Category: Atlanticville News
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Budget approved with small cut in tax increase
Nearly a penny trimmed from spending plan as initially proposed BY SHERRY CONOHANStaff Writer BY SHERRY CONOHAN Staff Writer EATONTOWN — The Borough Council trimmed another four-tenths of a cent from the proposed municipal tax increase and gave final passage to a budget of $17,686,551 that will require a 6.1-cent hike in the tax rate…
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Zambrano moving from sidelines to the stands
Borough mayorhas been coachingyouth sports since 1969 BY SHERRY CONOHANStaff Writer Borough mayor has been coaching youth sports since 1969 BY SHERRY CONOHAN Staff Writer FARRAH MAFFAI staff West Long Branch Mayor Paul Zambrano recalls many of his coaching memories, and the players who still live locally today, at his office on April 21. WEST…
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Resident ready to battle university on MAC
Parking, lights and noise among concerns related to new facility BY SHERRY CONOHANStaff Writer BY SHERRY CONOHAN Staff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH — Monmouth University’s plans to build a new multi-purpose activity center, or MAC, don’t sit well with a nearby resident who already has mounted a protest to the university’s proposal for a new…
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Perspective
COA soldiers on in battle to protect oceanDump sites have closed, but pollution continues BY GLORIA STRAVELLIStaff Writer Perspective COA soldiers on in battle to protect ocean Dump sites have closed, but pollution continues BY GLORIA STRAVELLI Staff Writer COA soldiers on in battle to protect ocean Dump sites have closed, but pollution continues BY…
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Suspects in gas station robbery are apprehended
BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — Two adults and one juvenile were arrested on charges related to an armed robbery on April 13. Robert F. Laing, 18, of Tinton Falls, and Jacobo Velasquez, 19, and a 15 year-old minor, both of Asbury Park, were arrested following the robbery at the Exxon…
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Hersh students’ blanket policy aids L.B. charity
Ronald McDonald House receives quilt made by students at school BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer Hersh students’ blanket policy aids L.B. charity Evan LeCour, 17, Jamie DeVito, 20, and Hakiem Griffith, 21, students at Dorothy B. Hersh High School, Tinton Falls, donate a handmade quilt to Corine LeBaron, executive director at Ronald McDonald House, Long Branch. Ronald…
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Congress asked to reverse proposed Section 8 cuts
President BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer for 7,775 in state BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — Congressman Rush Holt (D-12) is pushing back against a White House plan to cut federal housing subsidies. Holt sent a letter signed by the Democrats in the N.J. Congressional Delegation to appropriators in the U.S. House of Representatives, requesting they…
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City makes tax break for Pier Village official
Tax abatements were offered as enticementto attract developers BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer Tax abatements were offered as enticement to attract developers BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — An agreement for a tax abatement, made four years ago, between the City Council and the Pier Village developers was unanimously approved as an ordinance on April 13.…
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Stominski ready for fight in June primary
Freeholder says many in party have voiced their support BY MARC CAVELLAStaff Writer BY MARC CAVELLA Staff Writer Controversy continues to surround recent events regarding the direction of the Monmouth County Republican Party’s nominations for county freeholder. "[Incumbent Freeholder] Ed Stominski has done nothing wrong," said Mary Fran Lane, Stominski’s treasurer. "What happened to him…
