Category: Atlanticville News

  • Sewerage plant applies for odor control funds

    City to accept up to 500,000 gallons of wastewater from Oceanport racetrack BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — After looking into recent claims of poor odor control at the Long Branch Sewerage Authority (LBSA), Councilman Brian Unger said the facility is taking steps to remedy the problem. At the request of city residents,…

  • Three Long Branch parishes to merge

    Bishop names Father Daniel Peirano as administrator of merging communities LONG BRANCH — Three city parish communities will be merging into one parish next summer, marking the first decision to come from the Monmouth Central Deanery Study. Bishop John M. Smith announced this month that the following three Long Branch parishes will become one merged…

  • Holiday event to be held at Woolley House

    OT Historical Museum plans exhibit for Dec. 6 & 7 BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer The Ocean Township Historical Museum is expected to move to the newly restored Eden Woolley House located on Deal Road. OCEAN TOWNSHIP — With the holiday season just around the corner, the Ocean Township Historical Museum is extending an invitation…

  • Dogs to be permitted on beaches

    LONG BRANCH — A public hearing is scheduled to be held Tuesday on an ordinance that would permit dogs and other animals on city public beaches. The measure was introduced by council Nov. 12 and is an amendment to the existing ordinances that prohibit dogs and other animals from being on the boardwalk, beachfront or…

  • Unger backs moving offices to old school

    BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — One city official is proposing that council members commission a study on relocating certain city offices to the old Gregory School building on Joline Avenue. Councilman Brian Unger is seeking that the city’s court complex, the Urban Enterprise Zone (UEZ) office and the substance abuse prevention office…

  • Students take part in mock election

    BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer An Ocean Township Intermediate School seventh-grade class participates in a mock election last week. OCEAN TOWNSHIP — Days before voters across the country cast their ballots for the next president of the United States, students at one local middle school had already chosen who they wanted as the country’s next…

  • Police official can lift parking restrictions

    LONG BRANCH — The Borough Council unanimously passed a measure authorizing the city’s director of public safety to suspend certain parking restrictions when needed. Council voted 5-0 at the Oct. 28 meeting granting Long Branch Director of Public Safety William Richards the authority to temporarily suspend certain parking restriction in the city. Richards will have…

  • Explosion causes house fire

    OCEAN TOWNSHIP — Residents of the Wanamassa section of town said they were jarred from their sleep early last week when a nearby resident accidentally triggered a small explosion while working on his home heating unit. On Oct. 4 at approximately 3:21 a.m. police and firefighters from the Wanamassa and Oakhurst fire departments received a…

  • Local teens to put the brakes on unsafe driving

    WEST LONG BRANCH — The nationwide movement Keep the Drive is coming to New Jersey on Nov. 18 with the goal of getting students involved in “smart” driving activism at the grassroots peer-to-peer level. More than 100 teens representing Shore Regional High School as well as Howell, Freehold, Freehold Township, Manalapan, Marlboro and Colts Neck…