Category: Atlanticville News
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Property owners get 2 weeks to negotiate
Developer: One-third of owners have agreed to sell BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer Property owners in one of Long Branch’s redevelopment zones have received notices from the city giving them two weeks to negotiate the sale of their homes before eminent domain proceedings are begun. Each of the approximately 36 homeowners…
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Its heyday passed, Eatontown Roller Rink closes
Future plans for Rte. 35 property uncertain BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer Middletown’s Emma Touhey, 9, makes a wish as she celebrates her birthday with friends during the last day of business at the Eatontown Roller Rink on Saturday. At left, Kazhana Davis, 11, of Asbury Park takes some final spins…
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L.B. neighborhood called ‘ground zero’
Sierra Club director says MTOTSA is center of property rights battle BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer LONG BRANCH — A leading advocate for the environment last week said a Long Branch neighborhood threatened with eminent domain is “ground zero” in the property rights battle under way in the state. “I am…
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CHRIS KELLY staff The monument to the area’s fallen firefighters, Long Branch Firemen’s Park, Elberon.
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Tax exemption approved for Seaview Manor
City agrees to phase in taxes for affordable housing complex BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer LONG BRANCH — The City Council has adopted a financial agreement with the Long Branch Housing Authority (LBHA) for the Seaview Manor affordable housing project. “Paying taxes to the city on an affordable housing project would…
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Freeholder candidate Brian Unger gets specific
Platform includes affordable housing, integrated schools BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer OCEAN TOWNSHIP — Green Party freeholder candidate Brian Unger held a press conference on Sept. 29 to kick off his campaign for one of the two open seats on the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders. He had intended to hold…
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Accident-prone stretch of hwy. to get upgrades
Rte. 35 between Rte. 66 and Eatontown, had most accidents BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer OCEAN TOWNSHIP — The number of accidents on Route 35 between Route 66 and the Eatontown border increased in 2004. In fact, that stretch of Route 35 had the highest number of accidents in Monmouth County…
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Fallen heroes
PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff A member of the Long Branch Fire Department carries a carnation to honor fallen firefighter Robert Feeney during the Monmouth County Fallen Firefighter Memorial Service and Medal Day held at Long Branch Firemen’s Park on Oct. 2. Below, firefighters from throughout the county attended.
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New speed humps getting mixed reviews
Some welcome, some disturbed by traffic calming devices BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer EATONTOWN — Borough resident Joe Carey has carefully observed the facial expressions of drivers whose vehicles suddenly strike the speed humps recently installed on several borough streets. The speed humps put in as part of an overall traffic…
