Category: Atlanticville News
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City Council approves bugdet cap increase
Ordinance allows budget increase of 3.5 percent over previous year BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer LONG BRANCH — The City Council approved an ordinance last week that will allow the municipality to exceed the state-mandated cap regulations on the budget by 1 percent. The ordinance, adopted at the Jan. 24 council…
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MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Halah Davis, 6, Oceanport, doesn’t have to worry about the unseasonably warm weather as she skates on the artificial ice at the new rink at Pier Village in Long Branch on Jan. 28.
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Boro floats ‘bare-bones’ school referendum
Taxpayers will be asked to pick up $18.1M of total $29.8 M tab BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer EATONTOWN — The lockers that protrude into the hallways at Memorial School could be history if the local Board of Education’s total $29.8 million construction referendum is given the green light by district…
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Alliance: Focus on saving fort jobs
Group endorses Kyrillos BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer Boosting the morale of Fort Monmouth’s current work force and its subcontracted employees is the top priority for two leaders of the Patriots Alliance, an advocacy group for military subcontractors. To Patriots Alliance co-chairs Frank Muzzi and S. Thomas Gagliano, the buzzword is…
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911 Fitness Challenge: Just say no to donuts
Long Branch cops compete to be BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer Long Branch police officers, Lts. Gilbert Horrack and Robert Sama, and Sgt. Craig Spencer, of team Rank-N-Fat, work out with trainers at Mike Duffy’s Personal Training gym in Ocean Township while competing in the 911 Fitness Challenge. LONG BRANCH —…
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Pop Warner teams to play on Tinton Falls fields
Ordinance calls for $250K contribution via interlocal agreement BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer EATONTOWN — Borough officials have taken steps toward ensuring that the Monmouth Falcons Pop Warner football teams have playing fields of their own in neighboring Tinton Falls. After more than a year of negotiating the deal, the Eatontown…
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Major lender won’t support eminent domain
Bank will not fund developers where private property is taken BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer LONG BRANCH — One of the nation’s largest commercial and retail banking corporations announced last week that it will not support private development projects when eminent domain is used. BB&T Corp., Winston-Salem, N.C., the ninth largest…
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Students get free dental care Feb. 3
Students in the Long Branch School district will participate in Give Kids a Smile Day (GKAS) tomorrow at the dental clinic at Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch and at Dr. Martin Weinstock’s office in West Long Branch. The New Jersey Dental Association, the American Dental Association and the Crest Healthy Smiles 2010 program are…
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U Penn grad students exploring uses of fort
Findings to be presented in May to fort reuse committee BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer EATONTOWN –– Local officials are counting on 10 University of Pennsylvania graduate students to earn an A-plus on their study of how to breathe new life into Fort Monmouth’s facilities once the military leaves…
