Category: Atlanticville News
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Community’s strengths are the anti-drug
Twp. adopts new drug & alcohol program BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer OCEAN TOWNSHIP — Building on the positive assets in the community is the focus of a new initiative sponsored by the township’s Alliance to Prevent Drug and Alcohol Abuse program. The Developmental Assets program is designed to recognize the…
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CHRIS KELLY staff After weeks of mild temperatures, winter finally struck the Shore area, with some towns recording more than a foot of snow. Local roadways became dangerous, such as the intersection of Route 36 and Wykoff Road (shown above), on Jan. 22
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Students arrested for underage drinking
LONG BRANCH — A Monmouth University student charged with underage drinking is also being charged with growing six marijuana plants in his Long Branch apartment, according to police. On Jan. 21, at approximately 1 a.m., Sgt. Jorge Silverio and Officer John Evangelho were working a Quality Life Detail, which entails the enforcement of local noise,…
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Notes Around Town
Ocean Township Environmental Commission will hold a “Winter Nature Walk” on Sunday, Feb. 6, at 1:30 p.m. at Joe Palaia Park on Deal Road. The Environmental Commission conducts a nature walk each season to give residents a chance to see some of the township’s natural resources that they may not know exist, and to have…
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Boro hoping for state funds for downtown plan
Plans moving ahead to improve Main Street aesthetics and economics BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer EATONTOWN—Although borough officials are not exactly sure how much more state funding they can get toward turning its downtown into a destination, they hope to know in less than two weeks. The borough’s application…
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Greater Media Newspapers purchases Latinos Unidos
Greater Media Newspapers Inc. has announced the purchase of Latinos Unidos, a 25,000 circulation, monthly Spanish language newspaper serving Ocean, Monmouth and Middlesex counties. Greater Media Newspapers currently publishes 12 weekly newspapers serving Middlesex, Monmouth and Ocean counties, with a combined weekly circulation of 305,000. Latinos Unidos, founded and owned by Jackson resident Jorge A.…
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Cold doesn’t dampen MLK observance
New commemorative flag flies beneath Old Glory at MLK monument BY Christine Varno CHRIS KELLY staff The Rev. Dr. Donald E. Brown, pastor of Trinity A.M.E. Church in Long Branch, speaks during the Martin Luther King Jr. birthday observance held Monday at the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Monument Park in Long Branch. Staff…
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Council mulls closing South, Wall streets
DOT plans improvements to routes 35/36 interchange BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer South Street and Wall Street in Eatontown could eventually become cul-de-sacs under a borough plan to help the state improve traffic flow at the heavily-traveled interchange of Routes 35 and 36. Under Eatontown’s plan and as shown in engineering drawings from the New…
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Funds transfer will pay for city hall renovations
BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer LONG BRANCH — The City Council will be voting on an ordinance to reappropriate funds to renovate the city hall municipal building at the Jan. 25 council meeting. The ordinance was voted on by three councilmen at the Jan. 11 meeting, but councilmen David Brown and…
