Category: Atlanticville News

  • Love, dreams and ‘the silliest stuff that ever I heard’

    PHOTOSBY CHRIS KELLY staff Clockwise: Audience members sit on the grass in Riverside Gardens Park and watch as relationships in the human and fairy worlds go awry in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Oberon (David Cruse) and Puck (Julianna Stanford) hatch a scheme. Oberon watches as Helena (Sarah Knittel) begs Demetrius (Ruben Nagy) not to leave…

  • Murals to be part of Asbury revitalization

    Arts Coalition forms mural art project as community endeavor BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer ASBURY PARK — Two muralists who share a vision of people coming to Asbury Park to view murals in the city are off to a good start. Their idea for an Asbury Park Mural Arts Project is…

  • Council mulls creating pedophile-free zones

    Proposed ordinance could be based on drug-free zone laws BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer Eatontown EATONTOWN –– To ensure the safety of its youngest and most vulnerable residents, borough officials are mulling crafting an ordinance to create pedophile-free zones. Other Monmouth County municipalities, including neighboring Shrewsbury Township, have enacted…

  • MU dorm hearing set to continue next week

    Zoners could decide in August on additional housing, parking BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH — Almost 18 months after its start, testimony on Monmouth University’s controversial expansion plan might finally wrap up next Thursday night. The borough’s Zoning Board of Adjustment expects to hear whatever else…

  • City will take 15 additional properties

    Council action more than doubles second phase of Pier Village BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer The Long Branch City Council adopted an ordinance last week extending eminent domain to additional properties in the second phase of the Pier Village redevelopment zone. Eminent domain will be applied to nine of the 15…

  • Historical map guides walking tour of Freehold Borough

    Visitors can learn about the history, architecture and local lore of Freehold by following a new map that guides visitors on a walking tour of the downtown area. “Touring Historic Freehold” is a free, colorful map that includes 75 points of interest, all of which are pictured. The map was compiled by Monmouth Historical Commission…

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    MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Mark Weykknecht, 13, Long Branch, dusts off the hood of a ’34 Ford pickup during the West End Cruise Night held on Brighton Avenue in Long Branch on July 16.

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    MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Justin Thomas, 6, checks out the interior of a Mini Cooper 72, during the West End Cruise Night held July 16 along Brighton Avenue in Long Branch.

  • Former TOSA chairman pleads guilty to taking bribes

    Kessler admits taking bribes from engineer, accountant BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer Another dot has been connected in the Ocean Township bribery case that started with the indictment of former Mayor Terance D. Weldon in 2002. Stephen D. Kessler, former chairman of the Township of Ocean Sewerage Authority (TOSA), admitted in…