Category: Atlanticville News
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Eatontown begins final phase of restructuring Police Dept.
Chief: Changes will save $10K, make dept. more effective BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI The Eatontown Police Department will begin the final phase of restructuring, including reorganization of administrative posts and adding patrol officers, to create a more effective police department. “This is going to make the department run more efficiently,” Police Chief Michael D. Goldfarb said…
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Block party & pooch parade
Denise Santini, of The Baby Galleria, tends her table at the first Long Branch Block Party and Pooch Parade held along Brighton Avenue in West End on Oct. 1. The family event featured a pie-eating contest, foods from local restaurants, crafters, rides, fire truck rides and the return of the Pooch Parade, an event that…
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Voters defeat $12.3M MRHS referendum
BY KENNYWALTER Monmouth Regional High School educates students in Tinton Falls, Eatontown and Shrewsbury Township. KRISTEN DALTON TINTONFALLS— Monmouth Regional High School District officials will go back to the drawing board after voters failed to approve a proposed $12.3 million referendum in a special election last week. The referendum failed with 655 no votes vs.…
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Goodwill opens donation center, store in Ocean Township
BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer OCEANTOWNSHIP— Residents will be able to shop for bargain items at the new Goodwill Store and Donation Center that recently opened in the township. The grand opening of the retail store and donation center on North Mall Drive, the nonprofit agency’s second location in Monmouth County, was held Sept. 15.…
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City will use $1.5M grant to rehire four police officers
Funds will be used to return four officers to L.B. Police Department BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — The city will be adding four police officers to the force after receiving a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Justice. The grant will cover three years of salaries, uniforms and benefits for the…
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Pallone, members of public sound off against fee hikes at Hook
BY LIZ SHEEHAN Correspondent MIDDLETOWN — At a meeting held at his behest, Rep. Frank Pallone (D-6th District) told the National Park Service that a proposal to raise beach fees at Sandy Hook would deprive many people of access to beaches and national parks. “I’m totally opposed to it,” Pallone said, referring to the park…
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Ordinance meets rules for affordable housing
BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH — Officials are hopeful that affordable housing regulations adopted last week will bring the borough into full compliance with state regulations. The Borough Council adopted an ordinance at the Sept. 21 meeting that establishes affordable housing regulations within the town. Borough Attorney Greg Baxter said in an interview…
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Eatontown mail processing facility may be closed
USPS: Local retail locations will remain open BYMIKE DAVIS Staff Writer The U.S. Postal Service is considering merging operations at the mail processing facility on Industrial Way in Eatontown with the Trenton facility. KRISTEN DALTON EATONTOWN — The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is conducting a review of the Monmouth Processing and Distribution Center in the…
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Long Branch pursues open space grant for new park
BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — City officials are once again hopeful that grant money will help fund a new park located along the banks of Troutman’s Creek on Atlantic Avenue. During its Sept. 13 meeting the City Council unanimously approved a resolution authorizing an application for a Monmouth County open space grant that…
