Category: Atlanticville News
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Volunteers needed to paint, type, clean beaches
The Volunteer Center of Monmouth County, Long Branch, is seeking eight to 12 volunteers age 15 and older to paint the exterior of a nonprofit organization Sept. 18, beginning at 8 a.m. Lunch, including homemade pie and lemonade, will be available. A front-desk receptionist is needed Fridays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 1-5…
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Board urged to reject Monmouth U. dorm
Opposition leader says it will increase noise, light pollution BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer Opposition leadersays it will increase noise, light pollutionBY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer BWEST LONG BRANCH — After months of hearings at which Monmouth University presented its case for a new dormitory and associated development, Joseph Hughes finally got his turn to explain…
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Construction of rec area begins on farm site
Pop Warner field a key component of development Pop Warner fielda key componentof development OCEAN TOWNSHIP — The township’s Pop Warner football team will finally have a field they can call their own. Billy Goat Farm, a 9-acre property on West Park Avenue, was purchased by the township in 1996 for $350,000. The money was…
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JCP&L employees donate school supplies
Mary A. Thornton (l-r), of F&CS, accepts donations from Sue Brownfield, Sandy Lucas-Evans, Bill Stevenson and Mildred Johnson. Employees at Jersey Central Power & Light’s central region headquarters in Red Bank recently collected backpacks, pens, notebooks, crayons and other school supplies for the annual “Pack-A-Backpack” project sponsored by Family & Children’s Services, Long Branch. Pack-A-Backpack…
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Thank you, Helen Thomas
Irrespective of her years, there’s no more refreshing voice among working journalists today than that of Helen Thomas. The feisty veteran White House reporter who takes a “no-holds-barred” approach to covering the president and government in Washington, D.C., is now taking the capital media to task for failing to ask the tough questions about Iraq…
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Riddle resigns council seat to move to Ocean Twp.
Family obligations drive decision made with BY SHERRY CONOHAN Staff Writer Family obligationsdrive decision made with ‘deep regret’BY SHERRY CONOHANStaff Writer EATONTOWN — After nearly 13 years on the borough’s governing body, Republican Councilman Charles L. Riddle has submitted his resignation — “with deep regret” — as of Oct. 1. In announcing his resignation at…
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Poetry Festival revives city’s tradition as cultural center
State BY KATHY HALL Correspondent State’s prominent poets will be on hand for workshops, readingsBY KATHY HALLCorrespondent RYAN BARNETT ‘Everything is regional,” according to the opening line of Robert Pinsky’s poem “Long Branch, New Jersey.” Pinsky, a Long Branch native and former United States poet laureate, could have been describing the New Jersey poetry scene.…
