Category: Atlanticville News

  • Six arrested on charges of prostitution

    OCEAN TOWNSHIP — Six people were arrested on June 28 at 3 p.m. and charged with prostitution. According to Ocean Township police, Jung H. Kim, 31, Yeon H. Choi Kim, 43, and Ying J. Cui, 32, from Flushing, N.Y., were arrested at the Ocean Spa on Route 35. Jung H. Kim was charged with promoting…

  • ‘Sister’ to play benefit for a brother in arms

    Charlie Barreca was sound man for rock band Twisted Sister BY MARK ROSMAN Staff Writer BY MARK ROSMANStaff Writer MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Charlie Barreca, of Keyport, who was the sound board operator for Twisted Sister for more than two decades, holds an award that he and the band received. Twisted Sister will play a July…

  • Curtain up! Light the lights! JCC inaugurates arts center

    Theater, art gallery part of new performing arts center BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer PHOTOSBYCHRIS KELLY staff A new 520-seat theater and an art gallery comprise the new Herbert and Evelyn Axelrod Performing Arts Center at the Ruth Hyman Jewish Community Center. There will be fireworks of another kind on July…

  • Deal Yeshiva gets OK for two swimming pools

    Planners put conditions on approval including hours, lighting, noise BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH — Deal Yeshiva Academy has been given the green light from the borough to construct two swimming pools on its triangular lot at 200 Wall St. … again. On its second go-round…

  • A perfect marriage: Art gallery opens in law office

    Seascapes are favorite subjects of Grace O’Donnell. OCEAN TOWNSHIP — A unique collaboration between an artist and an attorney who are husband and wife, led to the creation of a new gallery space called the West Park Gallery. Grace O’Donnell’s one-woman exhibition space is located in Patrick Falcone’s law office on West Park Avenue, just…

  • Collages by Renna Abadi at guild

    “Meditation” SHREWSBURY — “Up Close and Personal,” a show of collages by Renna Abadi, will be on exhibit at The Guild of Creative Art in Shrewsbury throughout the month of July. About her art, Abadi says “the juxtaposition of a recognizable image against a surreal or abstract one has always fascinated me. My inspiration comes…

  • In the Arts

    The Mike Kaplan Nonet, a nine-piece Jazz ensemble will perform at the kickoff concert of this year’s Comcast Jazz in the Park series at Riverside Gardens Park in Red Bank on Thursday, June 30 for one set at 7-7:45 p.m. The band’s playlist includes uptempo Hardbop, Latin Jazz, swing, ballads and funkier material all filtered…

  • Cyclist in critical condition

    LONG BRANCH — A city woman remained in critical condition Monday after she was struck by a car while riding her bicycle last week, according to police reports. Graciela Andrade, of Third Avenue, was hit by a 1992 Ford Explorer at the Joline and Grand avenues intersection on June 23 at approximately 6 a.m. and…

  • Howard Commons plans on hold for now

    Regional BRAC hearing scheduled for July 8 BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer Like the rest of Fort Monmouth, the future use of the Howard Commons military housing complex depends on what happens in Washington, D.C. As of April 2004, the U.S. Army had expected to enter into a 50-year…