Category: Atlanticville News
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Trap-neuter-release for feral cats approved in Sea Bright
Volunteers will monitor boro’s cat population BY DAN HOWLEY SEA BRIGHT— After three major revisions and intervention by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Borough Council has finally adopted an ordinance to help control the borough’s feral cat colonies. Adopted unanimously at the council’sDec. 21 meeting, the ordinance allows for the trapping, spaying/neutering and…
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West Long Branch-based band Goldenseal, led by frontman and resident Joe Hughes, performs at the borough’s 81st annual Community Christmas Sing at Woolley Park on Dec. 19.
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Atlanticville’s 2010 top stories
Brian Unger Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority created The state Legislature approved S-917, the bill creating the Fort Monmouth Economic RevitalizationAuthority (FMERA) to replace the Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Planning Authority on June 28. The revitalization authority will oversee the transfer of the fort property from federal to host towns Oceanport, Tinton Falls and Eatontown.…
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Freeholders will reorganize Jan. 6
The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders will hold a Sine Diemeeting at 11 a.m. Jan. 6 in theMonmouth County Hall of Records, Main Street, Freehold. Thismeeting is held to conclude financial and other business matters for 2010. The Latin term Sine Die means the final adjournment of a legislative session, without adjourning to a specific…
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State seeks federal aid for storm aftermath
Cleanup in Long Branch, Eatontown, Ocean Twp. delayed by abandoned vehicles BY KENNYWALTER & DAN HOWLEY Staff Writers A car navigates Route 35 south in Eatontown on Dec. 28 while traffic remains backed up in the northbound lane, a tie-up due to the large amount of snow remaining on the road in the aftermath of…
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Reorg. appointments stir controversy
BY DAN HOWLEY Staff Writer Councilman Dennis Connelly Council votes party lines on boro engineer, attorney EATONTOWN — The Borough Council voted to appoint both a new borough attorney and new engineering firm to represent the municipality in 2011. The council acted on Jan. 2 during the annual municipal reorganization meeting. Both appointments requiredMayor Gerald…
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Lion’s Den Café opens at Eastern Branch Library
SHREWSBURY — Monmouth County Library commissioners and ballet dancers mingled at the Eastern Branch Library for the grand opening of the Lion’s Den Café on Dec. 11. Café manager Debbie Disakias served patrons slices of her creation, a cake shaped like a giant red and white “Nutcracker” soldier. After the ribbon-cutting ceremony, more than 130…
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9/11 health care bill one signature away
BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Rep. Frank Pallone (D-6th District) said his last vote of the year was a special one. Pallone and both chambers of Congress passed the James Zadroga 9/11 Health & Compensation Act on Dec. 22, a bill aimed at allocating money for health care for 9/11 first responders at ground zero.…
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Cheerleaders for Monmouth University, West Long Branch, perform for the crowd during the basketball game against Villanova at The MAC on Dec. 22. The Hawks fell to Villanova, 76-36. More photos, page 23. ERIC SUCAR staff
