Category: Atlanticville News

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    ERIC SUCAR staff Ocean Township’s Jacob Rubenstein (r) tries to get off a shot before Neptune’s Jamaal Hubbard can block it during the third quarter of the game at Ocean Township High School on Jan. 2.

  • New home proposed for Takanassee building

    Group offers prospect of help in turning structure into surfing & maritime museum BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff The site of the former Takanassee Beach Club site on Ocean Avenue, where demolition has started to make way for a luxury condominium project. The historic structures that make up the original…

  • Pianists sought for competitions

    The Young Pianist Competition of New Jersey has announced the schedule for its 19th annual Concerto, Ensemble (for one and two pianos) and Chamber Music competitions. The competition offers an opportunity to participate in the Festival “Musica in Laguna” (Venice, July 2009). A faculty and administrative affiliation with the festival offers workshops, competitions and recitals…

  • MTOTSA mediation session set for Jan. 15

    Mayor wants to reach settlement out of court BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer The first court-ordered mediation session between Long Branch and homeowners in the Marine Terrace and Ocean Terrace and Seaview Avenue (MTOTSA) neighborhood has been set for Jan 15. State Superior Court Judge Thomas W. Cavanagh Jr. was appointed by the court to…

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    CHRIS KELLY staff The Performing Arts Ensemble, based in Red Bank, puts on its version of “The Nutcracker” at Monmouth University’s Pollak Theatre in West Long Branch on Dec. 21. For more photos, see page 20.

  • Boro closes out 100th year with holiday sing

    Community celebrates final centennial event on Dec. 21 BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer Above: Brenna Farawell, 7, Tiernan McLaughlin, 7, Colette Fishkin, 7, Madelyn McLaughlin, 8, and Katie Younger, 7, along with other members of Brownie Troop 1005, sing holiday songs. Below: Garret Faccone, 19, rocks the trumpet during the West Long Branch annual Holiday…

  • COAH plan calls for 250 unit decrease

    Boro adopts affordable housing plan by Dec. 31 deadline BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer EATONTOWN — After taking steps to comply with the state Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) new housing guidelines, the borough is seeking to have its mandated affordable housing obligation decreased by some 250 units. The Borough Council and Planning Board unanimously…

  • Rible to meet with Dept. of Corrections

    Assemblyman Dave Rible announced that he will meet with officials from the Department of Corrections to stress the need for reform in state prisons. The meeting was scheduled in response to the recent revelation that alleged gang members are continuing to partake in illegal activities while in prison, according to a Dec. 18 press release…

  • Court rules for N.J. in LNG facility plan

    Corzine has right to veto industrial island proposal The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia upheld the U.S. Maritime Administration’s designation of New Jersey as an “adjacent coastal state” in the review process for a proposal by the Atlantic Sea Island Group (ASIG) to build a 116-acre man-made island for an industrial complex…