Category: Atlanticville News
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Landlords skip chance to suggest changes in law
Suit filed in court challenging renter registration BY SHERRY CONOHAN Staff Writer Suit filed in courtchallenging renter registrationBY SHERRY CONOHANStaff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH — Faced with a lawsuit challenging the new renter registration law, a Borough Council subcommittee scheduled a meeting to hear the landlords’ complaints — but nobody came. Councilmen Richard F. Cooper…
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New skate park is a hit on opening day
BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Above, Red Bank’s Charlie Pontone, 14, catches major air as he tries out some skateboarding tricks at the SkatePlex in Long Branch while Jad Magazino (left photo), of Monmouth Beach, checks out the bowl. LONG BRANCH — Anyone driving along Ocean…
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Notes Around Town
Everything will be coming up roses at Monmouth Mall in Eatontown Saturday and Sunday when the 33rd annual Jersey Shore Rose Society Rose Show will be held in the Food Court atrium. The show will be open and free to the public during regular mall hours. ***** Sea Bright Day will be held in the…
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Sewer authority will pay to repave Meadow Avenue
BY SHERRY CONOHAN Staff Writer BY SHERRY CONOHANStaff Writer MONMOUTH BEACH — Meadow Avenue will be repaved soon, from Spaulding Place to the entrance to the Two Rivers Water Reclamation Authority plant at Highland Avenue. The authority board, at its Aug. 17 meeting, authorized the payment of up to $50,000 for the milling and repaving…
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Sextuplets born at Monmouth Medical
LONG BRANCH — Monmouth Medical Center, Second Avenue, was scheduled to hold a press conference on Wednesday to announce the birth of sextuplets to a Monmouth County family. At 1 p.m. in the Borden Auditorium at the hospital, physicians, clinicians, nurses, hospital personnel and the babies’ father were scheduled to be present at the press…
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NJT testing safety gates in wake of accident
BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer OCEAN TOWNSHIP — NJ Transit is testing the safety gate arms at the Asbury Park crossing where a car was struck by a train last week, according to Ken Hitchner, spokesman for NJ Transit. Train 47-44 was traveling from Bay Head to Long Branch on Sunday…
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Drug suspect charged with assaulting officer
BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer BY CHRISTINE VARNOStaff Writer LONG BRANCH — A city police officer suffered a dislocated shoulder when he attempted to arrest a man from Glassboro last week. On Sept. 3 at approximately 9:33 p.m., police officers Christopher Grant, Brendan Cahill and Stanley Eskridge observed what they believed to be individuals engaged…
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Volunteers needed to paint, type, clean beaches
The Volunteer Center of Monmouth County, Long Branch, is seeking eight to 12 volunteers age 15 and older to paint the exterior of a nonprofit organization Sept. 18, beginning at 8 a.m. Lunch, including homemade pie and lemonade, will be available. A front-desk receptionist is needed Fridays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 1-5…
