Category: Atlanticville News
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Municipal tax to rise 15 percent
Council continuing effort to reduce burden byseeking state, federal aid By Sherry conohanStaff Writer Municipal tax to rise 15 percent Council continuing effort to reduce burden by seeking state, federal aid By Sherry conohan Staff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH — The Borough Council has shaved what initially looked like a double-digit increase in the tax…
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One man’s long battle with boro goes public
Surfrider owner airs years of complaints about treatment by town By Sherry conohanStaff Writer By Sherry conohan Staff Writer CHRIS KELLY Jim Lobiondo, owner of the Surfrider Beach Club, voiced dissatisfaction at a recent Borough Council meeting with several matters the borough has dealt with, including its refusal to transfer the Peninsula House liquor license…
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Council proposing rules prohibiting ‘pay to play’
Resolution that will ask for state resolution to end practice also on tap By carolyn o By carolyn o’connell Staff Writer OCEAN TOWNSHIP — Having seen the integrity and ethical standards maintained by township officials besmirched by former Mayor Terrance D. Weldon, the governing body is taking aim at one of the most prevalent and…
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Senior center may be finished in 6 months
By carolyn o By carolyn o’connell Staff Writer OCEAN TOWNSHIP — Only the weather’s cooperation is needed to begin construction of the township’s senior center. The 2,400-square-foot addition to the West Park Recreation Center, designated to be a facility for the township’s 3,600 seniors, was kicked off with a groundbreaking ceremony on Sunday. The project…
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FOR LIVINGNot just a pipe dream for Monmouth Beach manFather of three realizes lifelong dream of learning to play bagpipes By sherry conohanStaff Writer FOR LIVING Not just a pipe dream for Monmouth Beach man Father of three realizes lifelong dream of learning to play bagpipes By sherry conohan Staff Writer Jerry Wolkowitz John C.…
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City cops bust big drug operation
Arrests expected to put major dent in local narcotics trade By carolyn o By carolyn o’connell Staff Writer A three-month investigation ended with the arrest of one Long Branch resident and the seizure of a large-scale drug operation. Antonio P. Mason, 24, of Rockwell Avenue, was arrested at 5:24 p.m. March 4 after being found…
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CHRIS KELLY Ashley Porges of Shore Regional High School can’t contain her excitement after the Blue Devils knocked off Highland Park 52-36 at West Windsor-Plainsboro North High School on Monday to win their second consecutive Central Jersey Group I title.
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City’s RCA with Barnegat being challenged by NAACP
Group maintains practice By carolyn o By carolyn o’connell Staff Writer Money that Long Branch could acquire through a regional contribution agreement with Barnegat is being held up in litigation. According to Jacob L. Jones, director of community and economic development, the agreement is being questioned by the president of the Ocean County Lakewood Branch…
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Coda
Greg BeanRestaurateur Greg Bean Restaurateur’s move a sad waste of good wine Say what you want about the prospect of war with Iraq — and as the father of a U.S. Army paratrooper, I could probably say plenty — but it has brought out the wacky behavior in otherwise normal people coast to coast. And…
