Category: Atlanticville News

  • Last resident in Long Branch’s Beachfront North zone is out $140,000 paid for three-story Victorian house less than one block from beach

    By carolyn o Last resident in Long Branch’s Beachfront North zone is out $140,000 paid for three-story Victorian house less than one block from beach By carolyn o’connell Staff Writer CAROLYN O’CONNELL Homeowner Bruce MacCloud (l) stands outside his Cooper Avenue with his friend, John Rose. His home is now owned by the city of…

  • Parking Authority up and running

    City Council created independent agency in December of 2000 By carolyn o By carolyn o’connell Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — A year and a half after it was created, the city’s parking authority is now more than just words on paper. In December of 2000 the city’s governing body adopted the ordinance which created the…

  • Competency an issue in developer’s trial

    U.S. District Attorney By carolyn o By carolyn o’connell Staff Writer The U.S. district attorney will be seeking its own independent medical and psychiatric evaluation of Philip Konvitz, 92, who was recently charged in an indictment. Evidence gathered over an 18-month period led to the indictment of the Elberon resident and developer who has been…

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    CHRIS KELLY The Shore Regional High School field hockey team celebrates yet another Shore Conference Tournament championship on Nov. 1 after knocking off Southern Regional, 3-2, in the final at Long Branch High School. See story, page 31.

  • Aquatic center part of downtown redevelopment

    Long Branch city and school officials say cost of facility will be shared By carolyn o By carolyn o’connell Staff Writer The redevelopment of lower Broadway is now more than a plan. The Long Branch City Council has introduced a pair of bond ordinances totaling $5.6 million to acquire property for a pair of related…

  • Home has been coming first for a century

    Eatontown By Sherry conohanStaff Writer Eatontown’s Alfreda Holmgren reaches 100 on Veterans Day By Sherry conohan Staff Writer Alfreda Holmgren, a lifelong resident of Eatontown, recalls some of the highlights of her life over the past century as she prepares to celebrate her 100th birthday on Veterans Day. Veterans Day on Monday will be a…

  • New Highlands bridge price set at $70 million

    DOT official expects construction to start in 2005, last 21/2 years By Sherry conohanStaff Writer By Sherry conohan Staff Writer JERRY WOLKOWITZ Highlands is expected to replace the present Highlands-Sea Bright drawbridge with a 30-foot fixed span. HIGHLANDS — Those long waits on a hot summer day for a bridge opening will be gone when…

  • Education foundation makes appeal to council

    Organization seekssupport to purchasecomputers for schools By Sherry conohanStaff Writer Organization seeks support to purchase computers for schools By Sherry conohan Staff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH — The borough’s Foundation for Public Education made a pitch for the support of the Borough Council. Peter Bowen, president of the non-profit foundation, told the council at its…

  • Council scouts for new site for headquarters

    Administrators forBoy Scouts seeking a more central location By carolyn o Administrators for Boy Scouts seeking a more central location By carolyn o’connell Staff Writer OCEAN TOWNSHIP — The Monmouth Council of the Boy Scouts of America will be saying goodbye to its home at the corner of Deal and Monmouth roads after more than…