Category: Atlanticville News

  • Gun pointed at delivery man

    BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer OCEAN TOWNSHIP — A 60-year-old newspaper delivery man had a gun pointed at him after making a delivery to an Ocean Township residence on Sunday, police said. The victim ran into police headquarters at approximately 5:38 a.m. and reported that someone had just pointed a gun…

  • L.B. schools honor legacy of Dr. King

    BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer LONG BRANCH — City public schools will be celebrating Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Day throughout next week. Librarians at the A.A. Anastasia School on Morris Avenue and the Audrey W. Clark School on Garfield Avenue have set up bulletin board displays depicting the life and…

  • Planning Board to get look at fort plan

    The Middletown Planning Board will hear a presentation on redevelopment plans for historic buildings at Fort Hancock on Sandy Hook on Feb. 9 at 7 p.m. The board extended an invitation to Sandy Hook Superintendent Richard Wells, according to Rosemary Minear, board secretary. “The consensus was that it was such a public project, the board…

  • Monmouth U gets $750K grant for roof restoration

    FILEPHOTO Monmouth University in West Long Branch has received a state matching grant of $750,000 to help defray the cost of repairing and replacing the rooftop at Wilson Hall. Grant is second from state historic preservation trust fund BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH — If you stand outside Monmouth University’s historic…

  • Abandoned vehicle delays train

    BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer LONG BRANCH — NJ Transit rail service was delayed one hour last week after a vehicle was abandoned on the tracks in Long Branch. Police were called from an unknown citizen about 11:49 p.m. Jan. 5, who reported that a vehicle was parked on the railroad…

  • Negotiations on MTOTSA properties begin

    Appraisals under way; residents hire counsel BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer The negotiation process began Saturday for land acquisition of the properties in the Long Branch’s Beachfront North phase II redevelopment zone. The property owners living in the three-street MTOTSA — Marine and Ocean Terraces and Seaview Avenue — neighborhood slated…

  • Architect urges board to choose referendum plan

    Board must choose one of three school building plans by March 1 BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer Board must choose one of three school building plans by March 1 BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer The project architect who has presented three construction referendum options to the Eatontown Board of Education is eager to see…

  • Two women find their art later in life

    After other careers, artists finally display their talents BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Pat Halsey (l-r) puts together a screen she decorated and Patricia Smith installs her paintings in preparation for a joint exhibit at the Monmouth Beach Cultural Center. Halsey’s exhibit of floorcloths, screens and…

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    CHRIS KELLY staff Ocean Township High School’s Billy Wishart is fouled as he drives to the hoop during the Spartans’ home win over Manalapan on Friday.