Category: Atlanticville News

  • Zoners vote down variance for high-rise

    Board splits; rejects seven-story, West End complex BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer A luxury high-rise complex proposed for West End failed to gain the approval of the Long Branch Zoning Board at a special meeting on Monday night. Applicant Wharton Acquisition LLC, Eatontown, was seeking a height variance from the board…

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    Monmouth University volunteers at “Coast the Coast” MS Bike Tour On May 20 and 21, the Mid-Jersey Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society held its 15th annual “Coast the Coast” MS Bike Tour. More than 1,500 cyclists from the tristate area and around the world participated in this year’s tour. The “Coast the…

  • Area churches still helping hurricane victims

    BY CHRISTINE VARNO and LAYLI WHYTE Staff Writers BY CHRISTINE VARNO and LAYLI WHYTEStaff Writers District 9 in New Orleans, one of the poorest areas and hardest hit by the floods brought by Hurricane Katrina. Local churches continue to be a part of the recovery effort under way in the Gulf Coast areas devastated by…

  • Ex-Shore Regional HS teacher will go to trial

    Judge rejects plea deal; trial on sex-abuse charges to begin Sept. 25 BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH – Now that his attempted plea bargain has failed, a former Shore Regional High School teacher and coach will face a jury this fall on charges that he sexually assaulted a…

  • Shore Regional board cuts $100K from failed budget

    Cuts to be made to administration, special ed, supplies, basic skills BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH – In keeping with the wishes of four different municipal governments, the Shore Regional High School Board of Education has agreed to shave $100,000 from its failed $13.2 million budget for academic…

  • City to gov: Don’t cut UEZ program

    Jones says changes could affect surplus, 3 percent sales tax BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer LONG BRANCH – City officials are asking the governor not to cut back on the Urban Enterprise Zone program as a budget-balancing measure. Jacob L. Jones, director of Community and Economic Development for the city, said…

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    A section of a vintage truck is part of a mural decorating the future location of Siperstein’s in Long Branch.

  • Siperstein’s renovation under way

    Home decor center to open in former bowling alley building in Aug. BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer LONG BRANCH – Siperstein’s Home Decor Center on Broadway will open its doors this summer at a new location on the corner of Joline and Myrtle avenues. The paint and home decor store will…

  • Boro mulls options for expanded beach pavilion

    BY LIZ SHEEHAN Correspondent BY LIZ SHEEHANCorrespondent MONMOUTH BEACH – Borough residents will get a chance at the Board of Commissioners meeting on Tuesday night to review and comment on two proposals for the renovation and possible expansion of the town’s beach pavilion. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. At a meeting last Monday…