Category: Atlanticville News
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FOR LIVINGFort By gloria stravelliStaff Writer FOR LIVING Fort’s gate swung open to black scientists Army research facility once known as the ‘Black Brain Center’ By gloria stravelli Staff Writer FARRAH MAFFAI Having worked for years as an electrical engineer at Fort Monmouth, Thomas E. Daniels now works on behalf of the African-American Heritage Association…
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Storm stretches city’s resources
Sanitation, DPWaided by contractors to dig Long Branch out By carolyn o Sanitation, DPW aided by contractors to dig Long Branch out By carolyn o’connell Staff Writer CHRIS KELLY The devastating storm on Sunday and Monday left Long Branch with no recourse but to truck the snow away from its business districts so the city…
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Eatontown looking at first tax increase since 1998
Rising insurance costs cited as reason for 4 By sherry conohanStaff Writer By sherry conohan Staff Writer After avoiding a tax hike and actually reducing the municipal tax rate by 6 cents over the last four years, the Eatontown Borough Council can no longer hold the line against a raise. Councilman Charles L. Riddle, chairman…
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Drifting snow nearly claimed life of city dog
By carolyn o By carolyn o’connell Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — Everyone felt a little bit trapped by the snow that came down on Sunday and Monday, but for one city dog it was more than a feeling. Jag, a 10-year-old black Labrador retriever, affectionately named after the luxury car Jaguar, found himself in quite…
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Improvements at city hall are an inside job
DPW handling muchof the renovation workin municipal building By carolyn o DPW handling much of the renovation work in municipal building By carolyn o’connell Staff Writer CHRIS KELLY Amid the chaos of ongoing renovations to a section of the Long Branch police headquarters, Tammy Brown, an employee of the police records department, shares a laugh…
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Register for NJMSC partnership by March 15
The New Jersey Marine Sciences Consortium (NJMSC), Sandy Hook, has announced it will offer "A Partnership For Learning" for educators from New Jersey’s under-resourced urban and rural schools. The session will be March 28 from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at Sandy Hook, and application deadline is March 15. The free marine education program provides ocean-based education…
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District moving ahead with expansion plans
Sept. referendumon bonds forimprovements to schools in works By sherry conohanStaff Writer Sept. referendum on bonds for improvements to schools in works By sherry conohan Staff Writer The West Long Branch Board of Education remains on schedule to go to a referendum in September on a proposed $7.4 million new addition and renovations at the…
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Monmouth U. students have a hand to lend
By Sherry conohanStaff Writer By Sherry conohan Staff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH — Students at Monmouth University are looking for some good deeds that need doing. The Student Government Association has set Saturday, March 22, as the date for its second annual "Big Event" when students will fan out into the borough and surrounding towns…
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Accident kills iron worker
Steel piling falls,strikes Howell man By carolyn o Accident kills iron worker Steel piling falls, strikes Howell man By carolyn o’connell Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — An iron worker lost his life in a tragic construction accident recently. Greg Larsen, 35, of Howell was pulled from a stream in Elberon shortly before noon on Feb.…
