Category: Atlanticville News

  • First responders to share soldiers’ high-tech tools

    Fort BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer PHOTOSBYCHRISKELLY staff Above, Fort Monmouth Fire Chief John Erichsen describes the functions of a prototype sensor pack that firefighter John Rizzitello is wearing during a CERDECdemonstration at the fort Aug. 1. Below, Rizzitello and firefighter Tommy Wieczerzak describe the device to a reporter.…

  • Italian fest will run Aug. 10-14

    BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer The Ocean Township Italian American Association will hold the 29th annual Italian Festival at Joe Palaia Park on Aug. 10. The park is located at Deal and Whalepond roads. The festival is one of the largest in the area and draws upward of 75,000 people during…

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    MIGUELJUAREZ staff Saxophonist John Moon and bass player Mike Geeghan, members of the Brian Kirk and the Jirks band, got the flow during their concert on the boardwalk at Pier Village on July 29.

  • Council tries again for state funds for lake dredging

    WLB asks state for $1.32M in low-interest funds BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer West Long Branch WEST LONG BRANCH — Perhaps this time, the borough’s persistence in hitting up Trenton for some cash for a lake dredging project will pay off. An application for a low-interest loan in the…

  • Pallone secures funding for new Long Branch pier

    Recreational pier will have ferry dock, fishing area, exhibit space BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer LONG BRANCH — The city will regain a symbol of its days as a grand seashore resort, now that funding has been secured for a recreational pier. Last week, a second infusion of funds was secured…

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    MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Music transcends generations as Harry Drazin, 92, and Zakk Miller, Long Branch, groove to the music of Brian Kirk and the Jirks at a concert on the boardwalk in Long Branch on July 29.

  • Any day she can paint is a good day

    Artist creates collages as basis for photo-realistic paintings BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer “Stone Flowers” When artist Susan Osterweil Weber was still in high school and thinking about what to do with her life, she was told she was too sensitive to work in the highly competitive commercial art field. She…

  • Felix Molzer, founder of conservatory, dies at 83

    RED BANK — Felix Molzer, 83, founder and director emeritus of the Monmouth Conservatory of Music, died on July 30, at New York Presbyterian Hospital. He was born in Vienna, Austria, and lived in Little Silver for 39 years prior to moving to Middletown 3 1/2 years ago. A graduate of Vienna Music Academy with…

  • In the Arts

    Asbury Park will celebrate the “Dog Days of Summer” at the First Saturday event scheduled for Aug. 6, 6 to 10 p.m. in downtown Asbury Park. Enjoy outdoor dining, sidewalk sales, art, trolley tours of the city and live entertainment. The visitor wearing the wildest sunhat will walk away the winner of the evening’s “Hats…