Category: Atlanticville News

  • In the Service

    Navy Lieutenant Joseph J. Casale has departed on a scheduled deployment in support of the Global War on Terrorism while assigned to the guided-missile frigate USS Reuben James, homeported in San Diego. A 1992 graduate of Toms River High School, Casale received a bachelor of science degree at Villanova (Pa.) University, and joined the Navy…

  • Cops, condo owners line up behind political rivals

    BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer Long Branch LONG BRANCH — Local municipal and community groups have announced their support for rival candidates in the upcoming municipal election. The Long Branch Superior Officers Association (SOA) Local No. 10 and the Long Branch Policemen’s Benevolent Association (PBA) Local No. 10 have endorsed Mayor…

  • Council to vote on park funds, food licenses

    BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer LONG BRANCH — The city council approved a bond ordinance at last week’s council meeting for improvements to property acquired for the creation of a municipal park in the city. At the April 11 municipal meeting, council members unanimously adopted ordinance 7-06, authorizing the city to…

  • Photo

    MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Leah Ledwitz, 4, leads the pack to win her age group during the Jersey Shore 17th annual Spring Run held April 15.

  • Smoking ban outside county buildings takes effect May 1

    BY FRAIDY REISS Correspondent BY FRAIDY REISSCorrespondent Armed with a tape measure, four library employees hovered last month outside the Monmouth County Library Headquarters in Manalapan. They were not planning for a library expansion or security enhancements; they simply were trying to figure out where they will be allowed to stand during their cigarette breaks…

  • Corzine will sign fort reuse bill in area

    Location of visit to be disclosed later, gov’s spokesman says BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer Protests went unheeded by the Pentagon, which decided to close Fort Monmouth by 2011. Gov. Jon S. Corzine is scheduled to come to the area Wednesday to sign the bill creating a state-sanctioned authority to direct…

  • Saving the planet begins close to home

    Fewer than 50,000 acres remain undeveloped BY KATHY HALL Correspondent BY KATHY HALLCorrespondent CHRIS KELLY staff Judith Stanley Coleman, president of the Monmouth Conservation Foundation, warns that overdevelopment harms not only the environment, but also is detrimental to the quality of life in Monmouth County. Most people think about the environment on Earth Day, but…

  • DeLisa indicted on new charges of taking cash

    Ex-official accused of conspiring to take $15K from builder BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer Former Councilman Joseph DeLisa has been indicted on charges that he conspired with another local elected official to accept $15,500 from a developer seeking to construct a drug store in West Long Branch. U.S. Attorney Christopher J.…

  • In The Arts

    Mad Agnes The Black Box of Asbury Park’s Music of Invention series presents composer and series producer Carlton Wilkinson in an evening of original solo piano music today at 8 p.m. Wilkinson has been a producer of new music events and is a member of the music faculty at The College of New Jersey and…