Category: Atlanticville News
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MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Monmouth University student Mike Malinowski, of Colts Neck, polishes the wooden pews at St. James Episcopal Church in Long Branch during the university’s annual Community Service Day on Saturday. The event was sponsored by the campus Student Government Association.
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In the Arts
“Shadows of Shadow Lawn,” an hourlong documentary on the alleged haunting of Monmouth University in West Long Branch, will debut on Thursday, Oct. 13, at 8 p.m. in Wilson Auditorium. The free screening is open to the public and will be followed by a question-and-answer session. Produced by Monmouth University graduate student Tom Hanley and…
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Business owners dig in
Group hires attny. to fight loss of properties to eminent domain BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer Business owners in one of the city of Long Branch’s redevelopment zones are taking steps to prevent loss of their properties through eminent domain. “We are not going to wait around for our properties to…
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Arts group raises funds to purchase building
The Arts Coalition of Asbury Park (ArtsCap) is raising funds to purchase the historic Kinmonth Building at 710 Mattison Ave. The circa-1911 building houses the Savoy Theatre. ArtsCap hopes to restore the theater and use the building as a community center with office space, a senior center, film center, artists studios, rehearsal space, children’s art…
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Monmouth U. hosts domestic violence awareness kickoff
Gaffney: Abuse demeans abused and abuser BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer At left, Anna Diaz-White, executive director of 180 Turning Lives Around, and student Joe Bucher, president of Sigma Tau Gamma fraternity, listen to speakers at “Coaching Boys Into Men,” sponsored by 180 and its Men’s Task Force at Woodrow Wilson…
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Town meeting for Arts Plan NJ
RED BANK — The New Jersey State Council on the Arts (NJSCA) will convene a town meeting to provide a public forum to discuss the draft of Arts Plan NJ, a statewide plan for a better New Jersey through the arts. The meeting will run from 7-9 p.m. on Oct. 17 at the Two River…
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Evicted by city, man to have day in court
Countering $140K offer for beachfront home, attny. seeks $630K BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer Long Branch LONG BRANCH — A city resident whose home was taken for oceanfront redevelopment through eminent domain proceedings was scheduled to have his day in court Tuesday. Bruce MacCloud owned a three-story, 17-room, 100-year-old Victorian home…
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Some residents oppose suing over MU approval
Resident presents petition with over 200 names opposing appeal BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH — Not everyone in town wants to go to court over the recent Zoning Board of Adjustment decision allowing Monmouth University to construct a dormitory, two parking lots, and a detention basin in a…
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Fall Beach Sweeps to be held on Oct. 22
Hundreds of volunteers are expected to participate in Clean Ocean Action’s 20th annual Fall Beach Sweeps on “Make a Difference Day,” Saturday, Oct. 22, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The statewide cleanups will take place at nearly 50 sites in Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, Atlantic and Cape May Counties. The sweeps educate citizens about nonpoint…
