Category: Atlanticville News

  • Boro Council set to select DeLisa’s successor

    New councilman, mayor are replacing indicted officials BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer West Long Branch WEST LONG BRANCH –– If the Borough Council members chose a successor to recently resigned Democratic Councilman Joseph DeLisa, as they were expected to do at a special meeting last night, all of the…

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    University names director Paul Dement West Long Branch — Mon-mouth University announces the selection of Paul Dement, of Middletown, as its new director of community and government relations. Dement graduated from Penn State University with a B.A. in political science, and he has worked in Congressman Frank Pallone’s office for over a decade, most recently…

  • Luncheon raises funds for MCSPCA

    EATONTOWN — The Monmouth County SPCA Auxiliary will hold its annual luncheon at the Deal Golf & Country Club on Thursday, May 5, at noon. Proceeds will benefit the homeless animals housed at the MCSPCA shelter on Wall Street. This important event raises needed funds to provide vaccinations for shelter pets awaiting adoption. Le Papillon…

  • L.B. couple faces losing ‘dream come true’

    Bobrows resist taking of shore home through eminent domain BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer CHRIS KELLY staff Michelle and Harold Bobrow do not want to lose their beachfront townhouse to redevelopment. The couple has formed a group to advocate for owners of properties in the city’s Beachfront South redevelopment zone. LONG…

  • WLB mulling ethics, pay-to-play ordinances

    Lack of state action on ethics, campaign reform impetus for council BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH –– The Borough Council is mulling over ethics and pay-to-play ordinances to be used at the local level. But that has nothing to do with the Feb. 22 arrests of…

  • Use of Whalepond Rd. home comes before county

    Borough officials, neighbors question use of home by religious group BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer EATONTOWN –– From outside, the single-family, bilevel home along Whalepond Road here that is now the subject of ongoing litigation between the borough and a local religious group appears normal, plain, and lived in.…

  • Petco: We’ll be back

    Plans call for temporary location, eventually a new store BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer MIGUEL JUAREZ staff A sign at the Petco site on Route 35. EATONTOWN –– “Pet parents” are special people, and that’s why Petco is eager to reconnect with those patrons and their animals as soon…

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    The West Park Players of Ocean Township High School will present “Pippin” on April 14 at 7 p.m. and on April 15 and 16 at 8 p.m. in the high school auditorium, 550 West Park Ave., Oakhurst. Tickets are $7 adults, $6 students and senior citizens. A dinner-theater combination costs $20 and incudes appetizer, entree,…

  • Art & the Artist Series: Jill Kerwick

    “Neighborhood Small” by Jill Kerwick In addition to embracing theater, New Jersey Repertory Company in Long Branch has begun a new effort to turn the more intimate Dwek Theatre into a permanent art gallery. N.J. Rep’s Art & the Artist Series features works chosen to complement and reflect a specific production, and the artist’s work…