Category: Atlanticville News

  • Ocean Twp. severs ties with auditor, hires new firm

    Atty.: Former auditor was BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer OCEAN TOWNSHIP — The township has hired a new auditing firm, severing ties with it’s longtime auditor who was convicted of bribery. A resolution passed last week, awards a contract for the township’s auditing services for 2005 to Suplee, Clooney & Company,…

  • W.L.B. budget adopted with 8.4 cent tax hike

    Increases for salaries and wages, LOSAP included BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH –– Property owners here will see municipal taxes increase by an average of $168 this year under the $7.4 million budget adopted by the Borough Council for calendar year 2005. The budget, adopted following…

  • Once youngest officer, Jackson is now top cop

    Veteran of 28 years will lead force, succeeding Barnshaw, who retired BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer EATONTOWN — When then-Officer George Jackson began working for the borough police department in 1976, he was still too young to legally carry a gun when off-duty. This past Sunday, 29 years after…

  • City accepts grant to complete work on parks

    Funds will complete work at Jerry Morgan, West End parks BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer LONG BRANCH — The council secured the final funding to complete renovations to two city parks at last week’s municipal meeting. On April 26, a resolution to accept a $200,000 state Green Acres grant was adopted…

  • Officials cry ‘Foul!’ over proposed sewage rules

    Pallone, Campbell, Zipf protest new sewage discharge rules BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer CHRISTINE VARNO Cindy Zipf (l-r), executive director of Clean Ocean Action; Bradley Campbell, DEP commissioner; and Rep. Frank Pallone held a press conference in Long Branch to protest Bush administration policy they say will increase ocean pollution. LONG…

  • Shore beaches trashed with harmful litter

    2004 cleanup data show BY GLORIA STRAVELLI Staff Writer BY GLORIA STRAVELLIStaff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff Volunteers collected and cataloged debris fouling the ocean and local waterways during Clean Ocean Action’s 20th annual Beach Sweeps held April 23 at more than 50 locations throughout the state. A week before thousands of volunteers turned out to…

  • L.B. voters turn down school budget for 2nd year

    3.3-cent increase in $75 million budget fails to win approval BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer LONG BRANCH — For the second year in a row, the Long Branch school budget was rejected by voters at polls last week. The $79 million budget that would have increased the tax rate by 3.3…

  • Tucci seeking W. Long Branch mayor’s office

    Will face off against Paolantonio; named to Zambrano BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH — The first woman to be elected to the Borough Council is looking to make history again as the town’s first female mayor … for at least 12 months. After 20 years on…

  • Residents to be heard on Stop & Shop plan

    Larkin tells meeting Ocean Gate application BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer OCEAN TOWNSHIP — The township will hold a special meeting to give residents the chance to weigh in on a controversial shopping center application, Mayor William Larkin said last week. “You will get your own special meeting to ask questions,”…