Category: Atlanticville News
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Borough OKs $780K for garage, downtown properties
Mayor: Acquisitions will not involve use of eminent domain BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer EATONTOWN – With about $500,000 in bonds to spend, Mayor Gerald Tarantolo says that the borough will only deal with property owners in the town’s Main Street redevelopment zone who actually want to sell their real estate.…
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Fort Monmouth will host an Organization Day and Independence Day Fireworks on Friday, June 30 beginning at 3 p.m. at the football field near the Nicodemus Avenue Gate, located off Broad Street in Eatontown. A fireworks display, co-sponsored by the borough of Eatontown and Fort Monmouth, will be set off at 9:15 p.m. to top…
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Council backs mobile home park purchase
Council passes resolution endorsing alliance’s plan to buy park with 133 units BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer EATONTOWN – None of the residents now living at a local mobile home park will be uprooted if an area nonprofit organization buys the land it occupies. In asking for the borough government to…
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Lifesaving station on endangered sites list
Preservation group wants Takanassee Beach Club saved BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer U.S. Lifesaving Station No. 5 is threatened by development and is on the state’s list of endangered historic structures. LONG BRANCH – Three historic buildings on the Long Branch shore have survived more than a century’s worth of hurricane…
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JEFF GRANIT staff Ariana Galicia-Hernandez stands out among a crowd of classmates at graduation ceremonies for the Long Branch High School class of 2006 on June 16.
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Jury to set value of condemned property
Appellate panel grants request for trial to set just compensation BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer A panel of judges for the state Superior Court Appellate Division ruled against the city last week, granting a former Long Branch property owner a trial by jury to establish the value of land condemned for redevelopment. According to the…
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Redevelopment puts life, business on hold
Resident becomes activist as eminent domain looms BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Long Branch resident James Keelen’s home and bus company business on Belmont Avenue are in the city’s Broadway redevelopment zone. Long Branch resident James Keelen thought he was living the American dream. Keelen, 49, began operating…
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City refunds $100K to condo owners
BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer LONG BRANCH — The City Council has authorized reimbursement of more than $100,000 to condominium owners in the city for snow removal and street lighting services. At the June 13 meeting, the council unanimously adopted resolution 175-06 to refund a total of $105,414.11 to condominium owners…
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Boro will seek funds for upgrades
BY LIZ SHEEHAN Correspondent BY LIZ SHEEHANCorrespondent MONMOUTH BEACH – After a lengthy and sometimes contentious public meeting June 6, the Board of Commissioners decided to move ahead with plans to apply for a Community Block Grant for improvements at the town’s beach pavilion that would be funded by the federal Americans with Disabilities Act.…
