Category: Atlanticville News
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Missing twp. girls reunited with families
OCEAN TOWNSHIP — Two runaways, missing from home for 16 days, were found in New York City and returned to their parents, who are neighbors on Willow Drive. According to the Ocean Township Police Department, friends Alexis DeLima, 12, and Krystyna Hammond, 14, were found in the Bronx last Friday staying with friends. The girls,…
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Police car totaled in crash
Alertness prevented one Ocean Township officer from being hit by a van on Route 18, but he couldn’t prevent his patrol car from being totaled. According to township police, on Feb. 25 at 8:38 a.m., Patrolman Matthew Sharin was assigned to assist with a crash investigation on Route 18, approximately 1 mile north of Route…
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CHRIS KELLY staff After 40 years in Long Branch, Brunswick Monmouth Lanes is slated to close soon and will become a Siperstein’s location.
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Police, fire officials evacuate bldg.
BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer LONG BRANCH — A fire in an apartment unit on Montgomery Avenue last week has been deemed accidental after an investigation was conducted by the city Fire Bureau. On Feb. 25, at approximately 6:35 p.m., the Long Branch police and fire departments responded to the report…
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Theatre Brut Festival explores art unfettered by convention
Second festival features 19 short plays this weekend at NJ Rep BY KATHY HALL Correspondent BY KATHY HALLCorrespondent Brian O’Halloran (above, foreground) and Betty Hudson (r) performed in plays that were presented during NJ Rep’s first Theatre Brut Festival last year. Gabor Barabas, executive producer of the New Jersey Repertory Company in Long Branch, isn’t…
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Eleven officials down, ‘plenty more to go’
FBI: Dozens of arrests could come in weeks ahead BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer BY DAN NEWMANStaff Writer The arrest of 11 Monmouth County officials on extortion and money laundering charges is only the beginning of an operation that will net a “dozen more arrests,” according to the FBI. “These first few arrests are just…
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Bowling alley to close doors in Long Branch
Siperstein’s will relocate to Monmouth Lanes site BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer After operating for almost 40 years at its location on the corner of Joline and Myrtle avenues in Long Branch, Brunswick Monmouth Lanes will be closing as early as May. “We just cannot come to terms with the folks who own the building,”…
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County embarrassed by employee arrests
Freeholders express shock and suspend 7 who were charged BY DICK METZGAR Staff Writer BY DICK METZGARStaff Writer Immediate action must be taken to restore faith and confidence in Monmouth County government in the wake of the arrest last week of 11 government officials as the result of an FBI bribery sting, according to Monmouth…
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Board president Clarke won’t run for 4th term
Says second DWI arrest in less than a year is not the reason BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer Eatontown Board of Education President Pamela L. Clarke says that her decision not to seek a fourth term on the school board next month has nothing to do with her recent arrest for…
