Category: Atlanticville News

  • Zoners approve MU dorm, parking lot

    Objector to challenge decision, citing alumni on board BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer Objector to challenge decision, citing alumni on board BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer A rendering of the new dormitory building approved by the West Long Branch Zoning Board. Almost 200 undergraduates will have on-campus digs to move into at Monmouth University…

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    CHRIS KELLY staff Monmouth University freshman Tyler Braun (l), of Stony Brook, N.Y., gets helping moving into his dorm room at the West Long Branch school from senior Joe Bucher on Sept. 4.

  • Advocates for fort file appeal with circuit court

    Seek to overturn dismissal of BRAC suit BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer A contingent of area legislators and Fort Mon-mouth supporters plan to appeal a federal judge’s decision against hearing the lawsuit they have filed to spare the local U.S. Army base from shutdown by the Pentagon. The appeal…

  • Cancer support center needs support

    Ilene Winters (l) became aware of the need for a support center for cancer victims when her mother (r), Cissie Winters, was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Below is the logo for The Wellness Community-Northern Jersey Shore, which she is founding. Support community seeks permanent home in area BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer LONG BRANCH —…

  • Developer will give city Bwy. theater buildings

    Broadway Arts will donate Siperstein BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer Long Branch LONG BRANCH –– The two buildings that anchor the lower Broadway Corridor redevelopment zone will belong to the city when the project is completed. Broadway Arts Center LLC (BAC), Long Branch, the designated redeveloper for the zone, will turn…

  • Township tries new tactics on seasonal rentals

    Council establishes Quality of Life Committee BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer Ocean Township OCEAN TOWNSHIP — Now that the rental population is swollen with students returning to college, officials are hoping that a new initiative and stricter code enforcement will alleviate problems. Councilman Christopher Siciliano said the council has agreed to…

  • Red Cross pitches in to aid Katrina victims

    BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer The American Red Cross is experiencing a wellspring of support for its services to the people suffering under the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina. Hillary Cummons, of the Jersey Coast Office of the American Red Cross, said there has been a surge in volunteer recruitment as…

  • Tips for donors on hurricane relief appeals

    Hurricane Katrina, like many natural disasters, is prompting some people to take advantage of Americans’ eagerness to assist victims, reports the Better Business Bureau Wise Giving Alliance. Donors should be especially alert to these typical post-disaster situations, the Alliance warns: Phone solicitors may seek contributions allegedly on behalf of well-known relief charities without authorization from…

  • Eden Woolley House restoration inches forward

    Council OKs lease agreement, added grant funds applied for BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer OCEAN TOWNSHIP — The governing body agreed last week to enter into a lease agreement with the Ocean Historical Museum Association for the property that the Eden Woolley House sits on in the Ocean Township Library complex…