Category: Atlanticville News

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    CHRIS KELLY Ocean Township’s Gal Horovits slices a backhand shot during his win over Marlboro’s John Boym on Friday. The match featured two of the top players in the state in Boym and Horovits, and the two top teams in the Shore Conference.

  • Time to pick 5 from among 11

    All seats on Ocean Township Councilup for grabs By Carolyn o All seats on Ocean Township Council up for grabs By Carolyn o’connell Staff Writer Voters in Ocean Township have 11 council candidates to choose from to represent them for the next four years. On Monday, the candidates gathered under a forum presented by the…

  • City man charged with assault on woman, child

    By carolyn o By carolyn o’connell Staff Writer Jose Lopez LONG BRANCH — Police charged a city man with assault and endangering the welfare of a child in connection with injuries sustained by a woman and her 2-year-old daughter. Jose Lopez of Cooper Avenue was being held in lieu of $7,500 bail set by Municipal…

  • Council clears way for more paving on Deal Road

    By carolyn o By carolyn o’connell Staff Writer OCEAN TOWNSHIP — Summer is coming, and for the second straight year that will mean repair work on Deal Road. At last week’s Township Council meeting, the governing body passed a resolution authorizing Birdsall Engineering, Eatontown, to prepare bid specifications for the improvements. According to Township Manager…

  • Parks’ presence poses problem for project

    Restrictions on land had to be removed before improving intersection By Sherry conohanStaff Writer By Sherry conohan Staff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH — The effort to ease congestion at one of the borough’s most troubled intersections has hit some delays of its own. Before the borough can move ahead with widening Monmouth Road and Wall…

  • Council asked not to slice school budgets

    By Sherry conohanStaff Writer By Sherry conohan Staff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH — Several members of the borough PTA implored the Borough Council not to cut the budgets of the local school district and Shore Regional High School. Voters defeated both budgets in the April 15 school elections. Mary Lynn Mango, a member of both…

  • Councilman will be write-in candidate

    By sherry conohanStaff Writer Councilman will be write-in candidate By sherry conohan Staff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH — Council-man Joseph DeLisa will be running for re-election this year, but as a write-in candidate in the June primary. DeLisa, a Democrat, said he failed to file his petition as a candidate by the deadline last month…

  • Z•E•S•T

    FORLIVINGFor dollhouse builders, it By sherry conohanStaff Writer Z•E•S•T FORLIVING For dollhouse builders, it’s the little things Duo’s latest creation will help raise funds FORLIVING For dollhouse builders, it’s the little things Duo’s latest creation will help raise funds CHRIS KELLY Helmi Konderock (l)and Irmgard Thompson made a seashore dollhouse, which the Monmouth Beach Cultural…

  • Ocean seeking to rebuild tower

    Structure played rolein early long-distance radio communications By carolyn o Structure played role in early long-distance radio communications By carolyn o’connell Staff Writer Part of Ocean Township’s history has fallen down. A communications tower, one of five built in 1929 by AT&T that were used for ship-to-shore telephone and communications with Europe, collapsed and can…