Category: Atlanticville News

  • Students research love at Mon U

    JIM REME Kaitlin Weldon, Dr. Gary Lewandowski and Csilla Greiner participate in a Monmouth University project to research love. WEST LONG BRANCH — Seven Monmouth University undergraduate students are conducting research on love and intimate relationships this semester. The students are assisting Dr. Gary Lewandowski with his research on the social psychology of romantic relationships.…

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    CHRIS KELLY staff Passengers take a carriage ride along the Long Branch oceanfront in Pier Village Dec. 13.

  • Eatontown to finalize COAH plan Dec. 22

    Assemblymen ask for 90-day extension on COAH deadline BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer The Eatontown Borough Council and Planning Board will hold a special joint meeting next week in order to get the borough’s affordable housing plan prepared for submission to the state. The meeting is scheduled to be held Dec. 22 and the Planning…

  • Residents seek limits on eminent domain in city

    Unger supports reintroduction of Protecting the American Dream ordinance BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer Agroup of Long Branch residents are calling on the City Council to move forward with an ordinance that will restrict eminent domain from being used to transfer private property to private developers. Residents from the Beachfront South and Marine and Ocean…

  • ‘The Bishop’s Wife’ comes to the Eatontown Playhouse

    Adapted for the stage and directed by Long Branch resident Dave McGrath, “The Bishop’s Wife” is being performed at the Eatontown Playhouse throughout the month of December. The play is a story of an overworked bishop’s desperate attempt to construct a cathedral and along the way loses sight of what is truly important. It takes…

  • Man faces charges for breaking into gas station

    OCEAN TOWNSHIP — Police have arrested and charged an Asbury Park man in connection with a burglary at a township gas station last week. On Dec. 2 at approximately 2:57 a.m., officers with the Ocean Township Police Department responded to a burglary alarm at the Getty gas station on Route 35, according to police reports.…

  • Schools undergo energy, cost savings project

    District-wide project funded through $6.1M bond BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer Solar panels affixed to the roof of the Ocean Township Intermediate School as part of a district-wide effort to reduce energy costs. OCEAN TOWNSHIP — The Township Board of Education (BOE) has completed work on a major energy savings project that district officials’ hope…

  • Master Gardeners honored for service to community

    Twenty-eight Monmouth County residents became certified Master Gardeners at a graduation ceremony held Nov. 14 at Hominy Hill Golf Center, Colts Neck. “This 10th class of graduates from the Monmouth County Master Gardeners program embodies expertise in all things related to gardening and community service in Monmouth County,” Freeholder Director Lillian G. Burry said at…

  • BFS takes part in planning process

    City officials and residents to develop new zoning plan for oceanfront zone BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — Residents of the Beachfront South (BFS) redevelopment zone came to the table last week to have a say in how their neighborhood will be zoned in the future. Some 40 people filled city hall Dec.…