Category: Atlanticville News

  • University proposes new residence hall

    Would be built atcorner of Cedar and Pinewood avenues BY SHERRY CONOHANStaff Writer Would be built at corner of Cedar and Pinewood avenues BY SHERRY CONOHAN Staff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH — With its lease at The Esplanade Hotel running out in another year, and more students wanting housing, Monmouth University has put forth a…

  • Contractor punctures sewer line

    BY SHERRY CONOHANStaff Writer BY SHERRY CONOHAN Staff Writer MONMOUTH BEACH — If it isn’t one thing, it’s another. The latest mishap to befall the Two River Water Reclamation Authority in its $48 million project to expand and upgrade its sewer plant is the punching of a hole in a 33-inch main carrying incoming sewage…

  • Monmouth Beach eyes condemnation

    Riverdale Avenue house has been cited for numerous violations BY SHERRY CONOHANStaff Writer BY SHERRY CONOHAN Staff Writer MONMOUTH BEACH — Tired of the ramshackle appearance of the house at 18 Riverdale Ave., the borough has scheduled a hearing Monday to determine if the building should be condemned. Borough Attorney Dennis Collins said if the…

  • TRWRA will be getting by on less this year

    BY SHERRY CONOHANStaff Writer BY SHERRY CONOHAN Staff Writer MONMOUTH BEACH — The Two Rivers Water Reclamation Authority (TRWRA) has shaved its budget for the new fiscal year. The new budget, which took affect on Nov. 1, was adopted at the sewer authority’s October meeting. It anticipates spending of $13,090,747, down from the budget of…

  • Charities struggle to meet growing demands of needy

    Salvation Army, Food Bank say more working families seek assistance BY SANDI CARPELLOStaff Writer BY SANDI CARPELLO Staff Writer RED BANK — Three-hundred turkeys, 200 Elmos and a partridge in a pear tree. As the giving season approaches, the Red Bank Salvation Army has found itself with more and more mouths to feed and more…

  • Local physician captures

    Ms. Senior America crown BY SANDI CARPELLOStaff Writer BY SANDI CARPELLO Staff Writer SANDI CARPELLO Dr. Sandra Greco is Ms. Senior America 2003. OCEANPORT — Like vintage wine, as Dr. Sandra Greco got older, she got better. "I remember when I was turning 60, I thought that sounded kind of old," she recalled. "But just…

  • Group continuing fight against privatizing fort

    Grassroots citizens’ organization Save Sandy Hook held its first annual meeting recently and members re-elected Judith Stanley Coleman of Middletown as chairwoman and Ben Forest of Red Bank as vice chairman. The group was founded about a year ago to oppose the National Park Service plan to lease to a local real estate developer 36…

  • Word on the Street

    Do you plan to spend more money Word on the Street Do you plan to spend more money I think I’ll be spending more. — Joe Santiago Long Branch on the holidays than last year, or less? I won’t really be looking to spend a lot. I’m trying to save for my wedding. — Vanessa…

  • Zest

    New outlet for arts education opening upMiddlesex Countyprogram launchingeffort in Monmouth BY GLORIA STRAVELLIStaff Writer Zest New outlet for arts education opening up Middlesex County program launching effort in Monmouth BY GLORIA STRAVELLI Staff Writer New outlet for arts education opening up Middlesex County program launching effort in Monmouth BY GLORIA STRAVELLI Staff Writer MIGUEL JUAREZ…