Category: Atlanticville News

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    SCOTT FRIEDMAN Timothy Mikulski, 9, Eatontown, plays with a toy maze in the newly dedicated Michael’s Feat Family Resource Room at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch. See story, page 3.

  • Educating military kids: What’s fair? What’s not?

    Panter bill would address per-student state aid, districting BY LINDA DENICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DENICOLAStaff Writer It would be advantageous if the issue of who is going to educate children living at Earle Naval Weapons Station could be resolved before school starts in September. Nineteen years ago, when Colts Neck Township declined to educate…

  • Court rejects city’s super-size brief

    Rejection is third denial for city in legal action BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer The city of Long Branch will be filing a trimmed-down version of its opening brief in an eminent domain case after the state Appellate Court rejected the “overlength” 120-page document submitted. On May 2, the state Appellate…

  • Ocean Township voters elect unopposed slate

    Incumbents returned to office; newcomer wins voter approval BY LORI ANNE OLIWA Correspondent BY LORI ANNE OLIWACorrespondent MARGO SIMPSON Newly elected Councilman William Garafalo, second from left, and returning council members Christopher Siciliano, Donna Schepiga, Mayor William Larkin, Deputy Mayor J. David Hires. OCEAN TOWNSHIP – Despite low voter turnout for the first unopposed municipal…

  • Attorneys seek state records on bridge project

    Law firm: Four-lane roadway would destroy character of towns BY LIZ SHEEHAN Correspondent BY LIZ SHEEHANCorrespondent An attorney for Citizens for Rational Coastal Development, a local group that opposes the N.J. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) proposal to demolish the existing 75-year-old drawbridge that connects Sea Bright and Highlands and replace it with a fixed bridge,…

  • Notes

    Eden Woolley House Inc. is a new nonprofit that has been organized to raise funds for the repair, renovation and restoration of the Eden Woolley House in Ocean Township. When work has been completed, the 250-year-old house will become the new home of the Ocean Township Historical Museum. The organization will host a benefit fundraiser…

  • Boro seeks residents’ vision for fort property

    Open space, hotel, clinic among preferred uses BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer OCEANPORT – Borough officials could have a plan in place for future development at the Fort Monmouth property that lies within the borough as soon as next month. A second public meeting was held Saturday at Maple Place School…

  • A haven for families with ailing newborns

    Michael’s Feat dedicates family resource center at Monmouth Medical BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN Adam Puharic and Janet Emma admire a mural in the Michael’s Feat Family Resource Room at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch. The room is equipped to…

  • Long Branch seeks Green Acres land swap

    Paved parcel along Ocean Ave. would be reopened to traffic BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer LONG BRANCH – – A petition is being circulated in the city to oppose the re-opening of Ocean Avenue along the city’s oceanfront to vehicular traffic. The City Council unanimously approved resolution 130-07 at the May…