Category: Atlanticville News

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    FARRAH MAFFAI Beach season and soccer season coincided for the Long Branch High School varsity soccer team. During a practice session last week, Diana Mecha heads the ball as the Green Wave prepare for the upcoming season.

  • Growing fines for growing dirt pile in Long Branch

    City has cited sewer contractor for storing excavated material By carolyn o By carolyn o’connell Staff Writer A notice of violation is just the beginning of Long Branch’s efforts to get Metra Industries to stop stockpiling dirt from the sewer project in a residential area. Neighbors to the site came to last week’s City Council…

  • County’s second Buddy Walk set for Sept. 22

    Actor Chris Burke will serve as master ofceremonies at benefit County’s second Buddy Walk set for Sept. 22 Chris Burke Actor Chris Burke will serve as master of ceremonies at benefit For the second year, Harvey and Loretta Slovin are heading up the National Down Syndrome Society Buddy Walk in Monmouth County, and are hoping…

  • Defibrillators will be making schools safer

    By Sherry conohanStaff Writer By Sherry conohan Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — Since the first few minutes of a heart attack are crucial in saving a person’s life, defibrillators have become a fixed asset in all Long Branch public schools. Board President Armand R. Zambrano Jr. brought the idea of having defibrillators in school to…

  • Judge rules state owes borough back taxes

    Failure to appeal 1999, 2000 bills resultsin assessment payment By Sherry conohanStaff Writer Failure to appeal 1999, 2000 bills results in assessment payment By Sherry conohan Staff Writer EATONTOWN — The borough’s tax coffers will be $400,000 richer thanks to the Division of Motor Vehicles. Borough Attorney Gene J. Anthony reported at the Aug. 28…

  • Bruno’s Cooper Avenue house plans still ongoing

    By Sherry conohanStaff Writer By Sherry conohan Staff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH — The owner of a long, skinny lot on Cooper Avenue who had angered neighbors with his application for variances in order to build a house has resolved the problem by arranging to acquire additional land from an adjacent property owner. James Siciliano,…

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    FOR LIVINGUnlocking the language of a new country, a new lifeEnglish as a Second Language classes help immigrants adjust to new home By gloria stravelliStaff Writer FOR LIVING Unlocking the language of a new country, a new life English as a Second Language classes help immigrants adjust to new home By gloria stravelli Staff Writer…

  • County may fund pocket parks in urban towns

    Voters will be asked to approve open space tax hike By gloria stravelliStaff Writer By gloria stravelli Staff Writer High-density towns like Red Bank, Eatontown, Long Branch and Freehold Borough may be able to carve out pocket parks and other green spaces for recreation if voters approve an additional $6 million in annual open space…

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    Sherry Conohan Mark and Johanna French, who live in the Wharfside condominiums in Monmouth Beach, head for the beach with their yellow nape, Tyler, who has a vocabulary of about 100 words.