Category: Atlanticville News
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GOP takes control on Boro Council
Council rejects mayoral appointments at reorg BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer This year’s reorganization meeting was filled with several new faces filling Eatontown positions, as well as a shift in the political makeup of the council and rejections of several mayoral appointments. At the Jan. 1 Eatontown reorganization meeting, the now-Republican-dominated council voted to block…
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Family, friends stay strong for Team Tori
Benefit to be held 1-5 p.m. Jan. 17 at Bar Anticipation BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer Ocean Township resident Victoria ‘Tori’ Lee, 5, is battling leukemia. It has been a long journey for the Lee-Lewis family, who lost just about everything they owned in a house fire four years ago. But with help from family,…
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Mon. U. students volunteer in Chile
WEST LONG BRANCH — Ten students from Monmouth University will travel to Chile this month to participate in the Sin Fronteras/Chile Project. Sin Fronteras, with means without borders, focuses on building relationships that extend beyond the familiar. Students will travel to La Pincoya, an impoverished area in the city of Santiago, to work with neighborhood…
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Former BOE member joins Boro Council
Mark Regan sworn in as councilman at Jan. 1 meeting BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer Eatontown Councilman Mark Regan EATONTOWN — The Borough Council’s annual reorganization meeting was a bittersweet occasion for one newly swornin councilman, who has stepped down from his post on the local Board of Education (BOE) to carry out his new…
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Police charge 3 with underage drinking
OCEAN TOWNSHIP — A township man is facing alcohol-related charges after hosting a party where police say underage drinking took place. Police received a call on Jan. 3 at approximately 3:25 a.m. in reference to a disturbance taking place outside a Pale Drive residence. Ocean Township Police Officers Jason Lester and Mark Powoski arrived on…
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Fire dept. selected to receive $25K grant
Funds to be used for odor and gas-testing equipment, educational material BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — The City Council was expected to vote on a resolution Tuesday night that would authorize the city’s fire department to fill out the paperwork necessary to receive a grant. Kevin Hayes Sr., director of building and…
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Fire companies pass on new dispatch system
OTPD installs $472,000 911 communications system BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer OCEAN TOWNSHIP — Township officials are pushing for two independent fire companies to switch its 911 dispatch communications system from a county-operated system to a newly installed local system. Both the Oakhurst Independent and the Wanamassa Fire Companies said they do not plan to…
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3 arrested after pellet gun fired
OCEAN TOWNSHIP — Three men are facing disorderly conduct charges after police received a call about individuals shooting a pellet gun next to a school. On Jan. 5 at approximately 12:59 p.m., police received a call from the staff at the Shroth School located on Kneeley Boulevard in reference to a group of men firing…
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Local ice-skaters bring home silver medal
Ice-Lantics to compete in championship this month Above, the Ice-Lantics synchronized ice-skating team. Below, the team wins a silver medal. Pictured: Gabriella Stewart, of Red Bank (l-r), Kelsey Jagusch of Monmouth Regional High School and Vinci Rego of Red Bank Catholic High School. LONG BRANCH — The Ice-Lantics intermediate synchronized skating team returned from Connecticut…
