Category: Atlanticville News

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    PHOTOSBY JEFF GRANIT staff (Above), Frank Antonides School eighth-graders “Mayor” Matthew Warshauer (l) and “Police Commissioner” Katherine Bazley take the reins of the West Long Branch Borough Council meeting during Youth Government Day on May 17. (Below) (l-r) Chelsea Watts, Allegra Mango and Rachel Halpern present their ideas for a time capsule to be created…

  • Public Advocate: Rein in eminent domain

    Chen seeks strict blight criteria, protections, transparency BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff Unlike their counterparts in most neighborhoods, families in the MTOTSA Alliance, who gathered on the deck of a neighborhood home May 21, face losing their homes to eminent domain. State Public Advocate Ronald K. Chen issued…

  • Gardens and antiques on display for good cause

    BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer RED BANK – Antiques and gardens complement each other like history and youth. One celebrates the artistry and resilience of the past and the other celebrates the beauty and transience of the present. The Two Rivers Antiques Show and Garden Tour, held on June 10-11 at…

  • Buckle up, be safe and avoid a ticket

    The Ocean Township Police Department’s Traffic Safety Bureau wants residents to know that through June 4, law enforcement officers in the township and throughout New Jersey will be stepping up enforcement and education of the state’s Primary Seat Belt Law. According to Sgt. Gerald Spanarkel, the enforcement and education campaign is part of the nationwide…

  • Suspect arrested in drug bust

    OCEAN TOWNSHIP – An Asbury Park man was arrested for possession of drugs last week. According to police on May 11, members of the Ocean Township Police Department Criminal Investigation Bureau, Special Assignment Unit and Patrol Bureau received a tip that illegal drugs were to be delivered to the Jockey Lodge Motel on Route 35…

  • 5 arrested in boro drug raid

    EATONTOWN – Four borough residents and an Asbury Park man face charges related to possessing crack cocaine after local police raided a Lewis Street residence last Thursday to investigate reports of drug dealing there. Led by Detective Daniel Guthrie of the Eatontown Police Department, borough officers executed a search warrant at the rear apartment of…

  • Pallone, Holt to feds: Focus on jobs, not land

    Two legislators ask feds to help create jobs, not more homes BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer Congressmen Frank Pallone and Rush Holt advocate for keeping Fort Monmouth open at meetings held last year. EATONTOWN – The Pentagon might be seeing dollar signs when it considers selling off Fort Monmouth’s land, but…

  • Arts Education Awards winners named for 2006

    (left to right) Lynn Reich, MCAC board member; Peter Lyden, MCAC board president; Luba Corichi, teacher of the year; Paul Hart, emcee;; Joseph Pacelli, administrator of the year; Robyn Ellenbogen, MCAC arts education director. RED BANK – The Monmouth County Arts Council announced the winners of the 2006 Arts Education Awards, which were held at…

  • WLB honors former Planning Board chair

    Henry served on board for 36 years, 27 as chairman BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH – If awards were given out for perfect attendance at Planning Board meetings, former board Chairman Joseph P. Henry would get one. It was not a perfect attendance award that Henry received at…