Category: Atlanticville News

  • Roof repairs slated for three borough buildings

    Staff Writer By carolyn o CHRIS KELLY The Oceanport Borough Council is seeking to repair three borough building roofs including the wings on the roof of borough hall, above. Borough buildings need new roofs but there is a question if enough money has been set aside to do the work. "Once the project goes out…

  • ~ Notes Around Town ~

    VERONICA YANKOWSKI Joy Stubbs, 10, Long Branch, takes a ride on the ponies at the Harvest Fest in Slocum Park in Long Branch Saturday. A recent article in the N.J. Law Journal about a scandal involving the Applied Companies (the beachfront developer) does not have the mayor or council concerned. According to one council member,…

  • Charity begins at home with Alliance of Neighbors

    DANNY KLENCHES Jon Bon Jovi (l) and Bruce Springsteen entertain at a benefit concert for the Alliance of Neighbors of Monmouth County Thursday. Rock stars Springsteen, Bon Jovi team up with local groups to aid families of Sept. 11 attacks By albie connelly Correspondent With their hearts and checkbooks in the right places, a standing-room-only…

  • Essay earns award from Freedoms Foundation

    Staff Writer By Sherry Conohan WEST LONG BRANCH — The notion that one person can’t make a difference couldn’t be further from the truth, according to 14-year-old Amanda Goldfine. Amanda, a freshman at Shore Regional High School, argues in a prize-winning essay that one person can make a "huge" difference in the world. "If you…

  • One month later, the borough looks back Ceremony honors victims, those who responded to tragedy

    Staff Writer By Sherry conohan One month later, the borough looks back Ceremony honors victims, those who responded to tragedy EATONTOWN — With a call to remember that freedom isn’t free, borough residents lit candles on the lawn in front of the municipal building Friday night in memory of the victims of the terrorist attacks…

  • Summer was solid tourism season for Shore towns State senator credits sand replenishment program for bolstering beaches

    Staff Writer By Sherry conohan Summer was solid tourism season for Shore towns State senator credits sand replenishment program for bolstering beaches CHRIS KELLY Sen. Joseph Palaia (R-11) was one of five political guest speakers at the Jersey Shore Partnership’s annual meeting and conference at the Ocean Place Conference Center, Long Branch, Friday. LONG BRANCH…

  • Torricelli outlines government’s plans for environmental reforms

    Staff Writer By Sherry conohan LONG BRANCH — New Jersey’s beaches will be ready for whatever the economy brings next year, Sen. Robert G. Torricelli (D-N.J.), has predicted. Torricelli acknowledged to those at the annual meeting and conference of the Jersey Shore Partnership Inc., that the terrorist attacks on America Sept. 11 have dealt a…

  • Price tag puts ranch out of town’s reach

    Staff Writer By carolyn o LONG BRANCH — It seems it won’t be long before houses fill in the open space of "The Ranch." On the heels of an independent appraiser’s $9.2 million assessment of the 28.68 acre property’s value, the owner, Park Avenue Estates, was set to go before the city’s Planning Board for…

  • Opposition cuts down tree-trimming ordinance Proposed law would have required permit before trimming trees

    Staff Writer By Sherry conohan Opposition cuts down tree-trimming ordinance Proposed law would have required permit before trimming trees EATONTOWN — The Borough Council scrapped a proposed ordinance regulating the trimming or spraying of trees after hearing an outpouring of opposition from homeowners. The council decided — rather than try to amend the measure which…