Category: Atlanticville News

  • Remediation site to be checked by federal agency

    Neighbors continueto express concerns about exposure to toxins By carolyn o Neighbors continue to express concerns about exposure to toxins By carolyn o’connell Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — An assessment by a federal agency will examine the effects of short- and long-term exposure to the hazardous materials present at the former Coal Gas site. The…

  • Windmill idea gets TRWRA in Dutch with resident

    Authority officials say producing power maybe way to lower rates By Sherry conohanStaff Writer Authority officials say producing power may be way to lower rates By Sherry conohan Staff Writer MONMOUTH BEACH — Windmills towering 325 feet in the air could be in the offing for the sewer plant of the Two Rivers Water Reclamation…

  • Construction at Hillel starts without permits

    School By carolyn o Construction at Hillel starts without permits School’s attorney thanks board for not imposing fines for work By carolyn o’connell Staff Writer They seemed to have skipped a step. The operators of the Hillel School of the Shore Inc., Deal Avenue, were scheduled to appear before Ocean Township’s Zoning Board of Adjustment…

  • City remembers Pat King

    Post office renamedfor police sergeantkilled while on duty By Sherry conohanStaff Writer Post office renamed for police sergeant killed while on duty By Sherry conohan Staff Writer CHRIS KELLY Maureen King, the widow of Pat King, a Long Branch police officer who was killed while on duty in 1997, accepts a flag from his former…

  • School board suddenly finds itself with full coffers

    Unexpected federal money may be used to add guidance counselors By Sherry conohanStaff Writer By Sherry conohan Staff Writer EATONTOWN — Paul Desmond, the head of the Meadowbrook School, said failure to replace a guidance counselor who retired in mid-year last year, has left three of the four district schools scrambling to meet the emotional…

  • North Fifth Avenue dirt pile said to be dwindling

    Contractor still needs site for material excavatedfor sewer project By carolyn o Contractor still needs site for material excavated for sewer project By carolyn o’connell Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — Residents of North Fifth Avenue may soon be happy to see the dirt piles go, along with the dump trucks which drive through the residential…

  • Search Day hearing focuses on traffic

    Next hearing onschool By Sherry conohanStaff Writer Next hearing on school’s expansion set for Sept. 30 By Sherry conohan Staff Writer OCEAN TOWNSHIP — During an exhaustive cross-examination, the traffic engineer for the Search Day Program’s application for expansion maintained that the flow of vehicles around the school would be improved with the new plan.…

  • Council settles question of Valenzano field use

    Baseball league, Sports Association clashed over desire to play in park By Sherry conohanStaff Writer By Sherry conohan Staff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH — A decision over use of the baseball field in Valenzano Park has been settled, but no one is happy. The Shore Blue Devils’ fall baseball league has been granted the right…

  • Speaking to the worldwide community

    Shrinking world keeps business growing forthe Language School By gloria stravelliStaff Writer Shrinking world keeps business growing for the Language School By gloria stravelli Staff Writer CHRIS KELLY Ingeborg Perndorfer is celebrating the 20th year of The Language School, which she founded in Red Bank. RED BANK — Ordering an intercontinental pizza for a student…