Category: Atlanticville News
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Timetable for FMERPA reuse plan abbreviated
Consultants have seven months to draft master plan BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer The reuse plan for Fort Monmouth will be completed in a condensed period of time, according to master plan consultants hired by the fort reuse authority. Timothy N. Delorm, vice president, and Todd Poole, director of economic planning,…
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Residents: Blocked beach is for the birds
BY LIZ SHEEHAN Correspondent BY LIZ SHEEHANCorrespondent SEA BRIGHT – – Residents of the Island View townhouse complex on Ocean Avenue are asking the borough to help them gain access to their beach which is being blocked to protect piping plovers that are nesting there. “Now the birds are taking over the beach,” Peter Lederman,…
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Boro honors heroism in fighting Fountains blaze
Mayor lauds bravery of volunteers SEA BRIGHT – – “I feel we had one big department to put that fire out,” borough Fire Chief Patrick Mason Jr. said last Thursday at a recognition ceremony held in honor of those who took part in fighting the fire at the Fountains condominium complex in February. The “company”…
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Fire Chief Patrick Mason Jr. is congratulated by Mayor Jo-Ann Kalaka-Adams.
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Democratic candidates knock GOP rule
Ethics cited as key issue at forum at Ocean Twp. Democratic Club BY LORI ANNE OLIWA Correspondent BY LORI ANNE OLIWACorrespondent OCEAN TOWNSHIP – – Democratic candidates running for office at the county and state levels denounced Republican dominance in local government as marked by ineptness and incompetence at a candidates forum hosted by the…
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Boro mulls smoking ban in cars with kids
Ordinance would make smoking a secondary violation if enacted BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer BY JANE MEGGITTStaff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH – – The Borough Council is expected to vote at its next municipal meeting on a measure to prohibit smoking in cars when minors are present. The council unanimously introduced ordinance 0-07-10 at the…
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Notes
CHRIS KELLY staff Tom Minton, West Long Branch, discusses the historical role of Battery Gunnison during Coastal Defense Day at Fort Hancock on Sandy Hook, May 20. The Junior Auxiliary for Women’s Service (Jaws) Circle of St. Luke’s United Methodist Church in Long Branch is scheduled to hold a multifamily yard sale on Friday and…
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DEP probes: Are dunes legal?
Resident: Sand taken from public beach BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff A bulldozer works on the beach in front of an oceanfront restaurant in Long Branch where some city residents claim sand was taken illegally from the public beach to create dunes that define the private beach. An…
