Category: Atlanticville News

  • Foundation honoring Gurbisz raises $4K

    Proceeds from Aug. 19 event to fund youth programs BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer Capt. James M. Gurbisz EATONTOWN – Ken Gurbisz still remembers the day that his teenage son told him he had been accepted to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Given that his son Jim had always…

  • Mayor: Revaluation to be reviewed

    Tax assessment appeals prompts call for analysis EATONTOWN – It seems that a lot of property owners in town believe that the borough’s most recent revaluation of their homes or businesses came in a bit too high. In light of the comments received at borough hall from those property owners, and with this year’s legal…

  • Virginia man charged in fatal shooting

    Prosecutor: Murder suspect in Aug. 19 slaying is former N.J. resident BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer LONG BRANCH – A Virginia man remains incarcerated as he faces multiple charges related to the Aug. 19 murder of a Neptune City man in Long Branch. Rashaan Lewis, 26, a former Monmouth County resident,…

  • Final buzzer on arena could sound tonight

    Monmouth U. engineer: Boro police would help direct traffic at 3 exits BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH – Tune in tonight for the conclusion of testimony on Monmouth University’s visions of an on-campus indoor sports arena. If time permits, the borough Zoning Board of Adjustment just might decide…

  • Battle over boarded-up building rages on

    Borough seeks state approval to remove asbestos before razing BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer Eatontown Borough wants to raze this Broad Street building. EATONTOWN – The borough is giving the owner of a shuttered Main Street grocery one final chance to save her dilapidated building from the wrecking ball. The attorney,…

  • Vegetable patch brings neighbors together

    Cooper Village residents mix organic gardening with neighborliness BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer CHRIS KELLY, staff Tomato plants ripen on a sunny day in the garden at Peter Cooper Village, a senior community in West Long Branch. WEST LONG BRANCH – Global warming might not ever be a problem for tomatoes…

  • Ferraina: Long Branch schools nearing the mark

    Middle school improves, but makes state NCLB list for sixth year BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer Long Branch Middle School Long Branch schools are getting closer to meeting the requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), and the middle school will meet those benchmarks by next year, the city’s…

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    JEFF GRANIT staff Monmouth Regional’s Kyle Fagan sprints down the sideline after catching a pass during a scrimmage with Freehold Borough on Tuesday.

  • Suspect kept low profile in former neighborhood

    Elberon shocked to learn of allegations against Bilski BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer MIGUEL JUAREZ staff This is the former Long Branch residence of Clement Bilski Jr. It was a carriage house set back from the main house on Lincoln Avenue in the upscale Elberon section. LONG BRANCH – The upscale…