Category: Atlanticville News
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Freeholder candidate Brian Unger gets specific
Platform includes affordable housing, integrated schools BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer OCEAN TOWNSHIP — Green Party freeholder candidate Brian Unger held a press conference on Sept. 29 to kick off his campaign for one of the two open seats on the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders. He had intended to hold…
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Accident-prone stretch of hwy. to get upgrades
Rte. 35 between Rte. 66 and Eatontown, had most accidents BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer OCEAN TOWNSHIP — The number of accidents on Route 35 between Route 66 and the Eatontown border increased in 2004. In fact, that stretch of Route 35 had the highest number of accidents in Monmouth County…
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Fallen heroes
PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff A member of the Long Branch Fire Department carries a carnation to honor fallen firefighter Robert Feeney during the Monmouth County Fallen Firefighter Memorial Service and Medal Day held at Long Branch Firemen’s Park on Oct. 2. Below, firefighters from throughout the county attended.
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New speed humps getting mixed reviews
Some welcome, some disturbed by traffic calming devices BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer EATONTOWN — Borough resident Joe Carey has carefully observed the facial expressions of drivers whose vehicles suddenly strike the speed humps recently installed on several borough streets. The speed humps put in as part of an overall traffic…
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Photo
PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff Above, Chris Rudolph (second from left), a senior at Monmouth University in West Long Branch, gets a lesson in flamenco dancing from Lisa Botalico and Gisele Revollar during a performance in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. At right, audience members watch as Revollar demonstrates the Spanish gypsy style of dance.
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Artists/survivors transform cancer battle into art, dance
Art exhibit, dance, multimedia collage carry message of hope BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer Breast cancer does not discriminate. It doesn’t care what hue you are, how old you are, or whether you are a lawyer or a legal assistant, a mother or grandmother, a dancer or a visual artist. But…
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In the Arts
SCOTT PILLING staff The Black Widow Blues Band, performing in Long Branch. “Smokin’ Tribute to the Ladies of Swing,” the final concert in the summer jazz series at the Woman’s Club of Red Bank, will take place Friday beginning at 8 p.m. at the Anthony Reckless Estate, 164 Broad St. The Vickie Smith Quartet will…
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Atlanticville art
Color, commentary on gallery walls “The Letter” by Nova “Vibrancy and Abundance,” an exhibit of works by John Salvi, Monmouth Beach, and Nova (Steve Nolletti), Eatontown, is currently at the Mitchell Sanborn Gallery in Keyport. The combination of Nova’s canvases and Salvi’s abstract paper paintings brings two contemporary artists together in celebration of glorious color,…
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Monmouth County Archives Week
For the 10th consecutive year, Archives Week will be celebrated at the Monmouth County Library Headquarters in Manalapan. Archives and History Day will be celebrated Saturday, Oct. 15, and will feature displays by more than 70 history organization. The keynote speaker will be Dr. Alex Magoun, who will present “The RCA [Radio Corporation of America]…
