By DON STINE It looks like most Loch Arbour students will not be attending Ocean Township schools next month following a Superior Court decision this week. The Superior Court of New Jersey, Monmouth County, dismissed an Ocean Township lawsuit against Loch Arbour over leaving the township’s school district and creating its own school board. […]
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Officials Disagree on Schools for Village Students
By DON STINE Loch Arbour and Ocean Township continue to butt heads over each municipality’s educational formula and it seems the state Department of Education is the only agency that can straighten things out. Ocean Township contends that the existing education formula, which provides $2.1 million annually in Loch Arbour school taxes to the […]
Continue readingVillage Voters Say Yes to Leaving Ocean District
By DON STINE Loch Arbour voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly voted in support of a special ballot question that would end their educational ties with the Ocean Township school district. In a 93-to-4 vote, voters approved the following ballot question: “Should the Village of Loch Arbour withdraw from the Ocean Township School district and form […]
Continue readingLoch Arbour Voters Go to Polls April 4
By DON STINE A state Appellate Court has ruled the April 4 election allowing Loch Arbour residents to vote on whether they want to leave the Ocean Township school district can take place as scheduled. The state Superior Court, Appellate Division rejected an Ocean Township motion to obtain an injunction to prevent the ballot […]
Continue readingState Denies Request to Halt Special Village Election
By DON STINE Loch Arbour residents moved one step closer to separating their village from the Ocean Township school district after the state’s top education official denied a request to halt a special April 4 ballot. State Department of Education Commissioner Kimberley Harrington on Feb. 24 rejected Ocean Township’s request for an injunction to […]
Continue readingHistoric Preservation Designation Discussed for Loch Arbour
Historic preservation is on the agenda in Loch Arbour after the Board of Commissioners introduced an ordinance last week that would make the entire village an historic district. The ordinance, with a public hearing on March 8, seeks to promote historic preservation as an element in the village’s Master Plan. It would effect new […]
Continue readingOcean School Officials Hope to Prevent April 4 Special Election
By DON STINE The Monmouth County School Superintendent set Tues., April 4 for a special election in Loch Arbour to allow voters to decide whether or not the village should withdraw from the Ocean Township school district and begin sending its students to West Long Branch schools for grades kindergarten through eight and to […]
Continue readingState Says Loch Arbour May Leave Ocean School District
By DON STINE New Jersey’s top state education official recently ruled that Loch Arbour voters can decide if they want to leave the Ocean Township school district, which would result in thousands of dollars of saving for village residents. In a Dec. 22 letter, acting State Commissioner of Education Kimberley Harrington wrote “I grant […]
Continue readingDrone Use Limited in Loch Arbour
By DON STINE The use of drones and similar devices in Loch Arbour will be limited and controlled under an ordinance adopted by the Board of Commissioners on Aug. 3 by a two-to-one vote. Deputy Mayor Al Cheswick cast the only dissenting vote against adopting the ordinance with Mayor Paul Fernicola and Commissioner Denis […]
Continue readingLoch Arbour Proposes Limiting Drones
The use of drones and similar devices in Loch Arbour will be limited and controlled under an ordinance introduced at the Board of Commissioner’s July 6 meeting. The ordinance, which will have a public hearing on Aug. 3, regulates the use of drones or other unmanned aircraft within the boundaries of the village. Deputy […]
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