• West Long Branch approves $10.2M municipal budget

    BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH — The Borough Council approved a $10.2 million budget for the 2012 fiscal year, following a public hearing at the April 18 meeting. The $10,186,549 municipal budget represents a $286,225 increase over the 2011 budget of $9.9 million. “This is an arduous project. Every year it gets…

  • W. Long Branch properties to be revalued for 2013

    BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH — Borough officials are moving forward with the revaluation of properties after being directed to do so by Monmouth County. In a letter to borough officials, the Monmouth County Board of Taxation cites the “unequal distribution of the tax burden” withWest Long Branch as the reason for…

  • Walking is effective way to combat obesity

    The world obesity rate is slowly increasing every year and the people in this country are slowly decreasing their life expectancy because of sedentary activity. It is affecting children, adolescents, adults and seniors . What is the one simple, and effective way of decreasing this rate? The answer to this question is walking. I’m not…

  • Marlboro drawing line in the sand over COAH funds

    CODA GREG BEAN Of all the contentious issues I’ve watched during my years as a newsman in New Jersey, none has been as consistently divisive as the battle in communities over meeting the state’s Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) requirements — and now, with COAH on life support, the whole thing is becoming even more…

  • Activists: DEP beach access rules ignore 99 percent

    Protest on beach calls attention to obstacles to public access to beaches BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer A No Trespassing sign is posted at the entrance to the beach on Garfield Terrace in Elberon where local environmental activists held a press conference on April 18 to protest the state’s proposed beach access rules. KRISTEN DALTON LONG…

  • Fresh Air Fund hosts say participation is rewarding

    Children from New York City will visit Monmouth County during the summer BY JACK MURTHA Staff Writer Karen Medlin first met Jade and Jadelle Alexander when the twins took a bus to Monmouth County at the age of 10 to escape the stale summer heat of their neighborhood in Brooklyn, N.Y. The twins, who are…

  • Horsemen’s Monmouth Park lease upheld

    NJSEA rejects challenge by Florida racetrack owner BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer Despite a last-minute challenge, the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority (NJSEA) ruled last week that the New Jersey Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association (NJTHA) will remain as lessee for Monmouth Park in Oceanport. During an April 19 board meeting, the NJSEA accepted the recommendation of…

  • Advocates slam DEP’s revised beach access rules

    Opposition continues to plan to give towns ability to create access plans BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — Environmentalists, recreational fishermen and beach enthusiasts came out en masse last week to speak out against a proposal to allow towns to create their own beach access plans. “This proposal continues to fail our families, our…

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