Category: Atlanticville News

  • Fort Authority will seek master plan for fort

    FMERPA director says search will be made nationwide BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer The Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Planning Authority (FMERPA) announced last week it is preparing a draft. Request for Proposal (RFP) for the hiring of a master planner. In addition, at the Jan. 17 meeting, the authority announced the…

  • Medical center to host ‘Give Kids a Smile Day’

    Program designed to provide free dental care to children LONG BRANCH – Monmouth Medical Center’s Dental Residency Program will host its third annual “Give Kids a Smile Day” in the Monmouth Family Health Center Dental Center on Friday, Feb. 2, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The program is sponsored by the American Dental Association…

  • DEP hears opposing views on beach club proposal

    Family member pleads for sale, but opponents want site preserved BY LIZ SHEEHAN Correspondent BY LIZ SHEEHANCorrespondent Life Saving Station No. 5, now the Takanassee Beach Club. LONG BRANCH – In front of a room packed with opponents of the proposed development of the Lake Takanassee Beach Club, Ginger Peters, one of the owners of…

  • Notes

    The 11th annual Long Branch/Florida reunion is scheduled to held on March 3 at John Prince Park in Lake Worth, Fla. For more information, call Dick Gallo at (571) 733-0009 or Tony DeSantis at (561) 738-4859. ***** Holy Trinity Church in Long Branch will host social/ballroom dances on the third Saturday of each month in…

  • Resident: Boarded-up bldgs. make city unsafe

    Owner asks city to keep properties in good condition BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer CHRISTINE VARNO A boarded-up building on Broadway in Long Branch. LONG BRANCH – – Properties slated for redevelopment should be maintained in good condition to make the city safer, a resident of lower Broadway said last week.…

  • Boro Council to amend rent control ordinance

    Anthony: Ordinance should satisfy both tenants and landlords BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer EATONTOWN – An amended rent control ordinance expected to be introduced at the Jan. 24 Borough Council meeting would include changes in what costs a landlord may “pass through” to tenants. At last week’s meeting, the council discussed…

  • Unger wants council meetings televised

    BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer LONG BRANCH – – Keeping a campaign promise to Long Branch voters for a more transparent government, Councilman Brian Unger is proposing that City Council meetings be televised. At the Jan. 9 Council workshop meeting, held prior to the regular meeting, Unger put televising municipal meetings…

  • The Rev. DeForest Blake Soaries Jr.

    CHRIS KELLY staff The Rev. DeForest Blake Soaries Jr. The Rev. DeForest Blake Soaries Jr., former N.J. secretary of state, delivers an impassioned sermon at the Second Baptist Church in Long Branch Jan. 14 during a commemorative program that was part of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Week.

  • Public advocate weighs in on side of MTOTSA

    FILE PHOTO Opponents to the taking of Long Branch homes through eminent domain protest outside Judge Lawrence Lawson’s courtroom in Freehold in March. Chen asks Appellate Court to overturn lower court ruling, allow discovery and hearing BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer The state public advocate has asked the Appellate Court to allow a group of…