Category: Atlanticville News
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In The Arts
“Autumn Impression,” a photograph by Jennie Meares, has been chosen as winner of the People’s Choice Award at The Guild of Creative Art in Shrewsbury. Ballots were cast by gallery visitors for the winner among the 162 images in the recent “Eye Sights 2006” all-members photography show and sale. Meares, Matawan, is a guild member…
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Indie film festival opens March 31
The fourth annual Garden State Film Festival (GSFF) showcasing film, video and animated works by independent filmmakers, will run through April 2 at the Paramount Theater/Convention Hall, Berkeley Carteret Hotel and Asbury Lanes in Asbury Park. More than 508 films, video and animated works from 17 countries were submitted. This year’s honorees include Bud Abbott…
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MTOTSA hearing set for Friday
Court will hear arguments on motion to dismiss condemnations Long Branch residents faced with the loss of their homes through eminent domain will get their day in court on Friday. A hearing on a motion to dismiss the city’s condemnation complaints against property owners in the Beachfront North Phase II redevelopment zone is scheduled to…
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New paintings by Cunningham
“Basket, Gourds & Oranges” “A Generalist Painter: Still Life, Landscape and the Figure,” an exhibit of recent paintings by Francis Cunningham, is on exhibit at Laurel Tracey Gallery in Red Bank. The display of paintings features still life, landscape and the figure, and will run through April 14 at the gallery, located at 10 White…
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Photo
JEFF GRANIT staff Ocean Township High School students Ricky DePalma, Danielle Recchia and Ellpetha Tsivicos rehearse a scene from the musical “A Chorus Line” which will be presented by the high school’s West Park Players on March 30, 31 and April 1.
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Artists at work
“W.C” by Isidro Blasco “Under Construction,” an exhibit featuring the works by Isidro Blasco, Annabel Daou, Rachael Faillace, Angus Fairhurst, Carlo Ferraris, Claude Simard, Rob Wynne and Holly Zausner is currently at the Shore Institute of the Contemporary Arts (SICA) in Long Branch. Curated by Barbara MacAdam, executive editor of “Art & Auction” magazine, the…
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Fort reuse bills pass in Senate, Assembly
Mayors troubled by prohibition on allowing designees at authority meetings BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer Mayors troubled by prohibition on allowing designees at authority meetings BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer If the Eatontown Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority, established via two bills passed by state lawmakers this week, meets in Trenton during daytime hours, Tinton Falls…
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WLB council OKs changes in rental law
Registration fee to decrease from $250 to $100 as of May 1 BY SUE MORGAN Staff Writer BY SUE MORGANStaff Writer WEST LONG BRANCH – Thanks to some tweaking of the borough’s rental law, landlords in town will be able to spend less time and money at town hall. Without discussion, the Borough Council agreed…
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County awards grants for this old house& that old church
Church of the Presidents Towns that own historic buildings are always seeking funds to help preserve the past for the future.In order to help with those preservation projects, about 19 projects in Monmouth County are to receive grants from the Monmouth County Historical Commission (MCHC) for restoration projects. Among them are the Eden Woolley House…
