Category: Atlanticville News

  • NJLM: COAH withheld evidence to impede case

    League seeks to prove affordable housing mandates are unreasonable BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer The New Jersey League of Municipalities (NJLM) is charging that the state’s Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) withheld information that could help prove that current affordable housing mandates are unreasonable and based on faulty information. The NJLM filed a legal brief…

  • Help sought in search

    OCEAN TOWNSHIP — Police are seeking the public’s assistance in locating a man who they believe to have attempted to rob a township gas station. On Jan. 24 at approximately 7:48 p.m., police received a call from the attendant at the Oakhurst Service Center and Gas Station on Monmouth Road in reference to an attempted…

  • Environmental group hosts nature tour

    Participants explore Joe Palaia Park during winter walk PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Above: Oakhurst’s Rose McVey holds up Bill McVey, 3, so he can take a picture of ducks during the Ocean Township Shade Tree and Environmental Commission nature walk. Below: Nature walk participants stroll along a trail at Joe Palaia Park on Feb.…

  • Two charged with heroin use

    OCEAN TOWNSHIP — Two Leonardo residents are facing drug charges for allegedly possessing and using heroin in the parking lot of the Seaview Mall. On Jan. 29 at approximately 2:02 p.m. Ocean Township Police Detective Lt. Steven Peters observed two people acting suspiciously in a vehicle parked near the southern section of the Seaview Mall…

  • Boro seeks ‘strict’ pay-to-play law

    Introduction of ordinance was up for vote last night EATONTOWN — In an attempt to limit the influence political contributions have on local officials, the Borough Council was expected to introduce what is being called “the strictest version of a pay-to-play ordinance” last night. Proposed by council President John Schiels at a Feb. 4 council…

  • FCS receives $10K grant

    LONG BRANCH — Family & Children’s Service (FCS), based in Long Branch, has been awarded a $10,000 grant by the Comcast Foundation. The grant monies received by FCS will help support the organization’s Reading Buddies program. Launched in 1998, the early-childhood literacy development program advances literacy skills and creates enthusiastic, confident young readers in 17…

  • City to boost lead poisoning program

    Council expected to approve agreement with state Public Advocate’s Office BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — The council was expected to green light an agreement this week with the state Public Advocate’s Office that would help the city step up its lead poisoning awareness program. The Public Advocate’s Office is sponsoring a new…

  • Style and stand-up

    FRANK GALIPO Monmouth University student Max Timko greets the audience with a stand-up comedy routine at the university’s annual fashion show on Feb. 7. All proceeds from the show will benefit the Mercy Center in Asbury Park.

  • JCC appoints new executive director

    OCEAN TOWNSHIP — The board of directors of the Jewish Community Center of Greater Monmouth County has appointed Aaron Rosenfeld as executive director of the JCC. Rosenfeld served this past year as interim executive director. The appointment was announced at the JCC’s 70th annual meeting on Jan. 29. Rosenfeld has served the JCC in various…