Category: Atlanticville News

  • Fort panel will meet in three host towns

    Chairman accepts offer to set up Web site for free BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer OCEANPORT – The Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Planning Authority is taking its monthly show on the road. The first stop was Oceanport Borough Hall, site of last week’s public-private partnership meeting. The next stop will be…

  • Vets health-care plan at fort clinic to continue

    Military doctors to be added to staff of Patterson clinic BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer OCEANPORT – Military veterans serviced by TRICARE-Plus, a health-care provider, will still be able to see physicians at Fort Monmouth’s Patterson Army Health Clinic, according to a press release issued by the U.S. Army last week.…

  • Hearing on MU arena going into overtime

    Resident disputes estimated capacity and traffic counts BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH – Borough resident John Berrian admits that he is not a traffic engineer or any type of engineer at all. Nonetheless, Berrian, who has publicly objected to Monmouth University’s use variance application for an indoor sports…

  • Homeless providers can apply for fort property

    Fort panel to review proposals, forward to HUD and Army BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer OCEANPORT – Public and private agencies that serve the homeless will have six months to show the Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Planning Authority how they can best use facilities at the closing U.S. Army base to…

  • Ocean Township seeks to purchase golf course

    BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer OCEAN TOWNSHIP – At a special meeting on Aug. 14, the Township Council adopted a resolution authorizing the submittal of a grant application to purchase the Colonial Terrace Golf Course in the Wanamassa section of the township. According to David Kochel, township business administrator, the special…

  • Suspect sought in cell phone theft

    OCEAN TOWNSHIP – Police are investigating a strong-arm robbery that occurred on Monmouth Road in the Oakhurst section of the township. According to the Ocean Township police, on Aug. 5 at about 4 p.m., a 19-year-old female resident of Ocean Township stopped at the 7-Eleven on Monmouth Road in the Oakhurst section of the township.…

  • Suspect charged with theft from business

    LONG BRANCH – A city man was placed under arrest last week for the alleged burglary of a Broadway business. Willie Platts, 53, was arrested Aug. 26 and charged with burglary after police allegedly recovered numerous pieces of jewelry from Big Brazil in his possession, according to police reports. Platts was additionally charged with criminal…

  • Vehicle stop leads to arrest

    OCEAN TOWNSHIP – Township police arrested two people on Aug. 4 for alleged possession of narcotics and a weapon. According to police, the arrests occurred at 9:45 p.m. after a routine motor vehicle stop on Valley Road. Jose Alvarado, 21, of Bradley Beach, and his passenger Melanie Yannuzzi, 23, Ocean, were found to be in…

  • Institute for Justice, N.J. join MTOTSA appeal

    N.J. Public Advocate will file brief on behalf of residents BY LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writer BY LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writer A group of Long Branch homeowners gained powerful allies this week when the Institute for Justice (IJ) and state Public Advocate Ronald K. Chen announced they would officially join the legal battle to save their homes…