Category: Atlanticville News

  • Campaign kicks off to fight eminent domain

    Law firm launches Hands Off My Home national initiative BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer A nonprofit law firm has begun a campaign to help homeowners like those in Long Branch protect their homes from being taken for private redevelopment. The Institute for Justice (IJ), Washington, D.C., began its $3 million national Hands Off My Home…

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    CHRIS KELLY staff Friendly ogre Shrek and Princess Fiona greet Billirose Brandner, 5, of Boston, at the 15th annual Oceanfest celebration, which took place on the beachfront Promenade in Long Branch on July Fourth.

  • Red Cross holds blood drives

    In an effort to boost blood collections last summer, the American Red Cross Blood Services, Penn-Jersey Region, launched a campaign called “Route 56,” encouraging people to donate blood every 56 days. This summer, the American Red Cross Penn-Jersey Region continues the “Route 56” campaign and has its sights set on asking over 85,000 people to…

  • Broadway Arts chosen to redevelop arts district

    Developer will decide if existing businesses fit plan BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer An artist’s rendering of the future site of the arts district. Broadway Arts Center LLC has gotten the go- ahead from the Long Branch City Council to revitalize the once vibrant arts district along lower Broadway. The council…

  • Laundry workers rally for fair contract

    Unite Here! labor union seeks better wages, benefits for members BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer LONG BRANCH – A group of local laundry workers rallied outside the Long Branch North American Linen (NAL) facility last week demanding a contract with fair wages and better benefits. Members of the Laundry, Dry-Cleaning and…

  • Golf outing is more than a hole-in-one

    Company shows amputees they can pursue a full life BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer Ellaine Biancamano, West Long Branch, a double amputee, has been participating in the event for two years and this year stood to play on new prosthetic limbs. LONG BRANCH — The loss of a limb can seem…

  • Tips on keeping pets safe in a disaster

    TINTON FALLS – The American Red Cross and the Humane Society of the United States have collaborated and created tips to help keep pets safe during times of disaster. With the National Weather Service calling for an above-average hurricane season, residents need to start preparing a disaster plan. This plan should include pets, which rely…

  • Kosher culinary fest set for July 31

    ‘Restaurant Row: A Festival of Food, Wine and Fun!” will take Sunday, July 31, beginning at 7 p.m. at the Ocean Place Resort & Spa in Long Branch. Hosted for the third year by the Jewish Community Center of Greater Monmouth County, Deal, Restaurant Row features an impressive variety of kosher restaurants, caterers, wineries and…

  • Newborn’s death being considered a homicide

    Prosecutor: Baby girl was full term, not born at train station BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer LAYLI WHYTE Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Robert Honecker (r) fields questions at a press conference with director William Richards (l) from the Long Branch Police Department about a newborn found dead at the Long Branch…