Category: Atlanticville News

  • Employee target of pellet gun

    BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer OCEAN TOWNSHIP — A Tinton Falls man was arrested Dec. 21 for allegedly shooting an employee of an Ocean Township car wash with a pellet gun and leaving the scene, according to police reports. On Dec. 19 at approximately 1:30 p.m., the victim, a 47 year-old…

  • Mon. U to demolish Norwood Ave. home

    80-year-old structure has served as president’s residence BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer In the summer of 2006, the president of Monmouth University could be watching students walk to and from classes from a new Norwood Avenue residence on a hill overlooking the West Long Branch campus. Acting on the advice of as many as…

  • Car pursuit in two towns ends in arrest

    BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer OCEAN TOWNSHIP — A Brick Township man is facing eluding and narcotics charges after leading township police on a car pursuit last week. According to police, Stephen M. Somonski, 28, was traveling on Route 66 about 2:45 p.m. Dec. 18 when Patrolman William Crosta attempted to…

  • Pallone intervenes for environmental group

    Asks NJNG to share soil samples of Troutman BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer ALong Branch citizens group concerned about contamination of Trout-man’s Creek has gotten some help from a local congressman. In a Dec. 13 letter, Rep. Frank J. Pallone Jr. (D-N.J.) asked the N.J. Natural Gas Co. (NJNG) to share…

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    CHRIS KELLY staff Tim McLoone and volunteers for Holiday Express supply the music, while Joyce Ligus (r), Howell, dances during a party for clients of the Monmouth Center for Vocational Rehabilitation in Eatontown.

  • West Long Branch expecting reassessment next year

    Boro awaiting formal notice from county BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH — Word inside the borough hall is that all residential commercial and vacant properties in town are to be reassessed next year — even if the certified letter from Freehold stating so has not arrived…

  • Monmouth U. alumna teaches Kwanzaa traditions

    7-day celebration focuses on simplicity, home-spun values BY SUE M. MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE M. MORGANStaff Writer JIM REME Above, (l-r) Monmouth University President Paul G. Gaffney II; Linda Gaffney; National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) president and university student Zena Bull; university alumna Michelle Washington Wilson; and Hara Lavan, faculty adviser to the…

  • National Park Service gives developer 6-month extension

    Developer says financing is in place for Fort Hancock rehab BY GLORIA STRAVELLI Staff Writer BY GLORIA STRAVELLIStaff Writer SANDY HOOK — The National Park Service’s announcement this week that it would give a private developer six more months to wrap up financing for the rehabilitation of historic buildings at Fort Hancock, met with a…

  • Barham defeats Merla for open freeholder seat

    Harry Larrison resigned his seat after 39 years due to failing health BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer BY KAREN E. BOWESStaff Writer William Barham will replace Harry Larrison Jr. as Monmouth County freeholder. Barham beat out John Merla, mayor of Keyport, 347 to 139, in a special Monmouth County Republican Committee election held Saturday…