Category: Atlanticville News

  • Planning Bd. revises preservation ordinance

    Council to discuss measure to save historic structures and sites BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer LONG BRANCH – The City Planning Board has made changes to a proposed measure aimed to preserve historic structures and sites in the town. The revised historic preservation ordinance is expected to appear before the City Council next month for…

  • Program for at-risk new moms comes to city

    VNACJ opens Healthy Families program at Broadway location BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer LONG BRANCH – The Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey (VNACJ) has begun operating one of its programs out of a Long Branch building in order to cater to atrisk first-time moms in the area. Healthy Families was started by the VNACJ…

  • Council members say farewell to borough

    Three GOP members to be sworn in to office at Jan. 1 meeting BY DANIEL HOWLEY Staff Writer EATONTOWN – Mayor Gerald Tarantolo and the council honored borough officials and police officers at the Dec. 19 council meeting. Last week marked the last council meeting for council President Theodore F. Lewis and Councilwoman Joyce Englehart…

  • City man suspected of selling imitation clothes

    A 66-year-old Long Branch resident faces up to 10 years in jail LONG BRANCH – A Long Branch man is being charged with selling counterfeit clothing out of a Fourth Avenue business. On Dec. 13, members of the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office, the New Jersey State Police and the Long Branch Police Department arrested Melvin…

  • Three men suspected of drug crimes

    LONG BRANCH – Two Long Branch men and a Neptune man are facing several drug charges after an investigation by the Long Branch Police Department’s Street Crimes Unit. Police arrested and charged Paterson Lavarin, 23, of Franklin Avenue, with possession of a controlled dangerous substance (CDS), possession with intent to distribute, possession with intent within…

  • Long Branch groups bring food to needy

    The Long Branch Public Schools and the Long Branch Rotary Club partnered during the holiday season to help the less fortunate in the community. Over the Thanksgiving holiday, the group distributed 328 baskets to families in need, and on Dec. 21 they were expected to distribute another 375 baskets to local families in need. Robert…

  • Exxon Mobil to seek LNG facility off Jersey coast

    COA opposes offshore gas terminal BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer SEA BRIGHT – After Exxon Mobil Corp. announced plans to seek regulatory approval for a floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal off the coast of New Jersey Dec. 11, state officials and local activists are speaking out against the plan. In a Dec. 12…

  • Photo

    First-graders at Yeshiva at the Jersey Shore in Deal Park receive their first siddurs, or Hebrew prayer books, at a special ceremony at the Axelrod Performing Arts Center.

  • SICA calls for photos for book, exhibit

    The Shore Institute of the Contemporary Arts in Long Branch is announcing a two-part call to artists for photographic submissions for two projects. “Jurassic Bark” by Nathan Smith The first is a planned publication titled “Roadside Sculptures and Topiary Delights [as created by the Utility Companies].” Photographs are also being accepted for inclusion in the…