Category: Atlanticville News
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In the Arts
Monmouth Players will hold auditions for Frederick Knott’s classic thriller “Dial M for Murder” on Nov. 14 and 15 at 8 p.m. at the Navesink Library Theater at the corner of Sears and Monmouth avenues in the Navesink section of Middletown. Needed are one woman 30 to 45 years of age and five men between…
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Auction to help keep art centers afloat
The Shore Institute of the Contemporary Arts in Long Branch will host its Fourth Annual Art Auction to benefit SICA and the heavily damaged Contemporary Art Center of New Orleans (CAC). The auction will be held on Friday, Nov.18, from 6:30-9 p.m. The Cajun-flavored evening will begin with a Meet the Artists cocktail hour, featuring…
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Police presence increased at L.B. council meetings
Director cites discord, adds more officers in uniform & plainclothes BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer The Long Branch Director of Public Safety said he has increased the number of police present at City Council meetings in response to increasingly contentious sessions. “Additional police officers were detailed at the meetings on my initiative,” Director William Richards…
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Candidates vie for terms on Eatontown council
Fort, taxes, downtown redevelopment top agendas William Kinney EATONTOWN — On Tuesday, Councilmen Roy J. Eisen and William M. Kinney, the Borough Council’s only Republicans, will see if they can curry enough favor with voters to be elected to full three-year terms. Both attained their seats via appointments. Along with fellow candidate Joseph “Bubba” Gaetano,…
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photos by CHRIS KELLY staff A group of children line up for the judges in the Eatontown Halloween parade. Nicholas Bausenwein, 4, Eatontown, holds his torch high during judging for the costume contest during the Eatontown Halloween parade Oct. 29.
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Police make arrests at house party
BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer LONG BRANCH –– The city Police Department placed seven individuals who are under the legal drinking age under arrest at a house party on Lenox Avenue last week. On Oct. 28 the quality-of-life detail of the city’s police department responded to the 200 block of Lenox…
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County’s state-of-the-art recycling center opens
New facility can handle all of county’s Class ‘A’ recyclables, including glass BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer Hailed as a win for the county and a win for all of the municipalities in the county, an innovative Class “A” recycling center opened recently at the Monmouth County Reclamation Center in Tinton Falls. On Oct. 28,…
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Long Branch expands tax break for Pier Village
Aaron: Total abatement for five years not calculated LONG BRANCH — The City Council approved an ordinance last week that amends a tax abatement agreement with the developers of the Pier Village redevelopment zone. The amended agreement, which was originally signed in 2000 with redeveloper Applied Development Co., Hoboken, involves abatement of both property and…
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2 seats up for grabs on freeholder board
Barham, Burry, Aaronson, McMorrow, Unger seeking positions Reform, change and county spending are the main issues impacting five candidates who are seeking election to two three-year seats on the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders in the Nov. 8 general election. There is no elected incumbent on the ballot. However, Republican Freeholder William C. Barham, 52,…
