Category: Atlanticville News

  • PBA protesting boro change in work rules

    Council ordered illpatrolman placedon modified duty BY SHERRY CONOHANStaff Writer Council ordered ill patrolman placed on modified duty BY SHERRY CONOHAN Staff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH — A potential change in the borough’s policy toward sick police officers brought representative of Policemen’s Benevolent Association (PBA) Local 141 to council chambers on Jan. 21. At the…

  • Engineering class gives students a base to build on

    Engineers coming into district schools to help with course BY SHERRY CONOHANStaff Writer BY SHERRY CONOHAN Staff Writer Robert Czerwinski, Nubia Gittens and Robert Brewer, students at Woodmere School, use rulers and an early model to help them picture the height of straw structures they are designing and building. EATONTOWN — Students in the elementary…

  • City moving on plans for more ball fields, open space

    Manahasset Creek Park is planned as22-acre facility BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer Manahasset Creek Park is planned as 22-acre facility BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer Long Branch is ready to develop a recreational area for the community. The Manahasset Creek Park, located at the northern-most end of Long Branch Avenue, is under way for development. The city plans…

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    JEFF GRANIT staff Julia Starzinski, 4, of Monmouth Beach pets a corn snake while Julia Giordano, 10, of Monmouth Beach looks on at the Monmouth Beach Library on Wednesday of last week.

  • Washington law firm may represent MTOTSA

    Institute for Justice will wait for cityto file cases BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer Washington law firm may represent MTOTSA Institute for Justice will wait for city to file cases BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer The residents facing the next phase of redevelopment in Long Branch are seeking justice with a little help from the Institute of Justice.…

  • Agency pairs Bigs and Littles for a winning match

    BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer Roseanne and Sam Wike of Long Branch have found rewards beyond what they expected when they joined the Big Brothers Big Sisters program as mentors for Joseph Jenkins of Neptune. BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer Sam and Roseanne Wike got more than they bargained for. The Long Branch couple signed up with Big…

  • Pixel this: state offering digital driver’s license

    New Jersey is 49th state to make the switchfor common ID cards BY SHERRY CONOHANStaff Writer New Jersey is 49th state to make the switch for common ID cards BY SHERRY CONOHAN Staff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff Jess Vasquez, an employee of Ocean Township Motor Vehicle, checks to make sure Long Branch’s Michelle Morgan has…

  • Run-down house removed

    BY SHERRY CONOHANStaff Writer BY SHERRY CONOHAN Staff Writer SHERRY CONOHAN A garage and apartment is all that remains at 18 Riverdale Ave. in Monmouth Beach after the house was torn down due to neighbors complaints that the house was an eyesore. MONMOUTH BEACH — The dilapidated house at 18 Riverdale Ave., at the corner…

  • District wants a payback for training student teachers

    Courses for teachers sought as repayment for student-teacher training BY SHERRY CONOHANStaff Writer District wants a payback for training student teachers BY SHERRY CONOHAN Staff Writer EATONTOWN — After years of "giving" to Monmouth University by training its student teachers, the school district hopes to get something back. Superintendent Jean E. "Nina" Hoover observed at…