Category: Atlanticville News

  • L.B. master plan adds transit village

    Medical-residential zone, second community center in revised plan BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer Long Branch’s master plan is a work in progress, and a revised master plan that creates a new district and expands on the concept of a transit village was presented to the Long Branch Planning Board last week. Zoning Officer Michelle Bernich,…

  • Freeholders tap O’Connor as administrator

    Teri O’Connor has been selected to succeed Robert M. Czech as the Monmouth County administrator when Czech begins his new job in Gov. Chris Christie’s cabinet. Teri O’Connor Czech’s departure date is expected within the next week or two, according to a press release from the county. O’Connor, who is a resident of Monmouth Beach,…

  • Brookdale reschedules Job Fair for March 12

    LONG BRANCH – A winter storm forecast has forced the cancellation of a job fair scheduled to be held Friday at the Brookdale Community College Long Branch Higher Education Center in Long Branch. The new date for the Job Fair is Friday, March 12 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The job fair is free…

  • Can spring be far behind?

    A lone pedestrian walks along Norwood Avenue in Deal on Feb. 6 after a major snowstorm blanketed the Jersey Shore with up to 2 feet of snow. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • In the Service

    Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Peter T. Murphy, son of Mary Frances Murphy of the Oakhurst section of Ocean Township, has been mobilized and activated at Fort Dix in preparation for deployment to serve in support of either Operations Iraqi Freedom or Enduring Freedom. The soldier is a member of the 72nd Field Artillery Brigade…

  • O’port council vexed over fort authority

    Public forum, withdrawal from reuse plan on the table BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer OCEANPORT — Borough officials last week bounced around concerns about the redevelopment of Fort Monmouth and discussed options such as holding a town hallstyle meeting or even withdrawing support for the fort reuse plan. Their concerns center on legislation that would…

  • Nelson Riddle ‘Studio Sessions’ March 5 & 6

    On March 5 and 6, Tim McLoone’s Supper Club in Asbury Park will host a second concert of the music of Nelson Riddle, the iconic band leader and musical genius whose arrangements helped define an era. “The Nelson Riddle Show: Studio Sessions” will set the mood for the audience to revisit the original studio arrangements…

  • Project Paul a beacon of hope for at-risk residents

    New scholarship will fund studies in health care field BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer On a typical Friday morning the thrift shop at 211 Carr Ave., the location of Project Paul, is bustling with volunteers. Lionel Menard, executive director, discusses the work of Project Paul at its facility in Keansburg on Feb. 5. Listening are…

  • NJ Transit director seeks public input

    Hearing will be held in Manalapan NJ Transit Executive Director James Weinstein has announced that the statewide transit agency is aggressively confronting current and future budget shortfalls that have arisen due to the severe national recession and the state’s $2.2 billion currentyear budget gap, and $11 billion 2011 budget gap. In a press release,Weinstein called…