Category: Atlanticville News

  • State grant will cover roughly 40 percent of project’s cost

    By Sherry conohanStaff Writer State grant will cover roughly 40 percent of project’s cost By Sherry conohan Staff Writer SEA BRIGHT — A 2003 road program, which includes bulkhead construction at the end of Island View Way and repaving of that street and two others that run off of it — Garden Way and Long…

  • Revitalization goes beyond beachfront and businesses

    By carolyn o By carolyn o’connell Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — It is difficult to miss all the housing and business construction in the city. What might be less noticeable is an ongoing effort to improve and upgrade the city’s parks and recreation spaces. Right now, various parks throughout the city are being worked on.…

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    chris kelly Tyler Gabriel, 8, of Long Branch took advantage of the holiday snow and his break from school to hit the snow-covered Cemetery Hill, West Long Branch.

  • Station serves as alert in times of emergency

    Borough By Sherry conohanStaff Writer Borough’s AM station broadcasts weather, emergency information By Sherry conohan Staff Writer CHRIS KELLY Retiring Monmouth Beach Police Chief Patrick McConville will remain an active part of the borough’s response to emergencies as its emergency management coordinator. His duties include operating the borough’s radio station. MONMOUTH BEACH — Tucked away…

  • Proposals for Long Branch’s Beachfront South presented

    One of three plans reviewed by council calls for gated community By carolyn o By carolyn o’connell Staff Writer K. Hovnanian’s concept for Beachfront South was one of three proposals reviewed at a public meeting in Long Branch last week. The company, which is already taking part in the redevelopment effort of Beachfront North, is…

  • Play gets students thinking about issues

    PTO provided conflict resolution presentation at Memorial School By Sherry conohanStaff Writer By Sherry conohan Staff Writer EATONTOWN — In the play In Between, actors from the George Street Playhouse showed students at the Memorial School various types of conflicts they may encounter and how to resolve them in a nonviolent manner. The students in…

  • Neighbor protesting plan for home on narrow lot

    Site was incorrectly _zoned by borough when sold to current owner By Sherry conohanStaff Writer By Sherry conohan Staff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH — The adjacent property owner to a house proposed for a skinny lot on Cooper Avenue complained to the Planning Board that the structure would invade his privacy, was inconsistent with the…

  • Change in billing, rate increase in the works

    Annual cost for sewer service to rise by20 percent to $360 By Sherry conohanStaff Writer Annual cost for sewer service to rise by 20 percent to $360 By Sherry conohan Staff Writer MONMOUTH BEACH — The Two Rivers Water Reclamation Authority, plagued by an increase in late payments of its bills from residents of member…

  • Sewerage authority approves labor contract

    Plant expansion workis nearly four months behind schedule By Sherry conohanStaff Writer Plant expansion work is nearly four months behind schedule By Sherry conohan Staff Writer MONMOUTH BEACH — A new labor contract, another digester study, and a construction administration contract capped the agenda at the latest meeting of the Two Rivers Water Reclamation Authority.…