Category: Atlanticville News

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    CHRIS KELLY staff Volunteers take part in the Monmouth University’s chapter of NJ Community Water Watch cleanup of Lake Takanassee in Long Branch on March 1.

  • MTOTSA set to appear in appeals court in April

    IJ: New Jersey court rulings over past year support property owners BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer Agroup of Long Branch homeowners have been given their day in court to continue a legal battle to save their oceanfront neighborhood from condemnation. Members of Marine and Ocean terraces and Seaview Avenue, known as the MTOTSA alliance, are…

  • Mixed-use project slated for Broadway and Third

    Proposed redevelopment project calls for creating 50 to 100 new jobs BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer Above and below: Renderings of the mixed-use redevelopment project on Broadway, between Belmont and Third avenues, in Long Branch. LONG BRANCH – After unveiling plans last week for a mixed-use project on lower Broadway, Pax Construction Corp. received the…

  • Volunteers clean debris at Lake Takanassee

    PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Brookdale Community College student Mike McIntyre tries to get a piece of garbage out of the lake during a cleanup of Lake Takanassee in Long Branch by the Monmouth University chapter of New Jersey Community Water Watch on March 1. At Right: Monmouth University student Candice Jahn of Toms River…

  • New Ocean Township clerk to start Monday

    Deborah Smith steps down as clerk after 26 years of service BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer OCEANTOWNSHIP- Anewclerkwill begin serving the township on Monday, filling the position vacated last week by Deborah Smith. The TownshipCouncil appointedVincent G. Buttiglieri, a former South Plainfield councilman, borough clerk and business administrator, to replace Smith. Buttiglieri officially assumes the…

  • Residents of mobile home park have 18 mos. to move

    Rt. 35 and Wyckoff Rd. site to be developed into commercial lot BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer EATONTOWN – Residents of the Circle Trailer Sales and Court Mobile Home Park are seeking additional time to remain at the Route 35 and Wyckoff Road site of their homes. The residents were told that they have until…

  • Public hearing on school budget set for March 19

    BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer LONG BRANCH – The city Board of Education is scheduled to host a public hearing March 19 on the proposed school district budget for the 2008-2009 school year. The hearing is set to be held in the auditorium of the Long Branch Middle School on IndianaAvenue at 7:30 p.m. and…

  • Oceanfront ramp to be built at Matilda Terrace

    BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer LONG BRANCH – Plans for a ramp to be constructed on the beach at Matilda Terrace are in the works, according to a Long Branch senior citizen who has been fighting for better access to public places in the city for over a year. Ocean Boulevard resident Austin Gelzer, 81,…

  • Lost 84-year-old found in woods

    OCEAN TOWNSHIP – Police last week found an 84-year-old West Park Manor resident lost in the woods after he had been reported missing by his wife. Ocean Township police received a report at 3:20 p.m. Feb. 24 from a woman who said that her husband had gone for a walk to the Rite-Aid pharmacy on…