Category: Atlanticville News
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2-car crash snarls traffic
BY SHERRY CONOHANStaff Writer BY SHERRY CONOHAN Staff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH — A two-car accident at the intersection of Route 36 and Oceanport Avenue left two people injured and tied up the evening rush hour traffic on Friday night. Patrolman James P. Gomez said the accident, which occurred at 5:10 p.m., involved a Saturn…
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Legal wrangling on new sewer plant increases
BY SHERRY CONOHANStaff Writer BY SHERRY CONOHAN Staff Writer MONMOUTH BEACH — The $48 million project to expand and upgrade the sewer plant of the Two Rivers Water Reclamation Authority, which is hard by the Shrewsbury River, is shaping up to become a lawyers’ field day. The legal action began when the TRWRA moved to…
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WWII soldier thankful for surviving battles
Managed to escapecapture by Germans twice BY SHERRY CONOHANStaff Writer Managed to escape capture by Germans twice BY SHERRY CONOHAN Staff Writer James Serano, Ocean Township, recounted his experiences recently at Brookdale Community College’s Center for World War II Studies. The mud. Everywhere. Two- to 3-feet deep at times. That’s what James Serano remembers about…
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Esplanade’s future uncertain after university departs
Building BY SHERRY CONOHANStaff Writer BY SHERRY CONOHAN Staff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH — Alexander Scharf, owner of The Esplanade Hotel, said he knew nothing about Monmouth University’s plans to pull out of the hotel in spring 2005 until reading a story about its plan to build a new residence hall in the student newspaper.…
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Perspective
Vietnam vet teaches educators about warStories of combat,returning back homecaptivate audience BY JOLENE HARTStaff Writer Perspective Vietnam vet teaches educators about war Stories of combat, returning back home captivate audience BY JOLENE HART Staff Writer Vietnam vet teaches educators about war Stories of combat, returning back home captivate audience BY JOLENE HART Staff Writer FARRAH…
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Minister seeking status as developer of building
Brown, city remainin court battle over his church plan BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer Brown, city remain in court battle over his church plan BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer The Rev. Kevin Brown is trying to play by Long Branch’s rules. Brown, long at odds with city officials over his plan for a mission church on Broadway in…
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CHRIS KELLY staff Long Branch Middle School students go through dress rehearsal for their upcoming production of “Ghostbusters,” which will be staged the first week of December.
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Sports Authority making small addition to property to be developed
OCEANPORT — The New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority will soon augment its holdings for a senior housing development it plans for a 30.25-acre tract at East Main Street and Port-au-Peck Avenue with an 1,100-square-foot parcel of county-owned land. The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders, at its meeting on Nov. 13, authorized the sale of…
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Bigger bathrooms planned for beach club
BY SHERRY CONOHANStaff Writer BY SHERRY CONOHAN Staff Writer MONMOUTH BEACH — Repairs are on the way for the borough beach club. At the Nov. 10 Board of Commissioners meeting, Mayor James P. McConville III outlined repairs planned for the municipally owned Monmouth Beach Bathing Pavilion. McConville said the decking, stairs and railings of the…
