Category: Atlanticville News

  • Eatontown to consider capping council salaries

    Talerico: Cap would avoid contributions to state retirement program BY DAN HOWLEY Staff Writer EATONTOWN — Members of the Borough Council’s Finance Committee are mulling a plan to cap or lower the salaries of council members. Introduced by Councilman Anthony Talerico Jr. at the council’s Jan. 12 meeting, the proposal would alter a borough ordinance…

  • Public not privy to NPS Fort Hancock future meetings

    Pallone calls for transparency in planning fort’s future BY LIZ SHEEHAN Correspondent SANDY HOOK — A series of closeddoor meetings will be held by the National Park Service beginning this week to explore the future of historic Fort Hancock, according to Raina T. Williams, a spokesperson for the park service. Two of these meetings will…

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    Jonathan Davis, lead vocalist of Korn, and drummer Ray Luzier rock the MAC center at Monmouth University in West Long Branch, which hosted the Music as a Weapon Tour on Jan. 22. More photos page 16 and gmnews.com. CLAIRE SHEPROW

  • Libraries celebrate Black History Month

    Black History Month will be celebrated at the Monmouth County Library with special weekend programs at the Monmouth County Library Headquarters, 125 Symmes Drive, Manalapan, and the Eastern Branch Library, 1001 Route 35, Shrewsbury. The programs will explore the power of African American music; the legacy of more than 3,000 New Jersey African Americans who…

  • Pearls as a metaphor for healing

    Amanda’s Easel art therapy program exhibits works by domestic violence survivors BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer Cindy Westendorf (l-r), program coordinator, and Samantha Muccini, case manager, for the Amanda’s Easel art therapy program, with artwork created for “The Pearl Project” on display at the Middletown Arts Center on Jan. 19. Survivors of domestic violence created…

  • L.B. may raise public bidding threshold

    Change expected to expand pool of vendors BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — Mired in litigation and overwhelmed with paperwork, the City Council is considering raising the public bidding threshold at a future meeting. After a lengthy discussion at the Jan. 11 workshop meeting, Councilwoman Mary Jane Celli suggested the city raise the threshold…

  • Long Branch Library helps patrons with disabilities

    Computer kiosk offers local access to state library resources The Outspoken Library Computer Kiosk helps patrons with special needs access library services. LONG BRANCH — The Long Branch Free Public Library has been awarded a free-standing Outspoken Library Computer Kiosk from the New Jersey State Library’s Talking Book & Braille Center (TBBC). Forty kiosks have…

  • Foreclosures cloud future of redevelopment zones

    BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer Actions impact Broadway Arts, Hotel Campus developments T wo of Long Branch’s six redevelopment zones — the Broadway Arts Center and Hotel Campus — are in financial limbo with stakeholders working toward a resolution of foreclosure actions. Anotice of foreclosure was filed in state Superior Court on Jan. 6 by TICIC…

  • W.L.B. seeks grants for public works upgrades

    BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH — Borough officials are hoping to stockpile grant money to minimize costs of improvements to the Department of Public Works building . Borough Administrator John Kennedy recommended that the borough apply for the second round of Energy Efficiency Community Block Grants, a federal grant program from the Department…