Category: Atlanticville News
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CHRISKELLYstaff Classic cars are lined up along the Long Branch Promenade during the Jersey Shore Car Show and Concert June 18.
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Notes Around Town
The First United Methodist Church, 103 Monmouth Road, Oakhurst, will hold its Vacation Bible School 2006. The free program will run Monday through Friday, 5:30-8:30 p.m. For information, call Tiffany Letts, director of Christian education, at (732) 531-1150. ***** On Saturday, July 1, the township of Ocean will hold its 14th annual July Fourth Celebration…
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Traffic expert: Arena won’t cause gridlock
Hearing on proposed multipurpose activity center continues tonight BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer MAP COURTESY OF MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY Three separate exit routes, one going west to Larchwood Avenue, one heading north to Cedar Avenue, and a third going east to Norwood Avenue are proposed as part of Monmouth University’s pending zoning…
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City seeks state OK of UEZ funds
BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer LONG BRANCH – The city has secured funding for its Urban Enterprise Zone (UEZ) budget and now is seeking approval from the Division of Local Government Services to include the revenue in the city’s municipal budget. At the June 13 municipal meeting, the City Council unanimously…
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Carla Gizzi’s Jewelry & Home Studio – Red Bank’s ‘girlie shop’
BY TONY SENK Correspondent BY TONY SENKCorrespondent Carla Gizzi A vintage chest from the 1920s, enhanced with Carla Gizzi’s original mosaics, provides a convenient stand for jewelry. Atop chest are a picture frame featuring mosaics, a creamware bowl and other vintage-inspired items with an antique flair. In this day and age, when so many businesses…
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Rally marks anniversary of high court decision
Event calls attention to ongoing fight against eminent domain BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer Residents in Long Branch redevelopment zones and their supporters marched last year to call attention to their plight. One year after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that eminent domain could be used to take homeowners’ property for…
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Housing Alliance mulls buying mobile home park
Mayor: Borough would get COAH credit for 133 units BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer Residents of a mobile home park in Eatontown would be able stay put indefinitely if a local affordable housing advocacy agency purchases the land its 133 units occupy. As a precautionary measure and to prevent residents of…
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Judge OKs selling Dwek properties online
Lehrer says holdings must be sold at or above market value BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer FREEHOLD – Though it won’t be eBay, something akin to an online auction to sell off properties owned solely or partially by troubled real estate investor Solomon Dwek is in the works. To recoup money…
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Lessons from life are basis for school project
Daisy Hoagland selected to attend leadership conference in D.C. BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer Daisy Hoagland LONG BRANCH – When a fifth-grade class was assigned to do an independent study on a subject of their choice, one student picked a topic that was close to her heart, and even closer to…
