Category: Atlanticville News
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County gives grant to aid Woolley House restoration
Historic Commission also gave money to fund work in 2002 BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer OCEAN TOWNSHIP — Slowly but surely, the township Historical Museum Association is gathering the financing needed for the restoration of the Woolley House. The most recent funds, a $4,500 grant from the Monmouth County Historical Commission, was received…
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Visitors facing new fees at beach club
Pool, main parking lotoff limits withoutseasonal badge BY SHERRY CONOHANStaff Writer Pool, main parking lot off limits without seasonal badge BY SHERRY CONOHAN Staff Writer MONMOUTH BEACH — To cut down on the crowds at the swimming pool and the parking lot, the Monmouth Beach Bathing Pavilion will no longer sell daily passes to either…
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Creating clean ocean zone now tops COA’s agenda
Intention is to lock in progress, createsetting for future BY GLORIA STRAVELLIStaff Writer Intention is to lock in progress, create setting for future BY GLORIA STRAVELLI Staff Writer Two decades of battles to stop ocean pollution have given rise to a new vision at Clean Ocean Action. The environmental group began its 20th year last week by…
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CHRIS KELLY staff Norman Gruenfeld of Jackson waters the flowers at the Eighth Annual Deep Cut Orchid Society show at Monmouth Mall, Eatontown, last Friday.
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Coalition questioning area affected by gas plant
Contamination said to go beyond areaof current cleanup BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer Contamination said to go beyond area of current cleanup BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer The Concerned Citizens Coalition is pushing for further investigation in to pollutants found in Troutman’s Creek in Long Branch. The creek is located near the 17-acre site of the former coal…
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Local bank’s earnings rise by 68 percent
BY LINDSEY SIEGLEStaff Writer BY LINDSEY SIEGLE Staff Writer Last year was a pretty good one for the banking industry. For Two River Community Bank, it was a great year. According to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., the independent federal agency that supervises the nation’s banks and insures all deposits up to $100,000, nationwide banks’…
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Board hears plan for 14,000-square-ft. ‘manor’ house
Because of proposed height, building will require a use variance BY SHERRY CONOHANStaff Writer Board hears plan for 14,000-square-ft. ‘manor’ house SHERRY CONOHAN This 43-feet-tall house on the beach in Monmouth Beach would be torn down to make way for a proposed 55-foot-tall, 14,000-square-foot, four-story house if Rajni and Anil Monga, of Holmdel, with Planning/Zoning…
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Geese Police fall victim to borough budget ax
Councilman Collins speaks out against cut; funding may be restored BY SHERRY CONOHANStaff Writer Councilman Collins speaks out against cut; funding may be restored BY SHERRY CONOHAN Staff Writer EATONTOWN — The Borough Council trimmed another $42,600 from the proposed municipal budget to shave 4/10 of a cent from the tax increase and then formally…
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New group aiming to aid city’s less fortunate
BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — For most people, the city’s centennial this year is about looking back. For Terri Blair, a resident of the city and a social worker and counselor, this is a year to look ahead, and not just with hope for a better day, but with a…
