Category: Atlanticville News
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Council approves UEZ funds, new police car
BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer LONG BRANCH – The City Council adopted several resolutions at last week’s council meeting, including an administrative budget for the city’s Urban Enterprise Zone (UEZ). According to resolution 73-06, “The UEZ Board of Directors wishes to authorize the use of $52,000 of the UEZ Assistance Fund…
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Home alone: Teens’ parties lead to arrests
Thirty-five teenagers were arrested for underage drinking at two parties in Ocean Township over the weekend. The first party was on Tudor Drive in the Wayside section last Friday night, and the second party was last Saturday night in a home on Stonehenge Drive. According to the Ocean Township police, they responded to a report…
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Fed: Conflicts rare over control of closing bases
Cites California, New Hampshire, South Carolina cases BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer EATONTOWN – A federal official working with the local Fort Monmouth Reuse Committee (FMRC) says he has seen fierce battles between local and state governments over closing military bases. John Leigh, a program manager with the Defense Department’s Office…
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Kyrillos, Karcher intro revised fort reuse bill
GOP state senator says new bill mirrors Assembly bill BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer Yet another piece of legislation regarding the eventual reuse of Fort Monmouth’s infrastructure has been introduced in the New Jersey state Senate. However, state Sen. Joseph M. Kyrillos (R-13), one of the bill’s two co-sponsors, asserts that…
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On Campus
Jonathan G. Ritacco, Ocean, a senior majoring in psychology, was named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at the College of Science at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg. West Virginia University, Morgantown, has named the following local students to the dean’s list for the fall semester: Elizabeth Eisenbarth of Ocean Township,…
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CHRIS KELLY staff Angel Ruiz, a third-grader at Holy Trinity School in Long Branch, sings along with classmates as they entertain residents at Monmouth Care Center in Long Branch on March 6.
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Council OKs taking of Broadway Arts properties
Building owners: We want right to develop our own properties BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer An overflow crowd filled Long Branch City Hall last week as residents and business owners pleaded with the City Council to vote down an ordinance that would allow the city to acquire properties in the Broadway…
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Lenkiewicz announces slate for L.B. council
Platform includes working with schools, anti-gang initiative BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer LONG BRANCH – Mayoral candidate Alfred “Alfie” Lenkiewicz announced the names of five council candidates Monday night who will run on his ticket in the May election. Lenkiewicz’s The New Wave Team includes council candidates Ralph DeFillipo, Stephen Molnar,…
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CHRIS KELLY staff Holy Trinity School third-grader Ben Brizuela, 9, Long Branch, reads to Mary Poll, a resident at Monmouth Care Center, on March 6 during a celebration of the birthday of Dr. Seuss.
