Category: Atlanticville News
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Hotel stays in boro may become more taxing
Council consideringordinance imposing local tariff on room rentals By Sherry conohanStaff Writer Council considering ordinance imposing local tariff on room rentals By Sherry conohan Staff Writer EATONTOWN — A tax on hotel rooms looms in the borough’s future. Borough Attorney Gene Anthony is preparing an ordinance for action by the Borough Council to impose a…
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State ready to contribute to school expansion
By Sherry conohanStaff Writer State ready to contribute to school expansion By Sherry conohan Staff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH — The Board of Education has accepted the state Department of Education’s offer of a $2.1 million grant for construction of an addition and renovations to the borough’s two schools. It set in motion a process…
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EATONTOWN—A rift between Haitian-Americans and African-Americans in Asbury Park spread up to the Loews Cineplex Theater at Monmouth Mall on July 18, where multiple fights broke out in the lobby, bringing police from eight departments to the scene to quell the melee, according to police. Three adults and seven juveniles had been arrested and two…
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Greater Media ad director wins national honor
Greater Media ad director wins national honor Sandy Theo Jonathan (Sandy) Theophilakos, advertising director for Greater Media Newspapers, Freehold, has been named Advertising Director of the Year by Suburban Newspapers of America, a nonprofit professional trade association based in Traverse City, Mich. Membership includes approximately 2,000 suburban newspapers throughout the United States and Canada. The…
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Proposed law would ban smoking in restaurants
Senate bill awaitscommittee hearingCorrespondent By adam riback Senate bill awaits committee hearing Correspondent A bill proposed in the state Senate could affect every restaurant and bar in New Jersey. On Feb. 27, Sen. Raymond J. Lesniak (D-Union) and Sen. Gerald Cardinale (R-Bergen) proposed a bill (S-2339) that would prohibit smoking in all restaurants and bars…
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FOR LIVINGCoastal issues stretch well beyond the beachAmerican Littoral Society directorraises environmental awareness By gloria stravelliStaff Writer Z•E•S•T FOR LIVING Coastal issues stretch well beyond the beach American Littoral Society director raises environmental awareness By gloria stravelli Staff Writer CHRIS KELLY Head of the American Littoral Society, a conservation group, Timothy Dillingham believes it’s possible to contain sprawl…
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Board cuts back on staffing cutbacks
District staffing changes follow drop inenrollment, federal aid By Sherry conohanStaff Writer District staffing changes follow drop in enrollment, federal aid By Sherry conohan Staff Writer EATONTOWN — It was a night for saving jobs as well as axing them. The Board of Education Monday night, faced with the necessity of layoffs because of budget…
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District searching for new high school principal
By carolyn o By carolyn o’connell Staff Writer OCEAN TOWNSHIP — After just a year on the job, the principal of the township’s high school has resigned. Dr. William Cohee, who came to the district from Middletown, Del., was hired last year as principal of the 1,325-student high school at a base salary of $110,600…
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Basketball court draws concerns from neighbor
Attorney asks council why approvals weregiven without a hearing By Sherry conohanStaff Writer Attorney asks council why approvals were given without a hearing By Sherry conohan Staff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH — How does a full-size basketball court, complete with lights, play in a residential neighborhood? The one at 5 Robin Court has failed to…
