Category: Atlanticville News
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Helping people get ‘behind the wheel and on their feet’
Car donation program helps workers hold down a job BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer Mechanics work on a donated auto. WEST LONG BRANCH — It’s a fact of life in many New Jersey towns: people who do not have access to a car and who do not live near public transportation may find their employment…
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New Jersey’s mission of honor
Veterans claim abandoned brothers and sisters in arms BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Until recently, New Jersey had a heart-wrenching secret. The cremated remains of hundreds of American veterans lay abandoned, stored on shelves inside dusty cardboard boxes and canisters. ERIC SUCAR staff Members of the Navy fold an American flag on behalf of seaman…
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MTOTSA loses a strong advocate
Carmen Venditti LONG BRANCH – Carmen Venditti, who passed away June 12, never gave up on his resolve to remain in the beachfront home the city of Long Branch was attempting to take through eminent domain, his daughter said last week. “I don’t think my father ever really thought we were ever going to lose…
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Nancy Keagle, MSW, Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey Social Worker of the Year (center), is congratulated by Mary Ann Christopher (l), president and CEO of VNA, and Barbara Smith, manager of Community Care Alternative programs at VNA in Red Bank. Keagle, of Long Branch, has been a VNA social worker for 15 years and…
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CHRIS KELLY staff Members of Long Branch High School’s class of 2009 process to commencement exercises June 19.
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Trailer court residents ask boro to intervene
Eviction notices sent, but no word on pending sale BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer Eatownton residents of the borough’s soon-to-be-closed Circle Trailer Court are seeking the help of the Borough Council to learn what the fate of their homes will be. Circle Trailer Court Gary Strasser, who heads the park’s homeowners association, appeared before the…
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Their ‘Best Day at the Beach’
PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Clockwise from top: Erick Dodd, North Plainfield, rides a wave with help from Lake Downham, Sea Bright, during the Best Day Foundation’s “Best Day at the Beach” event of surfing and body boarding at Seven Presidents Park in Long Branch on June 14. Interlaken’s Thomas Hoagland rides a wave through…
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City responds to Fuschia Triangle suit
Suit challenges blight designation, seeks damages BY KENNY WALTER Staff Writer The city of Long Branch has asked the Superior Court of New Jersey to dismiss a lawsuit charging the city with unconstitutionally labeling a Broadway Gateway property as a redevelopment zone. City Attorney James Aaron, of Ansell, Zaro, Grimm & Aaron in Ocean Township,…
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Eatontown adopts $21.3M budget
Delay in state review stalled adoption BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer EATONTOWN — After two months and several delays on the state level, the Borough Council has finally adopted its $21.3 million 2009 spending plan. The council voted unanimously to adopt the budget, which carries with it an approximately $13.1 million tax levy, during its…
