Category: Atlanticville News

  • Police step up arrests for underage drinking, noise

    OCEAN TOWNSHIP — Responding to complaints by area residents concerning issues relating to quality of life, police continued to crack down on underage drinking and noise violations. On Friday evening, Sept. 16, the township police arrested 10 people on Roosevelt and Norwood avenues, for possession of alcohol by underage persons. Additionally, another individual was issued…

  • Some on L.B. council reluctant to seize homes

    Despite own experience Brown votes yes; Zambrano votes no BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer When Long Branch Councilman David Brown voted in favor of seizing properties in one of the city’s redevelopment zones, he knew all too well what it feels like to lose a home to eminent domain. Brown was living in Michigan in…

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    SCOTT PILLING staff Dom Brocato finesses a bocce ball toss during the Bocce and Horseshoe Tournament held at Jerry Morgan Park in Long Branch on Sept. 17. Brocato’s Leisure Knoll team took first place in the annual competition between teams from Long Branch and West Long Branch.

  • Board puts school referendum on hold … at least for now

    Doubts about state funding, fort closing stall construction plan BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer District taxpayers who expected to vote for or against a proposed $35.6 million Eatontown schools construction referendum this coming Tuesday can make other plans. Lingering doubts about whether or not $9.7 million in state funding will be…

  • Legislators await battle as BRAC list goes to Congress

    Pallone, Holt, Corzine say they BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer FILE PHOTO Rep. Frank Pallone, Sen. Jon Corzine and Rep. Rush Holt at a press conference earlier this year on the BRAC Commission announcement to close Fort Monmouth. Area legislators who have led the battle to spare Fort Monmouth from the…

  • Host towns to create Ft. Monmouth reuse committee

    BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer Regardless of what happens in Washington, D.C., regarding Fort Monmouth, elected officials in the base’s three host communities are assembling the personnel to figure out the most palatable reuse of the 1,126-acre U.S. Army post. The governing bodies in two of the three municipalities — Eatontown…

  • Probe continues into assault

    WEST LONG BRANCH — Monmouth University police, assisted by detectives from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office, are still looking into the circumstances surrounding the alleged assault on a student earlier this month, according to a university spokeswoman. Citing privacy restrictions, university spokeswoman Petra Ludwig confirmed that campus police were continuing their investigation into the attack,…

  • U.S. opposes Clearwater motion to join suit

    Gov BY GLORIA STRAVELLI Staff Writer BY GLORIA STRAVELLIStaff Writer TRENTON — The U.S. Attorney’s Office has moved to block Monmouth County Friends of Clearwater from joining a suit against the National Park Service. In a motion filed Sept. 13 to dismiss Clearwater’s bid to become a plaintiff in the suit against the NPS, the…

  • Crash leaves one dead, one critical

    BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer LONG BRANCH –– A city man was killed Sunday when his motorcycle collided with a car on Ocean Boulevard. The fatal accident occurred at approximately 8 p.m.,when, according to reports, Brian Piccillo, of North Ocean Avenue, was traveling northbound on Ocean Boulevard on a 2005 Suzuki…