Category: Atlanticville News

  • Spending, working together are keys to redevelopment

    Staff Writer By carolyn o LONG BRANCH — At the first talk of redevelopment, Mayor Adam Schneider’s inclination was to run, he said. Addressing members of the Long Branch Historical Association, Schneider recalled a redevelopment meeting he had in 1995 with a world-renowned planner who pitched the idea of high-density housing to create a year-round…

  • Borough holding the line on tax increase

    Higher tab met by using more of surplus & by rise in value of ratables By Sherry conohan Staff Writer EATONTOWN — The Borough Council has nothing for you, and in this case that is good news because the subject is a tax increase. The council planned to introduce a budget of $16,315,353 for 2002…

  • Wish for a weather station at Vetter School came true

    Staff Writer By SHERRY CONOHAN JERRY WOLKOWITZ Third-graders (l-r) Emily Finemore, 8; Gerson Gonzalez, 9; Rendie Banks, 8; Andrea Mathis, 9; and Jake Aumack, 8, from the Vetter School, Eatontown, along with their teachers (l-r), Erica Huhn, Karen Faas and Betty Pappaylion, look at the weather in Eatontown on a Web site. A weather station…

  • Council moving quickly on Howard Commons Red Bank company will help get ball rolling on conversion of homes

    Staff Writer By SHERRY CONOHAN Council moving quickly on Howard Commons Red Bank company will help get ball rolling on conversion of homes EATONTOWN — Facing a short deadline, the borough will soon have professional help in creating a plan for Howard Commons. Borough Business Administrator Michael L. Trotta said he would ask Gene J.…

  • Borough, college clash over farm School plans to use recently purchased property for parking

    Staff Writer By sherry conohan Borough, college clash over farm School plans to use recently purchased property for parking The increasingly contentious relationship between West Long Branch’s governing body and Monmouth University worsened when the Borough Council passed a resolution opposing the college’s plans for a parking lot. The resolution, approved unanimously at the council’s…

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    CHRIS KELLY Kaylin Huish, 3, of Middletown works on a sand castle built at Seashore Day Camp’s annual open house in Long Branch on Saturday.

  • Fix for fourth Oceanport siren in the works Parts of system have been inoperable for much of last year

    Staff Writer By carolyn o Fix for fourth Oceanport siren in the works Parts of system have been inoperable for much of last year A quick fix to repair the Fire Department’s emergency siren system in Oceanport was just that: a quick fix. Stuart Briskey, ex-chief of the Fire Department in 1992 and 1993, said…

  • Combination of old and new work well for Coast Service and technology keep company competitive

    Staff Writer By gloria stravelli Combination of old and new work well for Coast Service and technology keep company competitive Jack and Jim McClunn, operators of Coast Office Supply, Shrewsbury, talk about their expanding operation in their new location on Shrewsbury Avenue, Tinton Falls. How does a family-run office supply business hold its own against…

  • Price of trash collection major part of tax increase

    Staff Writer By carolyn o OCEANPORT — This year’s budget is in, and borough residents are looking at a tax increase of 3.8 cents. Residents have only themselves to blame for more than a fourth of that increase as they approved a 1 cent increase in the open space fund tax to help the borough…