By DON STINE Interlaken and Loch Abour residents will have to wait until after the first of the year to see if the Interlaken Borough Council will proceed to study a proposal to merge to two small communities together. The council last week split three-to-three on approving a request for proposals to be issued […]
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Interlaken, Loch Arbour Residents Would Have Final Say in Any Merger
By DON STINE Merging neighboring Interlaken and Loch Arbour together was the sole topic during a joint meeting of the two small communities held on Wednesday, November 12. About 200 residents from both towns packed the Allenhurst fire house on Hume Street to hear the first public presentation about a merger plan for the […]
Continue readingInterlaken and Loch Arbour Will Meet to Discuss Proposed Merger
By DON STINE Merging neighboring Interlaken and Loch Arbour together will be the sole topic of discussion during a special joint meeting of the two small communities to be held on Wed., Nov. 12. The meeting, which will begin at 7:30 p.m., is being held in the Allenhurst fire department, Hume Street, since neither […]
Continue readingAllenhurst/Loch Arbour Merger Proposal Derailed After Vote Reversal
By DON STINE A proposal to consolidate neighboring Loch Arbour and Allenhurst was derailed Tuesday night after a member of the Allenhurst Board of Commissioners changed his vote. The proposal as it stands now will not be officially submitted to state officials for review and possible approval. Allenhurst Commissioner Christoper McLoughlin said at Tuesday’s […]
Continue readingLoch Arbour/Allenhurst Merger Plan Goes to State for Review
By DON STINE A proposal to consolidate neighboring Loch Arbour and Allenhurst is being sent to state officials for review and possible approval after more than 100 residents from both towns attended a special public hearing on the matter last week and officials approved it. “We need a binding plan and we need […]
Continue readingPublic Invited to Meeting on Merger between Allenhurst and Loch Arbour
By DON STINE A proposed merger between neighboring Loch Arbour and Allenhurst is moving forward and a public meeting on the issue will be held Thursday, Jan. 9. “We have made substantial progress,” Loch Arbour Mayor Paul Fernicola said earlier this week. In a Dec. 20 letter sent to both Allenhurst and Loch Arbour residents, […]
Continue readingIn Loch Arbour: Receving a Gift That Keeps on Giving
By DON STINE Loch Arbour just got the ultimate gift that will keep on giving for years to come. Deal residents Jack and Joyce Kassin, owners of 3.5 acres of privately-owned beachfront in Loch Arbour, have donated about 1.1 acres of their property to the village in a deal to prevent the village from […]
Continue readingNo Action Planned on Proposed Allenhurst, Loch Arbour Merger
By DON STINE Any action on a proposed merger between Loch Arbour and neighboring Allenhurst to help ease the village’s school tax burden will not take place in the near future. Loch Arbour Mayor Paul Fernicola said at last week’s Board of Commissioners meeting that fiscal issues due to Superstorm Sandy remain unresolved for […]
Continue readingLoch Arbour Plans Beachfront Purchase
By DON STINE Loch Arbour hopes to acquire privately-owned beachfront property through purchase or by using the power of eminent domain. An ordinance scheduled to be introduced by the village’s Board of Commissioners at press time seeks to acquire the beachfront property of Jack Kassin, who purchased a commercially-operattract in 1995 to use as […]
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