Category: Atlanticville News

  • Council urges voters to approve LOSAP

    Borough spells out agreement for services to Laurel Gardens BY SHERRY CONOHAN Staff Writer BY SHERRY CONOHANStaff Writer EATONTOWN — Mayor Gerald J. Tarantolo and members of the Borough Council appealed to voters in town to support the question on the ballot Nov. 2 to establish a Length of Service Award Program (LOSAP) for the…

  • Residents still trying for subdivision consent

    BY SHERRY CONOHAN Staff Writer BY SHERRY CONOHANStaff Writer MONMOUTH BEACH — Vowing to wage “the fight of our lives” to subdivide a family-owned plot on Cook Street, Christopher Ippolito said in a letter to the Atlanticville that he and his wife, Nicole, would go back to the Planning Board to be heard again on…

  • Election ’04

    The West Long Branch Candidates … Bettina E. Muson (D) Biography: West Long Branch Democratic Committee member; Environmental Commission; Shade Tree Commission; Local Assistance Board; West Long Branch Planning Board; volunteer, 180 Turning Lives Around. Occupation: Family law attorney, partner in Lomurro, Davison, Eastman & Munoz, Freehold. To address the mold situation in the police…

  • Homeowner tells boro official he’s not invited

    BY SHERRY CONOHAN Staff Writer BY SHERRY CONOHANStaff Writer MONMOUTH BEACH — The owner of a large Ocean Avenue home on the beachfront, which has been rented out for weddings in the past, complained to the Borough Commission about the code enforcement officer paying a visit. Louis Tsakiris, who is under a court order not…

  • Israeli youth choir to perform at RBR

    The Yemin Orde Youth Choir from Mount Carmel in Israel will sing songs of sorrow, joy and hope from the stage of Red Bank Regional High School in Little Silver on Nov. 3 at 7 p.m. The choir is comprised of students in grades 10-12 from Yemin Orde Youth Village, a home and school for…

  • Two charged in murder

    BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer LONG BRANCH — Two Long Branch men were arrested and charged with the murder of a city man after a six-month investigation, according to police reports. Bruce D. Beacham, 22, of Bath Avenue, and Rodney C. Jackson Jr., 26, of Long Branch Avenue, were officially charged…

  • Authors give biblical take on future of the world

    Pair uses high-tech tools in publishing, marketing first of three-part series BY KATHY HALL Correspondent BY KATHY HALLCorrespondent JERRYWOLKOWITZ staff Russ Scalzo (standing), of Oceanport, and Steven Mamchak, of West Long Branch, have written the first book in a planned Christian fiction series, “Chronicles of the End Times,” about the final years of life on…

  • Educator, detective among honorees

    Long Branch — A city educator and a law enforcement officer were honored recently by the Latino American Association of Monmouth County Inc., Long Branch. Maria Ann Crespo-Rodriguez, a teacher at Long Branch Middle School, and Detective Juan Vasquez, of the Long Branch Police Department, were among four honorees cited by the association at its…

  • Residents oppose townhouse proposal

    Board asked to grant variance from single-family zoning BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer Long Branch residents wore “No Zone Change” stickers at the Monday night zoning meeting for a proposed townhouse project in the city. “The meeting was beneficial to those that did not have an understanding on how much this…