Category: Atlanticville News

  • Planners grant approval for Staybridge Suites

    Extended-stay hotel will be built next to Sheraton, just off Industrial Way By Sherry conohanStaff Writer By Sherry conohan Staff Writer EATONTOWN — The application of Staybridge Suites by Holiday Inn, an extended-stay hotel, breezed through the Planning Board when formally presented Monday night. The approval came with 10 variances, four of them for signs,…

  • Z•E•S•T

    FOR LIVINGAdding a lively chapter to Center for the BookRumson By jane waterhouseStaff Writer FOR LIVING Adding a lively chapter to Center for the Book Rumson’s Renee Swartz leading state’s effort in national reading program By jane waterhouse Staff Writer CHRIS KELLY New Jersey Center for the Book Chairwoman Renee Swartz is also the main…

  • Safety director still has support of mayor

    By carolyn o By carolyn o’connell Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — Next week the mayor and City Council will be ready to decide if the city’s public safety director will be serving another term. "I would like to see him stay," said Mayor Adam Schneider, "but there are some issues there." Louis Napoletano held the…

  • Slow recovery after fast-moving storm

    By CAROLYN O By CAROLYN O’CONNELL Staff Writer Chris Kelly Despite damage caused by a tree that snapped in half during last Friday’s thunderstorms, the traffic light at the intersection of Cedar and Norwood avenues, West Long Branch, remained in service. In town after town, the trees came down, the power went off, and emergency…

  • Z•E•S•TFOR LIVING

    Running off the fat of the landRumson resident turning used vegetable oil into motor vehicle fuel By gloria stravelliStaff Writer Running off the fat of the land Rumson resident turning used vegetable oil into motor vehicle fuel By gloria stravelli Staff Writer Ron Schildge began mixing up his home-brewed fuel while still in high school.…

  • Fierce storm pulls plug in Ocean Twp.

    Neighbors helped neighbors in Fierce storm pulls plug in Ocean Twp. LINDSEY SIEGLE From Delaware Avenue (above) to Dow Avenue (left), trees were battered by last Friday’s storm, and in turn the trees battered the township, leaving extensive damage and a lasting power outage. Neighbors helped neighbors in storm’s wake By lindsey siegle Staff Writer…

  • Storm pounded city and moved on quickly

    Floods, power outages kept emergency personnel rolling throughout night By carolyn o By carolyn o’connell Staff Writer If it were a prize fight, Long Branch would have been counted out in the first round. The severe thunderstorm that ripped through the area last Friday delivered a quick KO and moved on practically before the city…

  • Summer is theater season for sisters

    Father helped spark daughters By che blackwood Father helped spark daughters’ interest in taking the stage Correspondent JERRY WOLKOWITZ Sisters Annamaria, 15, and Antonia Borelli, 14, recently completed a five-week conservatory program run by the Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn. Whether it turns out to be for the stage or classroom, Annamaria Borelli has spent most…

  • School for autistic students presents expansion plan

    New driveway proposed as means of alleviating potential traffic problem By Sherry conohanStaff Writer School for autistic students presents expansion plan By Sherry conohan Staff Writer OCEAN TOWNSHIP — Two experts testifying on behalf of the Search Day Program said the new driveway and drop-off and pickup plan included in the school’s expansion proposal were…