Category: Atlanticville News

  • Five vying for three seats on borough Board of Ed

    Two of three incumbents have decided not toseek re-election BY SHERRY CONOHANStaff Writer Two of three incumbents have decided not to seek re-election BY SHERRY CONOHAN Staff Writer MONMOUTH BEACH — Five candidates, only one of whom is an incumbent, are seeking election to three seats on the borough’s Board of Education in Tuesday’s school…

  • Free IDs for senior citizens offered by borough police

    MONMOUTH BEACH — Local seniors will have the opportunity to obtain a photo identification card at no cost to them through a program the Monmouth Beach Police Department is holding May 6 in conjunction with the Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office. The Ident-Adult Photo Identification Program will take place at 10 a.m. at Borough Hall on…

  • GOP names challengers for seats on council

    Incumbent Dems Lewis, Englehart will face off against Aretino, Gaetano BY SHERRY CONOHANStaff Writer BY SHERRY CONOHAN Staff Writer EATONTOWN — It’s official now: Two Democratic incumbents and two Republican challengers will square off in the race for two three-year seats on the Borough Council in the Nov. 2 election. Councilman Theodore F. Lewis Jr.,…

  • Arts institute ready for May opening

    Most studios on second floor of former factory have already been rented BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer CHRISTINE VARNO Doug Ferrari stands in the second-floor corridor of the new Shore Institute of the Contemporary Arts building where various art studios will open in May. BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — After four years of planning, constructing…

  • Monmouth U. student ticketed in hit and run

    BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — A Monmouth University student walked away with three tickets but no other charges after a hit and run earlier this month. Monmouth University student, Ryan Loder, 18, originally from Hamilton, was charged on the morning of April 4 with careless driving, failure to report an…

  • Matawan mayor tapped to run for freeholder

    BY MARC CAVELLAStaff Writer BY MARC CAVELLA Staff Writer MATAWAN — Matawan Borough Mayor Robert Clifton will join incumbent Amy Handlin as the Monmouth County Republican Party’s candidates for Monmouth County Freeholder in the November elections. Clifton, 35, was asked to run by Monmouth County Municipal Chairman William Dowd and state party Chairman Sen. Joseph…

  • Alleged drug deal, assault leads to five arrests

    EATONTOWN — A drug buy gone bad resulted in charges against five teenagers and a stab wound in the back for one of them. Capt. George Jackson said that two of the teens, Justin Coyra, 18, of Broad Street in Eatontown, and a 17-year-old male juvenile from Eatontown, approached Patrolman Edward Stominski at 2:20 a.m.…

  • Siciliano resigns from authority

    BY SHERRY CONOHANStaff Writer Siciliano resigns from authority BY SHERRY CONOHAN Staff Writer MONMOUTH BEACH — After nearly two decades of service, Sam P. Siciliano is stepping down from the Two Rivers Water Reclamation Authority. Siciliano, one of the two Shrewsbury representatives on the authority, told authority Chairman William E. Leonard in a letter on…

  • No race, but a new face for Borough Council

    Deisinger not seekingre-election; GOP, Dems each have one candidate BY SHERRY CONOHANStaff Writer Deisinger not seeking re-election; GOP, Dems each have one candidate BY SHERRY CONOHAN Staff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH — There will be no contest for the two seats at stake in the Borough Council election on Nov. 2, but there will be…