Category: Atlanticville News
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CHRIS KELLY staff Monmouth University freshman Tyler Braun (l), of Stony Brook, N.Y., gets helping moving into his dorm room at the West Long Branch school from senior Joe Bucher on Sept. 4.
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Advocates for fort file appeal with circuit court
Seek to overturn dismissal of BRAC suit BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer A contingent of area legislators and Fort Mon-mouth supporters plan to appeal a federal judge’s decision against hearing the lawsuit they have filed to spare the local U.S. Army base from shutdown by the Pentagon. The appeal…
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Cancer support center needs support
Ilene Winters (l) became aware of the need for a support center for cancer victims when her mother (r), Cissie Winters, was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Below is the logo for The Wellness Community-Northern Jersey Shore, which she is founding. Support community seeks permanent home in area BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer LONG BRANCH —…
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BRAC votes to close Fort Monmouth
Commissioners BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer EATONTOWN — Fort Monmouth’s more than 5,000 civilian employees and 2,500 military contractors are evaluating their futures in the wake of a federal panel’s official vote last week to close the more than 88-year-old U.S. Army base. By a 7-1 vote with one…
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DPW employee pleads guilty to fee scheme
BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer LONG BRANCH — Louis Cooke, an assistant supervisor with the Department of Public Works (DPW), pleaded guilty last week to one count of official misconduct, a second-degree crime. Cooke, 41, a Little Silver resident, is facing a state prison term of between three and five years,…
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Recreation board will have two alternates
Objectors fear sports group will dominate activities, events BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH –– The borough’s recreation board has been functioning very well, thank you, without the assistance of the town’s primary sports association, according to resident Susan Juliano. Finally, the seven-member West Long Branch Board…
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Educator turned artist, figurative turned abstract
Exhibit of work over past decade is at Art Alliance in Red Bank BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer Art Newman with “Three Models” Arthur “Art” Newman is living up to his name. He is an artist who paints large abstractions that are usually grounded in a figurative base. And you could…
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Opportunities for serious artists with disabilities
NEW BRUNSWICK — VSA arts of New Jersey is seeking disabled artists who would like to be added to its artist registry to receive news and announcements of opportunities including competitions and juried and nonjuried exhibits. VSA is a statewide nonprofit organization dedicated to assuring that the arts are available and accessible to all people,…
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In the Arts
An evening of homespun Storytelling in the manner of radio host Garrison Keillor will be presented Saturday, Sept. 17, at 7:40 p.m. at the United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall, 247 Broad St., Red Bank. Storytellers will include Bob Schulman, Mary Carol Stunkel, Mary Johnson and Jim Flanagan. The event is a benefit for the scholarship…
