Category: Atlanticville News

  • Eatontown council introduces $22M spending plan

    BY DAN HOWLEY Staff Writer EATONTOWN — The Borough Council introduced a $22 million budget driven by — like spending plans in most municipalities — escalating health insurance and pension costs. The spending plan introduced at the March 9 council meeting calls for a tax levy of approximately $14.4 million, a 3.4 percent increase over…

  • Red Bank StreetLife auditions March 29

    RED BANK — For the 11th year in a row, StreetLife, Red Bank’s summer music and performing arts series, will return to the sidewalks of the downtown. For the 2011 series, Red Bank River- Center is inviting talented adults and teenagers 16 years and older to audition for this summer’s program, 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, March…

  • Ocean Place Resort & Spa owners buy time

    Bankruptcy court asks for reorganization plan BY KENNYWALTER Staff Writer LONG BRANCH — The owners of the Ocean Place Resort and Spa bought some needed time to rearrange finances last week. The hotel owners appeared in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Trenton on March 9 where Judge Michael Kaplan gave them time to develop a plan…

  • Jewish women in politics focus of talk at museum

    Amy Handlin, Amy Mallet & Barbara McMorrow to sit on panel at museum BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Barbara McMorrow FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — Three well-known women who serve in public office will participate in “Jewish Women in Politics: A Panel Discussion” at the Jewish Heritage Museum of Monmouth County on March 27. The event…

  • Arts Council presents 2011 Teen Arts Festival

    RED BANK— TheMonmouth County Arts Council will present the 2011 Teen Arts Festival on Thursday, March 17, and Friday, March 18, on the campus of Brookdale Community College in Lincroft. The annual festival is produced in collaboration with Brookdale Community College and is an opportunity for emerging teen artists of all disciplines to come together…

  • Second Saturdays at the Studio

    Photography by Jenifer Rutherford is featured for March as the “Second Saturdays at the Studio” series continues at Joel McFadden jewelry design studio in Red Bank. “Triptych Landscapes” by Rutherford will be on view at McFadden’s studio through Wednesday, April 6. Second Saturdays showcases the work of a different local artist each month, inviting all…

  • Rumson Country Day’s ‘Whale of a Sale’ set for April 16-17

    RUMSON — The Rumson Country Day School, located on Bellevue Avenue and Ridge Road, will continue a long-running tradition by holding its 42nd annual rummage sale, “AWhale of a Sale,” on Saturday and Sunday, April 16 and 17. Each year, the entire school community — parents, students, faculty, administration, staff, alumni and friends — work…

  • March 19 ride & memorial honors former law enforcement officer

    LONG BRANCH — A motorcycle ride on March 19 will honor the memory of Paul G. Seitz, a 51-year-old decorated law enforcement officer who lost a sixyear battle with cancer one year ago. Riders will assemble at 10:30 a.m., and the ride will start at 11 a.m. in Marine Park, Red Bank, ending at Rooney’s…

  • Tarantolo offers insight into Ft. Monmouth closure

    Army asks host towns to help secure vacant fort property BY DAN HOWLEY Staff Writer EATONTOWN — Mayor Gerald Tarantolo last week held the first of what he says will be a series of informational meetings on the status of Fort Monmouth’s closing at Borough Hall. During the March 10 meeting, which drew only a…