Category: Atlanticville News

  • 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…

  • MTOTSA brief: City gave control to developers

    City’s brief says eminent domain use is ‘proper’ BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer Peter Wegner (l) and Scott Bullock, co-counsels in the MTOTSA appeal. The city of Long Branch unlawfully ceded its power of eminent domain to a private developer, according to a brief filed by attorneys representing a group of…

  • Running to celebrate life

    Marathoner battles brain tumor by building stamina BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer Tim Ragan running in the Sgt. Pat 5K in Long Branch earlier this month. LONG BRANCH – – As runners gather at the Long Branch shore Sunday to take on the challenge of the Long Branch Marathon, one man…

  • Cooking for a cause

    Local mayors helped prepare a meal for mothers and children living at Spring House, a transitional home in Eatontown, April 19. Top to bottom: April Ellis, (l-r) Nekida Duncan and Eatontown Mayor Gerald Tarantolo follow a recipe for an entree they are preparing at Suzanne’s Kitchen in Eatontown, a make-and-take culinary kitchen that has formed…

  • May 8 Ocean Township election uncontested

    Candidates cite financial stability, quality of services BY LORI ANNE OLIWA Correspondent BY LORI ANNE OLIWACorrespondent OCEAN TOWNSHIP – – For the first time, there are no challengers for mayor or for council seats in the upcoming municipal election and Mayor William F. Larkin thinks that indicates residents are happy with the current administration. “I…

  • Boro seeks state funding for repair of eroded seawall

    DEP awaiting estimate; state to pay 75% of cost BY LIZ SHEEHAN Correspondent BY LIZ SHEEHANCorrespondent LIZ SHEEHAN Commissioner Kim Guadagno and Assemblyman Sean Kean at the sea wall. MONMOUTH BEACH – Mayor Susan Howard and Commissioner Kim Guadagno were joined by Assemblyman Sean Kean (R-Monmouth) last Thursday at a press conference at the Shores…

  • Photo

    CHRIS KELLY staff Oakhurst’s Christopher Lauria, 8, a member of Cub Scout Pack 70, helps clean up around Deal Lake April 22 during the Ocean Township Clean Sweep.

  • On Campus

    Katelyn Laufenberg, Long Branch, was inducted into Sigma Tau Delta International English Honor society at a ceremony in mid April at Fairleigh Dickinson University, Madison. The society recognizes outstanding achievements of students of English language and literature.