Category: Atlanticville News

  • Borough adopts budget, plans revaluation

    BY SHERRY CONOHANStaff Writer BY SHERRY CONOHAN Staff Writer MONMOUTH BEACH — The Borough Commission fine-tuned its proposed budget for 2004 and, after a lively and well-attended public hearing, adopted an amended spending plan of $5,032,068 that will cause the tax rate to go up 2.7 cents to 80.9 cents per $100 assessed valuation. The…

  • Festival of the Arts displays artists’ works

    “Beyond the Mountain” by Judith M. Luger The works of more than 250 artists will be on display and available for sale during the Monmouth Festival of the Arts, which runs from Saturday to Wednesday. The festival also will include demonstrations by artists, workshops and performances for children, a symposium for educators, poetry readings and…

  • Township’s tax rate unchanged

    Officials in Ocean keep rate at 56.9 cents for ninth straight year BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer Officials in Ocean keep rate at 56.9 cents for ninth straight year BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer OCEAN TOWNSHIP — As has been the case since 1996, property owners here will not see an increase in their municipal taxes. Residents will…

  • New rules for parking in residential areas adopted

    Higher fines included as part of effort to keep vehicles off lawns BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDEStaff Writer BY ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Staff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH — Ordinan-ces regulating parking in residential yards, increasing traffic fines and prohibiting the filling of new swimming pools until a permanent fence is built around them have been adopted…

  • Arts festival brings teens, pros together

    Artist Larry Patterson, Eatontown, (l-r) gives design tips to Sam Gomez, a student at Coastal Learning Center, Morganville, during a collage workshop. The 2004 Teen Arts Festival kicked off at Brookdale Community College on March 18 with a surge of energy symbolic of the collective creativity of the participating student artists and performers. "It started…

  • Zest

    Red Hatters: the new women BY GLORIA STRAVELLIStaff Writer Zest Red Hatters: the new women’s movement Red Hatters: the new women’s movement MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Getting the Red Bank chapter of the Red Hat Society off the ground are (front l-r) Bobbie Daughtry, Pinky, and Pat Heyer, all of Red Bank. At right, Ellen Halsband,…

  • Stories abound about a Monmouth Beach house

    Greg KellyMonmouthBeach Life Greg Kelly Monmouth Beach Life The large vacant house on stilts at 3 Ocean Ave. is again the subject of talk in the borough. A Holmdel couple wants to purchase the property, tear down the existing structure, and build a new $4 million, 14,000-square-foot stone house. The borough’s Planning Board is reviewing…

  • Perspective

    In unexpected ways WWII changed women BY GLORIA STRAVELLIStaff Writer Perspective In unexpected ways WWII changed women’s lives Role in war effort helped shift societal perceptions and expectations BY GLORIA STRAVELLI Staff Writer In unexpected ways WWII changed women’s lives Role in war effort helped shift societal perceptions and expectations BY GLORIA STRAVELLI Staff Writer…

  • For one resident at least, exchange would not be equal

    BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — Anna DeFaria is one among many that are fighting to save their home. The 78-year-old retired preschool teacher owns a house on Marine Terrace, one of the three streets located in the redevelopment zone designated as Beachfront North phase II. If the city moves ahead…