Category: Atlanticville News

  • Monmouth County cleanup areas

    Aberdeen – Fisherman’s Parking Lot at Cliffwood Beach Asbury Park – Convention Hall at the Boardwalk – Site sponsored by Monmouth County Association of Realtors Atlantic Highlands – Harbor parking lot on First Ave. Avon – Pavilion at Norwood & Ocean Aves. Belmar – (2 Sites) 1. Belmar Fishing Club, First Ave.; 2. 16th Avenue…

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    Members of the Shrewsbury Borough School Concert Band perform at Pier Village in Long Branch on Saturday, LAUREN CASSELBERRY

  • Monmouth U. students help on Habitat project

    BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Andrew Edelman, a Monmouth University freshman, helps out at a Habitat for Humanity project in the school’s parking lot on Friday. Students and a crew from Habitat for Humanity of Northeast Monmouth County built panels that will be used to build a house in Asbury Park. PHOTOS BY LAUREN CASSELBERRY…

  • City’s UEZ program may lose state funding

    Jones: Budget cuts would eliminate programs statewide BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer The state’s budget deficit may spell the end to the city’s urban enterprise zone, Long Branch UEZ Director Jacob Jones told the City Council last week. “Last year the governor took $78 million from the program, and this year the proposal is he…

  • Some candidates say, ‘Who needs a ticket?’

    BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — With the May 11 election date fast approaching, independent candidates are gearing up to take some of the City Council seats from candidates who are running as part of a ticket. Residents Donald Riley, Michael Bland, Raul Pacheco, Jackeline Biddle Shuler and Harold “Pudgy” Cooper all chose…

  • Bill on gov.’s desk would limit zoning changes

    BY ANDREW DAVISON Staff Writer EATONTOWN — Mayor Gerald J. Tarantolo and the Eatontown Borough Council approved a resolution opposing S-82/A-437, a bill that would eliminate the “time of decision rule,” at the council meeting on March 24. The council also sent a letter to Gov. Chris Christie asking him to veto the bill. Currently,…

  • NJSBA Survey finds almost all school districts expect layoffs

    Nearly 93 percent of New Jersey’s school districts expect to lay off staff – with the large majority of those districts looking at teaching staff reductions – due to state aid cuts in the coming school year, according to a survey by the New Jersey School Boards Association (NJSBA). According to a press release, NJSBA…

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    Little League teams show their pride during the parade down Branch Avenue to Manahassett Creek Park in Long Branch on Saturday. More photos, page 20. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • Long Branch ’09-10 budget plan to keep school tax flat

    BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Despite losing over $2.7 million in a state aid reduction, the Long Branch School District will not raise taxes this year. The district’s $76 million budget comes with a tax levy of $31.5 million for the third year in a row. Superintendent of Schools Joseph Ferraina spoke of the challenges…