Category: Atlanticville News

  • Architectural firm to evaluate police station

    Council will decide whether to renovate or demolish building BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer Council will decide whether to renovate or demolish building BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer West Long Branch WEST LONG BRANCH — The fate of the beleaguered police administration building might soon be decided in part by the findings of a…

  • Lyme disease epidemic increases in summer

    With over 300 known strains of the Lyme disease bacteria worldwide, Lyme disease is the fastest growing infectious illness in the United States, growing at five times the rates of the AIDS and HIV infections, according to the Turn the Corner Foundation. Lyme disease has been reported in 49 states, every continent and nearly every…

  • Business owners wary about redevelopment

    Mayor, council address concerns about use of eminent domain BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer Just saying the words “eminent domain” can strike fear in the hearts of Eatontown’s Main Street merchants. After getting phone calls and walk-in visits from worried business owners whose shops are located on the stretch…

  • Dorothy Parker Day to honor a reluctant Jersey girl

    Landmark plaque, readings, talks celebrate Long Branch connection BY KATHY HALL Correspondent BY KATHY HALLCorrespondent Ultimate New Yorker that she was, Dorothy Parker never approved of being born in West End, but she might approve of the activities planned for Long Branch’s first annual Dorothy Parker Day on Aug. 21. Parker, whose family name was…

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    CHRIS KELLY staff Long Branch lifeguard Lawrence Irving controls the boat as Dave Smith jumps out to finish the boat rescue race event at the Monmouth County Park System Seven Presidents Lifeguard Tournament on Aug. 6. For more photos, see page 3.

  • In the Arts

    “This ‘n’ That & Other Things,” a show of photographs by Robert Grunke, is on exhibit at El Lobo Negro gallery, 519 Bangs Ave., Asbury Park. The show will run through Sept. 5. For information, call (732.) 775-3300 Gallery hours: are Wednesday-Saturday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sunday, Monday and Tuesday by appointment. Synapse…

  • Residents to developers: Leave our homes out

    Homes remained in original redevelopment plan, Vendetti says BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer Residents facing loss of their homes through eminent domain are appealing to developers to leave their homes out of the redevelopment plan for their Long Branch neighborhood “We figured we have tried everything else,” said Lori Vendetti, who…

  • Grant to MCSPCA much needed and very welcome

    Shelter will use $50K capital grant to renovate facility BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer Ursula Goetz, executive director of the MCSPCA, with one of the overflowing population of homeless pets housed at the shelter. EATONTOWN — The Monmouth County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (MCSPCA) in Eatontown has…

  • Lifeguard Tournament

    The Monmouth County Park System’s Seven Presidents Lifeguard Tournament held Aug. 6 in Long Branch consisted of several events that tested the skills of lifeguards at county beaches. Clockwise from top: Avon lifeguards launch Lauryn Stengel and Meg Fales in the boat relay race. Sea Bright lifeguard Chris O’Connor rows during the kayak/swim/paddle race. Competitors…