Category: Atlanticville News
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Pub still ‘place where everybody knows your name’
BY GLORIA STRAVELLI Staff Writer BY GLORIA STRAVELLIStaff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff New owners say they will update Hook, Line & Sinker, Rumson, but it will still have the ambiance that has kept it a popular neighborhood pub for 34 years. There are new faces behind the scenes at Rumson’s long-running Hook, Line & Sinker…
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District hums along as four new schools are built
Construction will total $160M-$200M, Ferraina says BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer PHOTOSBY MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Above, Long Branch High School students walk in front of the construction site of the new middle school on Indiana Avenue. Below, the construction of the Long Branch Middle School is expected to be completed by…
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Township man, 60, charged with attempting to lure teen
BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer OCEAN TOWNSHIP — The Ocean Township Police Department is investigating whether there are additional victims of a township man who was charged with luring last week. On Sept. 27 at approximately 5:45 p.m., Majed F. Aad, 60, of Willow Drive, was arrested at the BJ’s Wholesale…
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Family members charged with robbery
BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer OCEAN TOWNSHIP — A mother and her son are facing charges for assaulting a township man last week. On Sept. 26, at approximately 10 p.m., a 48-year-old Allen Avenue man heard a knock on his door and opened it to find three individuals on his doorstep,…
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Bands, floats to take over Broadway
LONG BRANCH — The 17th annual Columbus Day parade is scheduled for Sunday, beginning at 1:30 p.m. at the Vantage Point parking lot on the corner of Broadway and Highway 36. The parade is sponsored by the Amerigo Vespucci Society of Long Branch. Participants will include 12 marching bands, the Boy and Cub Scouts of…
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Injuries in two separate accidents
WEST LONG BRANCH — A pedestrian was struck by a car and injured at the intersection of Route 36 and Broadway, according to police. In another accident in front of St. Jerome’s Church on Wall Street, two women were slightly injured. Police said Daniel Nunez, 43, of Long Branch, was walking across Route 36 at…
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Planners get Wall St. lot subdivision
BY SHERRY CONOHAN Staff Writer BY SHERRY CONOHANStaff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH — A proposal to subdivide a 5.83-acre parcel of land, on the south side of Wall Street between Nolan Drive and Meadow Lane, into seven building lots has begun its journey through the Planning Board. The plan, put forth by Frndshp, seeks approval…
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New bridge gets historic preservation award
BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer OCEAN TOWNSHIP — The construction of County bridge 0-13 on Monmouth Road in Ocean Township received a merit award for historic preservation last month. The new bridge opened in December 2003, after being closed for nine months while the old bridge was demolished and the new…
