Category: Atlanticville News

  • Summer days

    MATT DENTON Haley Gavin, 7, wears as much ice cream as she is eating at the Blues on the Beach event.

  • Tips to help conserve energy and save money this summer

    PSE&G is encouraging customers to save energy and money by taking steps to help keep electric bills under control as electric bills rise higher this summer due to increases in the cost of energy. The company is offering the following tips to conserve energy and save money: • Turn off everything not being used, including…

  • State funds to support 5th new school in city

    N.J. board approves $3.9 billion for school projects statewide BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer Afifth new public school building will be constructed in the city after state officials approved funding for the $32 million Elberon Elementary School project. The N.J. Schools Development Authority (SDA) Board approved the 2008 New Funding Allocation and Capital Plan for…

  • Plans to develop open space site withdrawn

    Council agrees to preserve Fieldstone Court as open space BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer EATONTOWN – Plans to develop a 2.6-acre site of open space have been dropped after borough residents presented the Borough Council with a petition of more than 150 signatures in support of preserving the land. Council came to a unanimous decision…

  • Love by the sea

    FRANK GALIPO Rebecca Cashton sings “The Look of Love” during a performance on July 10 at the Long Branch Thursdays By the Sea event held every Thursday throughout the summer at Pier Village.

  • City lifts no-parking rules along oceanfront

    LONG BRANCH – The City Council took action last week to lift certain parking restrictions along oceanfront roadways. City ordinances originally called for prohibiting parking on both sides of Park Avenue, between the west side of Ocean Avenue and Eaton Avenue, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The council adopted a measure 4-0 at the…

  • City man attacked in his Sixth Avenue home

    LONG BRANCH – Three men are facing kidnapping, burglary and assault charges after a man was attacked in his Sixth Avenue home last week, police said. On July 7 at approximately 9:37 p.m., police received a report that a fight, which possibly involved a knife, had broken out at a Sixth Avenue apartment, according to…

  • Resident claims twp. overpaid law firm

    Prosecutor’s Office asked to conduct investigation into municipal spending BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer OCEAN TOWNSHIP – A resident, who says that township officials “knowingly” mismanaged taxpayer money, is calling on the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office to investigate his claim. Larry S. Loigman sent a letter to the Prosecutor’s Office last month claiming that in…

  • Surf competition put on hold until next summer

    BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer LONG BRANCH – A city business owner is planning to sponsor a surf contest next summer to raise money to clean up West End. Barry M. Schwartz appeared before the City Council last week during the July 8 workshop meeting, seeking support and permission to host a surf contest next…