Category: Atlanticville News

  • City approves UEZ marketing proposal

    BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — The city’s business community is hoping that a nearly $300,000 marketing project gets state approval early in 2011. The City Council passed a resolution Nov. 30 approving the marketing proposal that will be funded mostly with Urban Enterprise Zone (UEZ) money. UEZ Director Jacob Jones said in…

  • L.B. sweeps through two court decisions

    Suits challenged city’s redevelopment plan BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — The city has come out on top in two separate Superior Court decisions regarding its controversial redevelopment plan and underlying blight designation. Judge Lawrence M. Lawson ruled in the last two months in two separate decisions against plaintiffs challenging the city. Lawson…

  • The Guild celebrates 50 years

    The Guild of Creative Art’s 50th Anniversary Show, featuring work by exhibiting and associate members, will open Dec. 8 at the Middletown Township Public Library. An opening reception will take place Saturday, 2-4 p.m. The show will run through Dec. 28 at the library, located at 55 New Monmouth Road. Hours are Monday through Thursday,…

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    The Pier Village Tree Lighting and Holiday Concert on Nov. 28 in Long Branch featured a visit from Santa and performances by the Rock N Roll Chorus and Tim McLoone & the Shirleys. LAUREN CASSELBERRY staff

  • NJT seeks firm to run station parking lots

    Local officials see little impact in proposal BY ANDREW DAVISON and KENNY WALTER Staff Writers Local officials said last week that NJ Transit’s (NJT) plans to unify the management of its train station park- Local officials said last week that NJ Transit’s (NJT) plans to unify the management of its train station parking lots would…

  • Eatontown Food Co-op eases hunger pangs

    Donations provide those in need with turkey and trimmings BY DAN HOWLEY Staff Writer EATONTOWN — For the past two weeks, Joel Stark has been a busy man. The 71-year-old retiree was preparing for the Thanksgiving holiday the best way he knows how, by providing turkeys to those less fortunate than he. Stark is the…

  • ‘Holiday in Song’ spreads cheer

    WEST LONG BRANCH — The popular “Holiday in Song” concert returns to the Wilson Hall Grand Staircase on Thursday, Dec. 9, at 7:30 p.m. Set in the magisterial splendor of Wilson Hall, the annual holiday concert features a wide array of musical treasures from many traditions along with holiday favorites. Catch the holiday spirit during…

  • City awaits state approval for layoffs

    Woolley: Every department will see reductions BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — The city is now playing the waiting game while the state deliberates over a list of potential layoffs. City Business Administrator Howard Woolley Jr. said last week that the city submitted the names of 23 employees to the state Department of…

  • Recount upholds initial election results

    Dems take control of Eatontown dais BY DAN HOWLEY Staff Writer An official recount of November’s Eatontown Borough Council election results has determined the political control of the borough for the foreseeable future. Clockwise from above: Monmouth County Board of Elections staff tally ballots in a recount of the Eatontown Borough Council election on Nov.…