Category: Atlanticville News

  • School spirit

    PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Above left: Despite rainy weather, members of the Monmouth University Dance Squad perform for fans at half-time of the MU/Robert Morris football game on Oct. 22. Above and below: In keeping with the theme “MU Goes Hollywood,” students created and rode on floats in the homecoming parade on Saturday.

  • Man charged with sex assault

    Charles J. Kelly, 59, of Asbury Park was arrested on Oct. 16 at 2:35 p.m. for an alleged sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a minor. Kelly is accused of placing his hand up an 11-year-old girl’s skirt while she was shopping at the Foodtown on Sunset Avenue in Wanamassa. After the girl left…

  • Event helps conservation foundation raise $150,000

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer MIDDLETOWN — The Monmouth Conservation Foundation (MCF) held its 28th annual dinner dance on the latest addition to the Monmouth County Park System. The event, which raised about $150,000 for land preservation in the county, took place on the Fisher-Stern tract on Sept. 17. Drew D’Appolito,…

  • Fort reuse board looks at former Mass. base

    Congress expected to vote on final BRAC listing on Nov. 8 BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer EATONTOWN — A onetime military base in Massachusetts that now is host to an industrial park, hotel-conference center, and housing could serve as a model for how Fort Monmouth’s facilities could be revived if it…

  • WLB residents want speeding curtailed

    Police captain suggests traffic calming measures like speed humps BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer West Long Branch WEST LONG BRANCH — To prevent a tragedy, some residents are urging borough officials and the police to hurry up and slow down motorists speeding through the town. Roadways throughout the borough, particularly in…

  • Tutoring literacy skills: A great way to give back

    Volunteers tutor basic skills and ESL; training to begin in Jan. BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer Above, Literacy Volunteer of America tutor Rita Dentino teaches English as a Second Language to students at the First Methodist Church in Freehold. One in five American adults is functionally illiterate. The definition of literacy…

  • Private sector now has two votes on fort reuse

    BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer EATONTOWN — In keeping with the wishes of acting Gov. Richard Codey, the private sector now has two voices on the committee overseeing the future uses of Fort Monmouth’s land and facilities. Caren Franzini, the CEO of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority, and Larry Downes,…

  • City adds to contract with Aaron’s firm

    Long Branch prepares for lawsuit challenging eminent domain process BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer Long Branch LONG BRANCH — The City Council increased its contract with a local law firm last week in anticipation of a lawsuit by a group of property owners in one of the city’s redevelopment zones. At…

  • VA clinic will stay at fort till 2010 or later

    BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer EATONTOWN –– It is up to the 23,000 military retirees and veterans who use the Patterson Army Health Clinic at Fort Monmouth to hold a federal official to his promise that they will still have access to health care on post for at least another five…