Category: Atlanticville News
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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…
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King’s words applied to today’s issues
Holt cites Vietnam; Valentin, gang violence, at memorial breakfast BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH – The 18th annual Memorial Breakfast Celebrating the life of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his legacy served as a platform for some local officials and representatives to draw similarities between the…
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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…
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Coast Guard auxiliary seeks volunteers
The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary is the uniformed civilian volunteer component of the United States Coast Guard, and is actively seeking more volunteers interested in serving their country and their community. The auxiliary participates in all Coast Guard missions authorized by Congress, with the exception of direct law enforcement and military action. The auxiliary conducts…
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Concordance names new exec. director
Former BBBS director will replace founder removed by board A new executive director of the Long Branch Concordance (LBC) was appointed last week to fill the position once held by the group’s founder, Terri S. Blair. Debi Heptig was appointed by the LBC board of trustees Monday and will assume her new post Jan. 16,…
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Cooper steps down after six terms on council
BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH – After a 24-year run as a West Long Branch councilman, Richard F. Cooper Jr. has retired from his seat on council but his involvement in local government is far from over. At the Jan. 1 reorganization meeting, no sooner had Cooper, 72,…
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Fate of Sea Bright-Highlands Bridge pending DOT decision
Historic Sites Council: DOT didn’t show rehab was not a viable option BY LIZ SHEEHAN Correspondent BY LIZ SHEEHANCorrespondent Sea Bright-Highlands Bridge A decision on an application by the N.J. Department of Transportation (DOT) to replace the 74-year-old drawbridge that joins the boroughs of Highlands and Sea Bright is expected to be made later this…
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Exhibit delivers faces of famed African Americans
Private collector loans museum stamp collection BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer MIDDLETOWN – From the invention of a shoe-making machine to the first woman to hold an international pilot’s license, the African American Stamp Art exhibit at the Monmouth Museum is a surprising and insightful way to spend an…
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Fort MLK observance Jan. 11
Maj. Gen. (retired) Robert L. Nabors, former commanding general of the U.S. Army Communications Electronics Command and Fort Monmouth from 1998 to 2001, will be the keynote speaker at an observance honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at the Fort Monmouth Post Chapel Jan. 11 from 9:30-11 a.m. Nabors was the first African American to…
