The Board of Commissioners approved a tentative agreement Wednesday night with a family owning a 4.8 acre beachfront tract to avoid eminent domain proceedings on the land. Under the agreement, Loch Arbour would receive 1.1 acres of beach as a gift from Jack and Joyce Kassin, who own the property. That land would expand the […]

Faced with an overflow crowd of over 150 people, and a defect in the publishing of a legal notice, the Loch Arbour Board of Commissioners Monday night postponed a public hearing on an ordinance authorizing the village to purchase 4.8 acres of beachfront. The commissioner’s meeting room has a capacity of only 40 people. The […]

The Board of Commissioners voted Wednesday night to introduce an ordinance authorizing the purchase of 4.8 acres of beachfront land at Loch Arbour’s border with Asbury Park. The vote was 3-0. The property is owned by Jack Kassin [right, with sons Steven and Albert at the board meeting], who built a private beach club on […]

In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, the Village of Loch Arbour has its eye on an oceanfront tract at its border with Asbury Park. On the agenda at Wednesday’s board of commissioners meeting is an ordinance authorizing the Village to negotiate with property owner Jack Kassin to purchase the land [above], according to Mayor Paul […]

Loch Arbour will try to be a part of the first phase of the state’s beach replenishment project, per a resolution passed at Monday night’s special commissioners meeting. By being included in the first phase of beach replenishment, overseen by the Army Corps of Engineers and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection [DEP], the […]

Although Allenhurst bristled at the prospect of consolidation with Loch Arbour last month, Allenhurst Commissioner Terence Bolan and many others still support the merger, Bolan said at the Feb. 6 Loch Arbour commissioners’ meeting. Allenhurst officials expressed trepidation after a Department of Education [DOE] official, Susan Ecks, said the consolidation would create a new school […]

A misstep has caused Allenhurst to halt plans to consolidate with Loch Arbour — but Loch Arbour Mayor Paul Fernicola says the issue isn’t a deal-breaker. The two boroughs plan to merge, enabling Loch Arbour to leave the Ocean Township school district to join Allenhurst’s send-receive, per-pupil deal with Asbury Park’s school system. The move […]