Category: Atlanticville News
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Employees at naval base file labor charges
Staff Writer By carolyn o Employees at naval base file labor charges LONG BRANCH — Theresa Gibson, a longtime employee at Naval Weapons Station Earle, feels she has not been treated fairly by her employer. And she’s not alone. Gibson and eight other African-American civilian employees at the military installation have come forward to file…
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Gavan Contracting gets contract for restrooms
Staff Writer By Sherry conohan EATONTOWN — Contracts for new restrooms in a borough park and the purchase of garbage cans created some controversy. Gavan General Contracting, Lakewood, which was removed from a job at the Monmouth County Correctional Institution, Freehold Township, won the contract for the new restrooms at Wolcott Park. The contract went…
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Public hearing addresses concerns about Hook plan Comment focuses on environmental study of fort redevelopment
Public hearing addresses concerns about Hook plan Comment focuses on environmental study of fort redevelopment FARRAH MAFFAI George Moffett questions why nonprofits were thrown out of the row houses at Fort Hancock during a public hearing on the National Park Service’s plans for redevelopment. Members of the public are clearly frustrated over the National Park…
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Parking and fields to take place of homes Latest district plan calls for taking property to hasten school construction
Staff Writer By carolyn O Parking and fields to take place of homes Latest district plan calls for taking property to hasten school construction Some of them have lived there for a quarter of a century, some have not even moved in, but sometime soon all of them will be moving out. A resident of…
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Pallone asks for changes to Fort Hancock, Sandy Hook plan
Staff Writer By gloria stravelli A last-minute effort by U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone (D-6) may keep historic buildings on Fort Hancock out of the hands of a private developer. Pallone said at a public meeting on Saturday, which was held to discuss plans to redevelop Fort Hancock, that Monmouth County residents don’t want to see…
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CHRIS KELLY Maurice Covin, a junior at Long Branch High School, goes over the pommel horse while running through the obstacle course during the superteams competition at the school on Tuesday.
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Learning about taking the right kind of risks
Staff Writer By Sherry conohan JERRY WOLKOWITZ Sloane Hindman of West Long Branch, as Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, was among the students taking part in the Shore Consortium for the Gifted and Talented risk-takers convocation. ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS — Jackie Kennedy Onassis, in the person of Sloane Hindman of West Long Branch, sat primly in one circle…
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Eatontown fire chief convicted of DWI Charges filed after accident involving department vehicle
Staff Writer By sherry conohan Eatontown fire chief convicted of DWI Charges filed after accident involving department vehicle The fire chief of Eatontown has been found guilty of driving while intoxicated in municipal court here in connection with an accident in which his fire chief’s vehicle, a sport-utility vehicle, was totaled. Municipal Court Judge William…
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Police chief’s reporting procedure is amended
Staff Writer By Sherry conohan EATONTOWN — A management study of the structure of the borough’s government was the focal point of a proposal to amend the procedure for the police chief reporting to an official. The study sparked a sharp exchange at the May 22 Borough Council meeting when the ordinance, which requires the…
