Category: Atlanticville News
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Wearing bike helmet yields reward for boy
Bicycle makeover entices children to wear their safety helmets BY SHERRY CONOHAN Staff Writer BY SHERRY CONOHANStaff Writer MONMOUTH BEACH — “It’s really cool!” That was seventh-grader Tyler Herman’s assessment of his bicycle when he first saw it Friday after it had undergone a makeover at The Peddler bicycle shop in Long Branch. It was…
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Official warns budget caps mean deep cuts for schools
BY SHERRY CONOHAN Staff Writer BY SHERRY CONOHANStaff Writer EATONTOWN — In three years, school districts will be faced with a dire situation requiring them to slash programs and staff under the restrictions on spending and surplus being imposed by the state, Kenneth Sommerhalter, interim business administrator for the Eatontown Board of Education, warns. Sommerhalter…
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Parks expecting new playground equipment
Ocean Township officials say renovations will be finished by spring BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer OCEAN TOWNSHIP — Two township parks will be revamped with new playground equipment, hopefully by the spring, according to the township’s recreation administrator. “Over the years standards change [for playground equipment],” Kathy Reiser said. “What was…
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11 beacons open for Lighthouse Challenge
BY SHERRY CONOHAN Staff Writer BY SHERRY CONOHANStaff Writer Lighthouse admirers once again will have a chance to visit 11 of these sentinels overlooking the sea in the 2004 New Jersey Lighthouse Challenge Oct. 16 and 17. This is the fifth year that the New Jersey Lighthouse Society has held the challenge, the aim of…
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Eatontown GOP offers three names to fill seat
BY SHERRY CONOHAN Staff Writer BY SHERRY CONOHANStaff Writer EATONTOWN — The Eatontown Republican Committee has submitted the names of three candidates to the Borough Council to fill the unexpired term of Charles Riddle, who resigned with two years left in his term. The council now must choose one of the three to appoint to…
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Exploring the unlimited possibilities of fiber art
Works of Eatontown quilter on display at artists guild BY MARIE MABER Correspondent BY MARIE MABERCorrespondent Deborah Tiryung Sidwell In an age when digital photographs, drawings and paintings can pulse with lightning speed to barrage the senses, Deborah Tiryung Sidwell searches for motifs that calm and refresh our spirits, and stitches them into vibrant quilts…
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Officials say schools not affected by scare
RFH not target of terror attacks, parents told BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer Officials of the Long Branch and Ocean Township school districts, and Shore Regional High School, said Tuesday their schools have not been impacted by security concerns at Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School in Rumson. “[Security in the schools]…
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Pie contest and trolley were Fall Fest highlights
BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer OCEAN TOWNSHIP — On Oct. 2, the Township Community Celebration Committee hosted Fall Fest at Joe Palaia Park on the corner of Whalepond and Deal roads. The event included a craft show, classic car show and an apple pie-baking contest. It took eight judges, including Mayor…
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Suit over Fort Hancock plan to seek jury trial
S.B. mayor throws her support behind grassroots group BY GLORIA STRAVELLI Staff Writer BY GLORIA STRAVELLIStaff Writer If Save Sandy Hook gets its way, the public will have a say after all in redevelopment plans for historic Fort Hancock on Sandy Hook. “We will ask for a jury trial. Let the citizens decide whether they…
