Category: Atlanticville News

  • Schools lose $2.2M in Abbott funding

    Will voters reject $83.7M budget for 2nd year? BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer Cuts in Abbott district funding by the state mean the Long Branch school district will lose $2.2 million in Abbott funds for the 2006-2007 school year, according to the district superintendent. Schools Superintendent Joseph M. Ferraina said that…

  • Monmouth U students ‘Take Back the Night’

    Students advised to support, protect, confide in each other BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer Photos by MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Plastic candles in hand, Monmouth University students walk through the tunnel under Cedar Avenue in West Long Branch during last Thursday’s “Take Back the Night” march at the university. WEST LONG BRANCH…

  • UEZ reform may have effect on Long Branch

    Corzine budget aims to maintain funding, curb fraud and abuse BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer LONG BRANCH — Reform of the state’s Urban Enterprise Zone Program is on the agenda of Gov. John S. Corzine and could affect more than three dozen municipalities across the state, including Long Branch. In his…

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    CHRIS KELLY staff Kindergartner Tanayshia Chatmon crawls through a tunnel during an assembly held by Liberty Science Center at the Amerigo A. Anastasia School, Long Branch, on March 31.

  • Public advocate will study eminent domain

    Chen says exam may include site visits, community outreach BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer LONG BRANCH — New Jersey Public Advocate Ronald Chen will examine the use of eminent domain for private development in municipalities throughout the state, including in Long Branch. “We will be looking at all aspects of eminent…

  • Court will decide MTOTSA’s fate

    Judge: ‘Someone is going to win, someone is going to lose’ BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer Above, Albert Viviano, 93, of Long Branch is interviewed outside the county courthouse March 24 before a hearing where attorneys sought dismissal of the city’s condemnation proceedings on his beachfront home and 19 others. At…

  • ‘End of an era’ in Holmdel

    Lucent to sell Bell Labs property, clear out next fall BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer BY TOM CAIAZZAStaff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff Lucent Technologies is in the process of selling its 472-acre Bell Labs property to Preferred Real Estate Investments Inc., a Pennsylvania redevelopment company. Lucent will move the 1,000 employees working at the 44-year-old…

  • Eatontown introduces $19.8M budget for 2006

    Based on revaluation, average property tax hike could be $444 yearly BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer EATONTOWN – Reflecting updated property revaluation figures, the 2006 municipal budget now awaits the review of the Borough Council. The total $19.8 million budget, amounting to $612,295 more than 2005’s approved budget of $18.2 million,…

  • Routine stop leads to drug arrest

    OCEAN TOWNSHIP – A routine motor vehicle stop on Route 66 led to the arrest on March 19 at 7:12 p.m. of Richard Naimoli, 24, of Tuckerton, a passenger in the car. According to police, the vehicle was stopped on Route 66 for failure to signal and because the driver and passenger were not wearing…