Category: Atlanticville News

  • City proposes $41.8M budget, up by $3.4M

    Taxes on average home would rise $338 per year BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer LONG BRANCH – – The City Council introduced a $41.8 million municipal spending plan last week, which could increase the tax rate by 7 cents if approved. The budget, which represents a $3.4 million increase over last…

  • Three re-elected to Board of Education are sworn in

    Armand R. Zambrano Jr. (l-r), Michele Critelli and Avery W. Grant are sworn in to Long Branch School District Board of Education terms April 24. LONG BRANCH – Three school board members were sworn in at the Long Branch School District Board of Education meeting April 24. All three were incumbents and ran unopposed in…

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    PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff Above, Aidan Mistretta, 7, Monmouth Beach, holds up a piece of refuse he collected during Clean Ocean Action’s 22nd annual Spring Beach Sweeps at the shoreline in Monmouth Beach April 28. Below (l-r), Bonnie and Ken Kausner, of Monmouth Beach, were also volunteers in the cleanup of the borough beach.

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    ERIC SUCAR staff William Henning, 4, and Kay Franzese, 7, search for debris near the shoreline at Monmouth Beach during Clean Ocean Action’s 22nd annual Spring Beach Sweeps April 28.

  • Woolley House 5K set for May 12

    OCEAN TOWNSHIP – – The Ocean Township Historical Museum, in partnership with the Ocean Township PTAs, will sponsor the second annual Woolley House 5K Walk/Run Saturday, May 12. The race will take place at Joe Palaia Park beginning at 9 a.m. The pre-entry fee for the race is $15 and includes a T-shirt if postmarked…

  • Elberon School on state’s to-do list

    Expansion project on hold pending approval of funds BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer A shortage of state funding will delay a $30 million expansion of the Long Branch Elberon School, but the project will go forward when funding is restored, the state announced last week. The New Jersey Schools Construction Corporation…

  • Fort reuse panel hires planning consultant

    $1M contract runs through April 2009 BY LINDA DENICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DENICOLAStaff Writer After sifting through proposals from eight master planning firms, the Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Planning Authority (FMERPA) has chosen one. The vote to engage EDAW Inc., consultants with offices in multiple locations, including New York and Alexandria, Va., as the…

  • Suspects arrested in robbery, shooting

    BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer LONG BRANCH – Two borough men are facing charges after an Eatontown man was grazed in the head with a bullet last week. On April 18, police responded to Joline Avenue, on a report that a male was possibly injured after a shooting had occurred, according…

  • For a city child, first glimpse of the ocean

    Fresh Air Fund family introduces youth to the Shore BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer LONG BRANCH – – What began as an opportunity for an inner-city child to visit the Jersey Shore for the first time, became what a Long Branch couple describe as the most rewarding experience of a lifetime.…