Category: Atlanticville News

  • Worker dies in fall from scaffold

    BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer OCEAN TOWNSHIP — A construction worker died last Thursday after he fell from a Sunset Avenue building he was working on. Sergio Bustamente, 57, Harrison, was pronounced dead at 11:30 a.m. at Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune, according to police reports. “He received a…

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    MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Lincroft’s Michael Trepaso works around the defense of Colts Neck’s Nick Daniele during the Thanksgiving basketball tourney at the Frank Antonides School, West Long Branch, Nov. 20.

  • Bargains to be found amid castoffs at Castaways

    Thrift shop a treasure hunt for shoppers, a resource for needy BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff The Family and Children’s Service Castaways thrift shop has a new location and a new image on Bath Avenue in Long Branch. LONG BRANCH — A winter coat for $20, a suit…

  • Using the written word to paint portraits

    Books, articles are the media for collages of notables BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer Christopher Lee Covert was standing on line at the supermarket when he noticed a tabloid with a story that splashed across its front page, claiming Elvis Presley is still alive. Inspiration struck. He bought 10 copies of…

  • Thanksgiving dinner does more than feed the hungry

    BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer LONG BRANCH — A tradition begun seven years ago out of the kindness of one man’s heart continues to warm the hearts of many Long Branch residents. Jerome “Chef” Turner, a retired military chef who now manages the civilian part of food service operations for the…

  • Charity auction benefit local causes in Sea Bright

    ‘Rockin’ the Shore,” a benefit auction for two local causes, will be held at Elements in Sea Bright Dec. 8 from 7 to 10 p.m. All proceeds from the charity event will benefit the Ronald McDonald House of Long Branch and The Christina Walsh Fund. Walsh, a wife and mother and a special education teacher,…

  • Charity luau held for injured Rumson water-skier

    Event staged at Hook, Line, & Sinker nets $4K BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer RUMSON — About 60 or so friends of a local man tasted a bit of Hawaiian cuisine Saturday afternoon to lift his spirits and help him rise above a mountain of medical bills. By 4…

  • Donations aid families with ailing newborns

    LONG BRANCH — Michael’s Feat received a check for $18,500 from the Amerigo Vespucci Society of Long Branch yesterday to benefit local families caring for seriously ill newborns. The Amerigo Vespucci Society has been hosting a series of events over the past couple of months, including the Columbus Day parade, to raise funds for Michael’s…

  • Inspiration for poetry born in the midst of war

    BY KATHY HALL Correspondent BY KATHY HALLCorrespondent Charles H. Johnson, an award-winning poet and journalist, began writing poetry while stationed in Vietnam. ‘The poet is a little god.” Charles H. Johnson often quotes this line by Chilean poet Vicente Huidobro in his poetry workshops. “When you write a poem,” he explains, “you create a world…