Category: Atlanticville News

  • Pallone will make health care reform bipartisan

    House subcommittee chair cites uninsured, Medicare as priorities BY LORI ANNE OLIWA Correspondent BY LORI ANNE OLIWACorrespondent Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-6) As the new chairman of the House committee that funds Medicare, Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-6) sees the problem of uninsured individuals, particularly children, as his biggest challenge. Pallone said last week he…

  • Long Branch parcels to be sold to redeveloper

    BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer LONG BRANCH – The City Council was expected to take action Tuesday on the sale of city-owned properties to the developers of the Oceanfront-Broadway Redevelopment zone. At the Jan. 23 municipal meeting, the council was expected to vote on resolution 10-07, to authorize the conveyance of…

  • New roof a symbol of faith in future of church

    Reformed Church members hope for new congregation BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer LONG BRANCH – – Restoration of the roof at a 158-year-old Long Branch church is a symbol of the congregation’s faith that the church will remain a house of worship in the future, according to its pastor. The roof…

  • First Reformed Church

    CHRIS KELLY staff First Reformed Church A roof restoration project at First Reformed Church in Long Branch is a symbol of the congregation’s faith that a new community will be found to worship at the 158-year-old edifice. Story, page 10.

  • Eatontown voters may have new polling places

    Citing security concerns, Board of Ed tells boro schools can’t be used BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer Mayor Gerald Tarantolo was expected to meet with interim Schools Superintendent Barbara Strubble yesterday to discuss Eatontown Board of Education’s request that the borough schools no longer be used as election polling places. Tarantolo said at the Jan.…

  • Kean will seek $14M for Takanassee Beach Club

    Assemblyman drafting legislation aimed at preserving historic site BY LIZ SHEEHAN Correspondent BY LIZ SHEEHANCorrespondent Life Saving Station No. 5, now the Takanassee Beach Club. Assemblyman Sean Kean (R-11) announced this week that he would introduce legislation to allocate funds for the purchase of Takanassee Beach Club, Long Branch, to save the property from being…

  • Project calls for 22 homes on Liberty St.

    Planning Board will hear application at Feb. 20 meeting BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer LONG BRANCH – The Planning Board is expected to hear an application this week for the construction of 22 single-family homes on Liberty Street. The applicant, Troutman Port and Liberty Circle, Long Branch, is seeking approval for…

  • Notes

    Lance Cpl. Christopher Cosgrove III Monmouth University’s radio station WMCX will host “Rock Out,” a fundraising concert in honor of Christopher Cosgrove ’05, a Marine killed in Iraq in October. The money raised will be donated to Marines Helping Marines and Soldiers’ Angels. The concert, for ages 16 and older, will be held Feb. 3…

  • Sea Bright Bridge may get reprieve

    Advocates say DEP decision will be put off; agency mum BY LIZ SHEEHAN Correspondent BY LIZ SHEEHANCorrespondent The Sea Bright-Highlands Bridge A Sea Bright borough councilwoman said Tuesday that the N.J. Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) would postpone making a decision on whether to approve the application from the N.J. Department of Transportation (DOT) to…