Category: Atlanticville News

  • New park will add sports fields

    An aerial photo shows the outline of the proposed 21-acre Manahassett Creek Park in Long Branch. The project, which is being designed by D.W. Smith, of Lakewood, will include sports fields, a playground, a nature area and trail, bocce court and picnic area. Long Branch acquires Lemco property for 21-acre sports park site BY CHRISTINE…

  • Police awards recognize valor, investigative skills

    BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer Ocean Township OCEAN TOWNSHIP – Twenty officers and one civilian were honored at an Ocean Township Police Department awards ceremony held earlier this month. Patrolman Cory R. Cole received the Ocean Township Police Humanitarian Award for his generous actions toward a young couple and their baby.…

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    CHRIS KELLY staff Alex Holderness, West Long Branch, 9, races to the finish line at the third annual Michael W. Thorne Scholarship 4-Mile Run/Walk held at Franklin Lake Park in West Long Branch May 22.

  • BRAC commissioners due to visit fort June 9

    SUE MORGAN Jean “Nina” Hoover, superintendent of Eatontown Schools, speaks at the Saturday meeting. ‘Brain drain,’ loss of jobs, higher taxes would result from fort’s closing BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer An area legislator is calling on Fort Monmouth’s civilian technical wizards to testify about a life and death matter, that is, the safety…

  • Officials pledge to fight for fort

    Legislators react to proposed closing of fort BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer TINTON FALLS — Joan Hardy, a civilian electrical engineer at Fort Monmouth, insists that the technological expertise that she has drawn upon during her 20-year tenure at the local military base can never be duplicated elsewhere. Addressing…

  • Police arrest man for trespass

    LONG BRANCH — An Asbury Park man was arrested in Long Branch last week for trespassing on Federal Housing Authority property, according to police reports. Two Long Branch police officers were patrolling the area of the Garfield Court housing complex on May 2 at approximately 8:30 p.m. when they observed a subject they knew was…

  • Will Long Branch lose Abbott designation?

    Commissioner to revise criteria for funding; list due in June BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer LONG BRANCH –– The city school district has been receiving Abbott funding for over a decade, but a new report could recommend that the district be disqualified. State Education Commissioner William Librera is slated to submit…

  • Redevelopment attorney sits on Hovnanian board

    City: No conflict in Greenbaum being director, shareholder BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer LONG BRANCH — The senior partner in a law firm hired by the city to handle eminent domain issues related to the redevelopment is also a director and shareholder in developer Hovnanian Enterprises. Arthur M. Greenbaum, senior partner…

  • Free beach concert series at Sandy Hook

    This summer, every Wednesday at 6 p.m. (weather permitting) the 2005 Summer Concert Series will be presented at Beach Area E on Sandy Hook. The series will run from June 22 – Aug. 31 and will feature top local performers. Each week over 2,000 people listen and dance to the music, relax and enjoy picnic…