Category: Atlanticville News
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Fort panel debates taping of meetings
Members differ on restrictions on recording meetings BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer OCEANPORT – The Fort Monmouth Economic Redevelopment Planning Authority (FMERPA) failed to take action last week on a resolution seeking to establish regulations for public recording of the panel’s meetings. Eatontown Mayor Gerald Tarantolo said at the Oct. 17 meeting held at the…
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ERIC SUCAR staff As his attorney, John Fahy (l), listens, former West Long Branch Mayor Paul Zambrano talks to reporters outside the Martin Luther King Federal Building and Courthouse in Newark following his sentencing Oct. 23.
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All dressed up
PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Above, Charles Rogers, 10, of Eatontown sits in his “Rubik’s Cube” costume as he participates in the Eatontown Halloween parade Oct. 20. Right, a costumed Connor Kragh, 4, of Eatontown is all smiles at the parade.
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Former mayor gets 366 days behind bars
FBI says Zambrano helped take down former Sen. Lynch, others BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer After apologizing to the residents of West Long Branch for accepting bribes to feed his gambling addiction, former Mayor Paul Zambrano, 51, was sentenced to 12 months and one day in a federal penitentiary Tuesday. ERIC SUCAR staff Paul…
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In the Service
Army Reserve Pfc. Dominique L. Dasher has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. A 2006 graduate of Monmouth Regional High School, Tinton Falls, he is the son of David Dasher of Eatontown.
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ANDREW MILLER staff JoAnne Larzik, of Monmouth Beach, dressed the part as she presided over the borough’s Scarecrow Festival Oct. 13. For more photos, see page 21.
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Pier Village II in line for tax abatement
Taxes will be phased in over five-year period BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer The developer of Pier Village in Long Branch got a tax break from the City Council last week, which introduced a measure to grant a tax abatement for the second phase of the luxury oceanfront redevelopment project. During a presentation at the…
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Boni Bates’ gift came early in life
BY PATRICIA A. MILLER Staff Writer The visions began when Boni Bates turned five. The first grader had gone to get something out of her bedroom closet. When she looked up, she saw the ghostly faces of an elderly man and woman staring down at her. Then she did what most little girls her age…
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A place for all children to play
Alyssa’s Angels raising funds for accessible playground BY AMANDA BELING Staff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH – A playground for children of all abilities is what Casey Cantaffa envisions for the community of West Long Branch. That vision is being carried out by a nonprofit organization, Alyssa’s Angels, which was founded in May 2004 in honor…
