Category: Atlanticville News
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Cold doesn’t dampen MLK observance
New commemorative flag flies beneath Old Glory at MLK monument BY Christine Varno CHRIS KELLY staff The Rev. Dr. Donald E. Brown, pastor of Trinity A.M.E. Church in Long Branch, speaks during the Martin Luther King Jr. birthday observance held Monday at the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Monument Park in Long Branch. Staff…
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Council mulls closing South, Wall streets
DOT plans improvements to routes 35/36 interchange BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer South Street and Wall Street in Eatontown could eventually become cul-de-sacs under a borough plan to help the state improve traffic flow at the heavily-traveled interchange of Routes 35 and 36. Under Eatontown’s plan and as shown in engineering drawings from the New…
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Funds transfer will pay for city hall renovations
BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer LONG BRANCH — The City Council will be voting on an ordinance to reappropriate funds to renovate the city hall municipal building at the Jan. 25 council meeting. The ordinance was voted on by three councilmen at the Jan. 11 meeting, but councilmen David Brown and…
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Increase in budget cap OK’d by City Council
BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer LONG BRANCH — An ordinance allowing the city to exceed state limits on budget increases for 2005 was adopted at the Jan. 11 City Council meeting without public comment. The new ordinance adds 1 percent to the state-mandated 2.5 percent cap on budget increases, allowing an…
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Police say drunken driver caused crash
LONG BRANCH — A head-on collision at the Cedar and Bowyer avenues intersection in Long Branch last week was the result of a drunken driver, according to police reports. Maxine Picard, 73, Pavilion Avenue, was charged with driving while intoxicated after the 2003 Chevy Impala she was operating headed eastbound in a westbound lane on…
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Defibrillators now in every Ocean Twp. police car
Physician donates seven devices for cardiac arrest calls BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer OCEAN TOWNSHIP — Thanks to the generosity of a local physician, police here will have seven additional defibrillators to use in cardiac arrest emergencies, bringing the township’s total complement to 21. Dr. Ziad Abbud and his wife, Anne,…
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CHRIS KELLY staff Members of the Long Branch and Red Bank Regional high schools’ dance programs perform during the final dance of “A Dance Invitational,” an evening of dance presented at Red Bank Regional Jan. 15.
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City will update public on redevelopment
Workshops to be held monthly to keep public informed BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer LONG BRANCH — The City Council hosted its first public workshop meeting last week dedicated to redevelopment updates in Long Branch. The redevelopment process, which started 10 years ago, is underway in the city and in order…
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Township gets new police chief
BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer OCEAN TOWNSHIP — Antonio V. Amodio Jr. was sworn in as the new chief of police Jan. 12 as an ordinance defining his duties and reorganizing the department was introduced. The new organizational structure was recommended by a study released in August that was conducted to…
