Category: Atlanticville News
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City continues work on preservation law
BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — Council agreed last week that it will move forward with a voluntary system for its historical preservation effort, which will disqualify the city from gaining status for a state-funding program. At the Jan. 13 workshop meeting, attorney Mark Aikins, who is representing the city on the matter,…
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Local food market to donate $6K to charities
OCEAN TOWNSHIP — Dean Nelson, owner of Dean’s Natural Food Markets in Ocean Township and Shrewsbury, is donating over $6,000 to various local charities. Nelson will contribute $2,500 to the Monmouth County SPCA, $2,000 to the FoodBank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties and $2,000 to the Emmanuel Cancer Foundation. Since its establishment, Nelson’s beneficial program…
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Council votes no to cut two boro jobs
Council pulls out of shared services agreement with BOE BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer EATONTOWN — The Borough Council will not be entering into a shared services agreement with the Board of Education (BOE) after it rejected a measure to eliminate two borough positions. The agreement could have saved taxpayers roughly $100,000, according to Eatontown…
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Mayor calls COAH proposal unfair
Corzine proposes freeze on 2.5 percent developers’ fee BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer EATONTOWN — At least one local mayor is saying that a recent proposal by Gov. Jon S. Corzine to help rouse affordable housing projects across the state doesn’t make sense. During his State of the State address on Jan. 13 in Trenton,…
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Brownie Troop 30 visited the Ronald McDonald House of Long Branch to donate pop-tabs they had been collecting for two years, as well as to take a tour of the facility. The Ronald McDonald House provides a “home away from home” for the families of seriously ill children who are undergoing medical treatment in area…
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Firefighters bring cheer to hospitalized children
Independent Fire Engine & Truck Co. No. 2 expands community programs PHOTO COURTESY OF THE INDEPENDENT FIRE ENGINE & TRUCK CO. NO. 2 Volunteer firefighters from Long Branch’s Independent Fire Engine & Truck Co. No. 2 deliver holiday presents to children at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch. LONG BRANCH — Volunteer firefighters from the Independent…
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Monmouth U. to reduce carbon footprint
West Long Branch university enters agreement with EPA WEST LONG BRANCH — College campuses are often venues for progressive ideas, and that’s certainly the case at Monmouth University. The West Long Branch university announced that it is working to enhance its environmental commitments through an agreement with the U.S. Environmental ProtectionAgency (EPA). The agreement, a…
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Man arrested on charges of child molestation
Anthony Maffia Aman who has been staying in West Long Branch was arrested this month in connection with the sexual assault of a young boy. Officers with the Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office assisted in the Jan. 9 arrest of Anthony Francis Maffia, 34. He was arrested on a warrant from Port St. Lucie, Fla., alleging…
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Cinderella’s Closet to host annual Prom Fashion Show
HOLMDEL — Cinderella’s Closet of Monmouth County will host its second annual Prom Fashion Showcase on Friday, Jan. 30, at PNC Reception Center in Holmdel. Fashions will be provided by Diane and Company of Freehold, Love Lane Tuxedos of Red Bank, His Tuxedos of Eatontown, and Tuxedo Court of Manalapan. The fashion show will feature…
