Category: Atlanticville News

  • 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,…

  • Ocean Place expansion to be unveiled

    Council approves transfer of development rights for expansion BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer LONG BRANCH – Plans for the expansion of the Ocean Place Resort & Spa could be unveiled sometime next month, according to a city official. Located in the hotel campus redevelopment zone, preliminary redevelopment plans for the complex…

  • Zoners will hear plans for MU arena April 27

    Board will review plans for on-campus multipurpose activity center BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH – Residents eagerly awaiting the details about Monmouth University’s proposed multipurpose activity center will have to wait another month. The Zoning Board of Adjustment’s initial hearing on the university’s use variance application for the…

  • Schneider team is long on experience

    BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer LONG BRANCH – Mayor Adam Schneider has kicked off his re-election campaign for a fifth term as mayor of the city. Schneider will run for re-election to a four-year term along with a slate consisting of the entire sitting City Council. His running mates are Councilwoman…

  • Police arrest drug suspect

    A monthlong investigation by the Special Assignment Unit of the Ocean Township Police Department led to the arrest of a township man for possession of controlled dangerous substances and possession of CDS with the intent to distribute. According to police, Stephen C. Petillo, 30, was apprehended in the parking lot of a shopping center off…

  • Police arrest underage drinkers

    Police reported that more than 20 underage drinkers were arrested last week at a party in the Wanamassa section of Ocean Township. On March 17 at 10:40 p.m., Ocean Township police investigated a party with consumption of alcohol by underage youths at a house on Raymere Avenue. Upon arrival of the police, two residents, a…

  • Teens the arts

    2006 Monmouth County Teen Arts Festival draws 1,500 students BY GLORIA STRAVELLI Staff Writer BY GLORIA STRAVELLIStaff Writer Works by students at Monmouth Regional High School, Tinton Falls, were included in the visual arts exhibit. You don’t have to be an aspiring visual or performing artist to enjoy, appreciate and participate in the annual Monmouth…