Category: Atlanticville News

  • SPCA must expand to meet growing need

    Shelter seeks zone change to allow for addition BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer Dog gazebo EATONTOWN — The Monmouth County SPCA is seeking a zoning change that would allow the shelter to undertake a major expansion. The MCSPCA animal shelter has been located on 3.5 acres on Wall Street for more…

  • Former city resident enters guilty plea

    BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer A former Long Branch resident has pleaded guilty to a shooting that occurred almost two years ago in Asbury Park. Antonio Williams, 30, pleaded guilty Dec. 5 to aggravated assault by pointing a firearm and resisting arrest for the February 2005 shooting into a group of…

  • MIGUEL JUAREZ staff

    Sean Sanderson, 11, Eatontown, pays a visit to Santa at the Oceanport post office Saturday. Carrier Roy Townsend fills in for Santa.

  • Tarantolo: Future of downtown hinges on fort

    Boro accepts two options for future development BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer EATONTOWN — The Borough Council went through the motions of accepting a vision plan for the downtown last week while acknowledging the future is clouded by uncertainty over the future of the real estate Fort Monmouth sits on. Mayor…

  • Operation Sleighbells needs gifts, donors

    BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer LONG BRANCH –– As it has for almost a century, Family & Children’s Service (FCS) on Bath Avenue is again making the holiday brighter for disadvantaged children and their families through its Operation Sleighbells program. The annual holiday gift program began back in 1909 as a…

  • Sea Bright, Highlands at odds with DOT on bridge

    Resolutions oppose demolition of span, fixed replacement BY LIZ SHEEHAN Correspondent BY LIZ SHEEHANCorrespondent Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge Sea Bright and Highlands, the two towns that are connected by the 74-year-old drawbridge that spans the Shrewsbury River, have sent a clear message to the state that they do not want the bridge replaced. The Borough councils…

  • Questions unanswered about Blair’s removal

    Concordance mum on reasons for ending tenure of exec. director BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer FILE PHOTO Terri Blair (center) speaks to Monmouth County Prosecutor Luis Valentin at a recent conference sponsored by the Long Branch Concordance. As the Long Branch Concordance (LBC) plans for an infusion of state grant funds,…

  • IJ gets OK to join MTOTSA appeal

    City asked court to deny law firm co-counsel status BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer Scott Bullock The Institute for Justice (IJ) has won the right to be a part of the legal team representing a group of Long Branch residents in an ongoing legal battle to save their homes from condemnation…

  • Kiely gets biz award

    LONG BRANCH – Planning Board member and city resident John M. Kiely, 38, has been recognized with a “Forty Under 40” award by NJ BIZ magazine. Kiely joined his family’s Long Branch-based J.F. Kiely Construction Co. in 1990 and in 2001 upgraded the company by starting Kiely Equipment Co. The award identifies young and successful…