Category: Atlanticville News

  • Schedule woes remain to be worked out

    Having lost seven of the first eight days of the year at the Intermediate School, district officials are scrambling for a way to meet the state-required minimum of 180 school days. While emphasizing he is very optimistic about reopening the school on Monday, one of the first things Superintendent Thomas Pagano told the roughly 700…

  • Contractor to pay $1.2M for not finishing on time

    Sewer plant construction now expected to becompleted in December By Sherry conohanStaff Writer Contractor to pay $1.2M for not finishing on time Sewer plant construction now expected to be completed in December By Sherry conohan Staff Writer MONMOUTH BEACH — With construction on the expansion and upgrading of its sewer plant running 268 days behind…

  • Parking Authority moves money from Monmouth Community Bank

    New director claims bank did not offer GUDPA protection By carolyn o By carolyn o’connell Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — Incorrect information may have led to a switch of banks for the city’s parking authority. In April, the Long Branch Parking Authority commissioners voted to retain the same cash management plan as the city. An…

  • Task force created to deal with ‘party’ houses

    Elberon residents saycollege students arecreating problems in area By carolyn o Elberon residents say college students are creating problems in area By carolyn o’connell Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — A quality-of-life task force has been created within the Department of Public Safety, and is specifically targeting the Elberon section of the city. The task force…

  • Worker held at gunpoint as restaurant is robbed

    By Sherry conohanStaff Writer By Sherry conohan Staff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH — An undetermined amount of cash was taken during an armed robbery at the Branding Iron BBQ restaurant in the Consumer Centre on Route 36 on Sunday. According to police, a gun was reportedly put to the head of an employee of the…

  • Clearing, filling at site disturb neighbors

    Developers beganfilling on sitewithout permit By sherry conohanStaff Writer Developers began filling on site without permit By sherry conohan Staff Writer Angered by a builder’s clearing and filling of property near Whale Pond Brook, residents on both sides of the waterway — in West Long Branch and in the Oakhurst section of Ocean Township —…

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    CHRIS KELLY Rodrigo Duque of Long Branch joined the crowd of surfers taking advantage of some of the best waves of the season, courtesy of Hurricane Fabian, off the West End Beach on Saturday.

  • Turnout delays hearing on shopping center

    Special meeting of Planning Board rescheduled for Oct. 14 By carolyn o Special meeting of Planning Board rescheduled for Oct. 14 By carolyn o’connell Staff Writer A special meeting scheduled for a proposed shopping center application was canceled due to an overwhelming crowd of concerned citizens. More than 500 people arrived at Ocean Township town…

  • Evacuees still struggle with events of 9/11

    Experts believe many who need counseling have yet to come forward By gloria stravelliStaff Writer By gloria stravelli Staff Writer GLORIA STRAVELLI Paul Mazur of Matawan, Ed Matthews of Hazlet, and Richard Keller of Wall are members of a support group for individuals who survived the attacks of 9/11. They survived the World Trade Center…