Category: Atlanticville News
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City, fireman near end of legal battle
Hornick may be required to refund salary earned since reinstatement By carolyn o City, fireman near end of legal battle By carolyn o’connelL Staff Writer The resolution of the latest phase in Long Branch’s attempt to terminate firefighter Joe Hornick is less than a month away. Last week, a three-judge panel of the Appellate Division…
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Boro, fort agree on handling of housing
Base officials will require compliance with Eatontown By sherry conohanStaff Writer By sherry conohan Staff Writer The Eatontown Borough Council has adopted its plan for redevelopment of Howard Commons at Fort Monmouth as it comes into the private sector, and Mayor Gerald J. Tarantolo said he has a commitment from the Army to abide by…
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CHRIS KELLY Shore Regional’s Joe Gallo swims the anchor leg of the 400-meter freestyle relay, helping his team to a first-place finish during a recent meet against Ocean Township at Monmouth University in West Long Branch.
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Big tax increase looms in borough
Chief financial officer says By sherry conohanStaff Writer By sherry conohan Staff Writer The news on the West Long Branch municipal budget front is grim, officials say. When the Borough Council held its first meeting on the budget for 2003 on Jan. 22, Gale Watkins, the borough’s treasurer and chief financial officer, and Councilman Richard…
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chris kelly Sharen Resnikoff, 9, of West Long Branch may not have enjoyed the stretch of cold weather that settled in the area, but she was enjoying the result as she glided across Franklin Lake last Friday.
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Odor exposes illegal excavation at preschool
School By sherry conohanStaff Writer School’s operators called police when chemical smell filled building By sherry conohan Staff Writer Something about soil being excavated from a dirt crawlspace under a Main Street building in Eatontown didn’t smell right, both literally and metaphorically. The dirt, which is believed to be contaminated with chemicals from a dry-cleaning…
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CHRIS KELLY Diamond Singletary, 13, of Long Branch takes part in Project Linus’ “Believe in the Dream” mural quilt project in commemoration of the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Saturday.
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L.B. continues fight to dismiss fireman
Legal battle toterminate employee has stretched over seven years By carolyn o L.B. continues fight to dismiss fireman Legal battle to terminate employee has stretched over seven years By carolyn o’connell Staff Writer Despite legal fees running into six figures, Long Branch continues to fight to overturn a court ruling that put firefighter Joseph Hornick…
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Fort unveils its plan to dispose of housing
Officials want to trade surplushousing for baseconstruction work By sherry conohanStaff Writer Fort unveils its plan to dispose of housing Officials want to trade surplus housing for base construction work By sherry conohan Staff Writer The Army plans to winnow down its housing stock to 375 units by 2005 and concentrate it all at Camp…
