchases
BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer OCEAN TOWNSHIP — Bids for over $300,000 in heavy equipment purchases were approved at the Nov. 21 Township Council meeting. According to Councilman Christopher Siciliano, the bids were for routine equipment that the township needs, but had to wait to purchase. “We can’t purchase everything we…
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Operation Sleigh Bells a holiday tradition
250 families still on waiting list for holiday gift program BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer LONG BRANCH — Family & Children’s Services (FCS), sponsors a clothing and toy drive for disadvantaged families throughout the county that, according to the program director, is a tradition dating back almost a century. “We say…
