Category: Atlanticville News
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County begins to focus on future landfill use
A bulldozer moves tons of garbage as it is processed at the Monmouth County Reclamation Center. The Monmouth County Reclamation Center (MCRC) in Tinton Falls currently handles more than 500,000 tons of solid waste each year, according to a report prepared by Larry Zaayenga, the county’s solid waste coordinator. The county owns approximately 1,000 acres…
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The pluck of the Irish
Teacher shares passion for Irish music in Irish Heritage classes BY LARRY RAPPOPORT Correspondent BY LARRY RAPPOPORTCorrespondent At left: Marian Lawlor (middle) plays the tin whistle during a jam session at the Dublin House in Red Bank. At right: Lawlor teaches students to play the bodhran drum in an Irish music class offered as part…
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County sought incinerator as way to handle garbage
It’s likely that no issue has ever evoked more emotion, pro and con, in Monmouth County than the incinerator the county proposed to build at its Tinton Falls landfill about 15 years ago. The incinerator would have been used for the disposal of solid waste. The issue reached fever pitch during the summer of 1991…
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City acts to include tech firms in redevelopment
Companies would access fiber-optic network already in place BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer LONG BRANCH — The City Council approved a resolution last month to incorporate a business and technology incubator in its redevelopment plans. “A lot of good could come from [a business and technology incubator], so let’s get the…
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Solid waste coordinator has grown with job
Larry Zaayenga learned on the job and helped to build county operation BY DICK METZGAR Staff Writer BY DICK METZGARStaff Writer PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Monmouth County Solid Waste Coordinator Larry Zaayenga oversees operations at the county landfill in Tinton Falls. Zaayenga has been with the county for 28 years. Larry Zaayenga jokingly refers…
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K-9 responds to train station
The Long Branch Police Department responded to a report of a brief case left unattended at the train station on Friday afternoon, according to Detective Sgt. Fernando Sanders. The police department brought in a bomb-sniffing dog from its K-9 unit shortly after 1 p.m. and, according to Sanders, “the dog sniffed the package and came…
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Suspect charged with assault
LONG BRANCH – A city man was arrested last week and is facing charges for allegedly sexually assaulting a female juvenile, according to police. On March 10, Long Branch police officers arrested Rosinaldo D. Pessoa, 28, Ocean Boulevard, and charged him with sexual assault of a minor and endangerment stemming from an investigation, according to…
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Teachers, school board trying to reach accord
Teachers’ union working nine months without a contract BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer EATONTOWN — More than six months into the current academic year, the local teachers’ union and school district leaders both say they hope tonight’s meeting with a state negotiator will yield a contract. Representatives of the Eatontown Teachers’…
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Attorney: Greenbaum resigns, conflict stands
BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer LONG BRANCH – The retirement of Arthur M. Greenbaum as a director of Hovnanian Enterprises is not expected to affect a challenge to the city’s use of eminent domain, according to the attorney for residents faced with losing their homes to redevelopment. “This won’t affect the…
