Category: Atlanticville News

  • City mulls change to rehabilitation zones

    Zoning for redevelopment areas would remain the same BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer The Long Branch Planning Board will investigate whether three of the city’s redevelopment zones could be designated as rehabilitation zones. The City Council unanimously passed a resolution at the May 10 meeting asking the board to look at changing the designation of the…

  • Lawsuit: Something’s fishy with Highlands bridge

    Attorney: Tidal changes, winds force out commercial fishermen BY DAN HOWLEY Staff Writer SEA BRIGHT — A borough business owner and a group of commercial fishermen have filed suit against the state Department of Transportation (DOT) for damages they claim were caused by construction of the new Highlands Bridge. In the suit filed in state…

  • Nonprofit plans to rehabilitate Fort Hancock building

    AIDS Resource Foundation for Children will bid for former building BY LIZ SHEEHAN Correspondent MIDDLETOWN — Thomas Matulewicz, Rumson, a board member of Habitat for Humanity of Northeast Monmouth County, and Annie Chen, development director for the AIDS Resource Foundation for Children, Newark, met with National Park Service officials on May 12 to begin the…

  • Takanassee exhibit to open at historical museum

    The boathouse at Takanassee’s Life-Saving Station No. 5, constructed in 1879 as part of the upgrade of the service from a string of volunteer crews to a disciplined, professional organization. OCEAN TOWNSHIP — The Ocean Township Historical Museum has announced the opening of “Shipwrecks, Lifesaving and the Story of Takanassee,” a new exhibit, on Saturday,…

  • Fort’s West Point Prep graduates final class

    More than 200 cadet candidates moving on to U.S. Military Academy BY DAN HOWLEY Staff Writer Col. Tyge Rugenstein (l), U.S. Military Academy Preparatory School commandant and dean, and Sgt. 1st Class Cerardo Avila, USMAPS first sergeant, case the prep school’s colors following the final graduation ceremony at Fort Monmouth on April 13. COURTESY OF…

  • T.F. man indicted in death of Little Silver principal

    BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer LITTLE SILVER — A Tinton Falls man has been indicted in the death of former Little Silver educator Don E. Merce in an accident that occurred more than three years ago. Dennis Smentkowski, a Tinton Falls resident and former Long Branch police officer, was indicted by a Grand Jury April 25…

  • State approves lease for Monmouth Park

    Developer to take over operation of racetrack by June 1 BY DAN HOWLEY Staff Writer Live horseracing will continue at Monmouth Park Racetrack in Oceanport for the foreseeable future, following Gov. Chris Christie’s approval of a lease agreement between the state and developer Morris Bailey. The agreement, which will take effect June 1, gives Bailey…

  • stork club 

    Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank, announced the following births: April 11, a girl to Jennifer and Christian Lepore of Ocean, April 16, a girl to Kristyn C. and Michael A. Hathaway of Eatontown/ Union, April 18, a girl to Raigan and Mike Rosell of West Long Branch. Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, announced the…

  • Michael W. Thorne Run

    Runners observe the national anthem before the start of the ninth annual Michael W. Thorne Scholarship 4-Mile Run/Walk held at Franklin Lake Park in West Long Branch on May 14. The run is sponsored by West Long Branch Fire Company No. 2 in honor of the fallen firefighter who died in the line of duty…