Category: Atlanticville News

Stafford departing after leading massiveexpansion at school By Sherry conohanStaff Writer Stafford departing after leading massive expansion at school By Sherry conohan Staff Writer Rebecca Stafford, who is retiring as president of Monmouth University, West Long Branch, arrived at the school 10 years ago, when it was Monmouth College. WEST LONG BRANCH — When Rebecca…

Terraplane Blues kicks off alliance, opens for By Drew bolognini Terraplane Blues kicks off alliance, opens for ‘Gatemouth’ Brown Correspondent VERONICA YANKOWSKI Jennifer Wright makes herself heard on the Count Basie Theatre stage on Friday, when her band, Terraplane Blues, opened for Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown. For the first time in the 17-year history of the…

By Sherry conohanStaff Writer By Sherry conohan Staff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH — In a dramatic rescue, police, firemen and first aid members saved a man clinging to a ventilation pipe he had grabbed after slipping and falling down a roof. Police said William Chelednik, of Allenhurst, was doing construction on a house at Monmouth…

Officials already at work on proposed connection between school and park By Sherry conohanStaff Writer Real and mock borough councils on same path By Sherry conohan Staff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH — An eighth-grade student participating in Youth Government Day as a member of the Borough Council proposed developing a path between the Frank Antonides…

173 registered students now must make other arrangements for fall By sherry conohanStaff Writer Charter school pulls plug on Sept. opening 173 registered students now must make other arrangements for fall By sherry conohan Staff Writer The Jersey Shore Charter School won’t be opening this fall as its founders had hoped. Faced with time running…

VERONICA YANKOWSKI Shore Regional High School’s Tim Bonnett slaps a tag on Middlesex’s Brian Oliver during the Blue Devils’ Central Jersey Group I final in Spotswood on May 30.

Sea Bright officials seeking $1.3M from Shore Regional budget By sherry conohanStaff Writer School board condemns S.B.’s proposed cuts Sea Bright officials seeking $1.3M from Shore Regional budget By sherry conohan Staff Writer In the continuing distress over the $11.1 million Shore Regional High School budget for the next school year, which Sea Bright would…

on efficiency of county gov’t. Freeholders react to idea of state panel taking a look at their operations By dick metzgar Staff Writer Contrary to popular belief, state Sen. Thomas J. Kean Jr. (R-Union) said he is not proposing that county government in New Jersey be eliminated. Kean is the main force behind a bill…

Council being asked for more money to expand fire headquarters By carolyn o By carolyn o’connell Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — More money is needed to renovate the city’s fire headquarters on Union Avenue. The project, primarily to place a prefabricated addition on the building, has been bid four times over the last two years,…