Category: Atlanticville News

  • Future fort development a concern for local mayors

    Little Silver, Shrewsbury officials question potential impact of traffic overflow, contamination BY KRISTEN DALTON Staff Writer SHREWSBURY — The redevelopment of Fort Monmouth could bring traffic congestion and off-site contamination were worries expressed by the mayors of Little Silver and Shrewsbury at a meeting of area officials last week. The neighboring boroughs had the chance…

  • City to regulate outdoor storage containers

    New ordinance would set size, time limits BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — The City Council will soon try to curtail the growing problem of residents taking advantage of lax enforcement regarding temporary storage containers. The council is expected to vote at a future meeting on an ordinance that would set time and size…

  • Choraliers’ Christmas concert recalls 1940s era

    EATONTOWN— The Choraliers of Eatontown will present a Christmas concert, “A USO Christmas,” at Woodmere School, Raleigh Court, on Sunday, Dec. 11, at 3 p.m. Drawing from the days of Bob Hope’s shows for the troops, the chorus will present a program of music, dance and fun. The program spans the years with songs from…

  • FMERA director: Everything is on the table

    Steadman says interest in fort property is high, but authority insists on job creation BY KRISTEN DALTON Staff Writer A t the Dec. 1 meeting of the Two River Council ofMayors, the executive director of the Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority (FMERA) shared the latest progress about developers, investors and universities interested in redeveloping Fort…

  • Rachel’s Challenge brings Columbine message home

    Students urged to act with kindness toward others BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer In a presentation of Rachel’s Challenge on Nov. 30 at Shore Regional High School, presenter Neil McIntyre talks about the life of Rachel Joy Scott, one of 12 students killed in the Columbine High School shooting. NICOLE ANTONUCCI The message of kindness…

  • Restaurant owners sentenced on tax scam, harboring aliens

    Two brothers-in-law who own Sawa Sushi Asian restaurants in Long Branch and Eatontown were sentenced on Nov. 30 for their respective roles in failing to pay payroll taxes to the IRS and harboring unlawful aliens, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Mou Chor Tung, also known as Kenny Tung, 45, of Colts Neck, was sentenced…

  • Murdered tot’s father arraigned; bail kept at $10M

    Arthur Morgan III, of Eatontown, charged in death of 2-yr-old BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Arthur Morgan III was arraigned in State Superior Court in Freehold on Dec. 5.The family of Tierra Morgan-Glover, the 2-year-old found dead Nov. 22, watched grief-stricken as her father, Arthur Morgan III, appeared for arraignment in New Jersey Superior Court in Freehold…

  • Arc of Monmouth gets UnitedWay grant

    TINTON FALLS — The Arc of Monmouth has for a second year been awarded an Income Impact Funding Grant of $20,000 from the United Way of Monmouth County. This grant is part of the United Way’s Community Impact model, designed to create lasting changes in Monmouth County. The Arc of Monmouth’s Employment Services Department received…

  • FMERA at work on zoning fort property

    Steadman: Parcels in Charles Wood Area will be first to be sold or leased BY KENNYWALTER Future development of the Fort Monmouth property requires rezoning the fort’s 1,127 acres, a cooperative effort between planners for the Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority (FMERA) and local officials. FMERA Executive Director Bruce Steadman said in a Nov. 16…