Category: Atlanticville Opinion

  • Realtors oppose home sales tax

    The Monmouth County Association of Realtors opposes the bills (A- 3190/S-2643, A-3341, A-3387 and S-2080) before the state Legislature that would increase the New Jersey Home Sales Tax or Realty Transfer Fee. These proposed bills would allow local municipalities to charge a tax in addition to the taxes currently collected by the state. Any and…

  • IN THE ARTS

    Long Branch actor Gian Carlo Durland (center) has landed a spot on the Oxygen Network’s hit reality show “Tori & Dean: Inn Love.” Durland will appear in the premiere episode Oct. 16 at 10 p.m. The program follows the exploits of Hollywood power couple Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott as they run a B&B in…

  • The Magnificent Thoroughbred’

    Apair of visual arts events focusing on thoroughbred horses are taking place around the Breeders’ Cup meet at Monmouth Park “Steam” “The Magnificent Thoroughbred,” featuring stunning equine photography and a compelling film festival, will be presented at Monmouth University in West Long Branch. The events will take place at Pollak Theatre and in the theater…

  • Three points of view

    The SCAN Learning Center in Eatontown is presenting its first photography exhibit, “Three Photographers’ Viewpoints.” The exhibit is the first collaboration by photographers Andrea Tarr, German Valencia and Stas Wnukowski. “West End Surfer” by Andrea Tarr The three describe themselves as “lifelong photographers.” Tarr, West Long Branch, is the program director at SCAN; Valencia, Ocean…

  • ‘Autumn Harvest’

    Monmouth Beach artist Megan Heath Gilhool will host a free art exhibit and reception, Friday, Oct. 19, 6-8 p.m., at the J.W. Ross Library, Sea Bright. The fine-art display includes her newest piece, “The Golden Pear,” and includes original paintings of seascapes, seashells, fruits, vegetables and flowers. Giclée prints and notecards will also be available…

  • Suit seeks to overturn Broadway Arts project

    Plaintiffs charge conflicts of interest in plan approval BY CHRISTINE VARNO Staff Writer LONG BRANCH – Plans for the Broadway Arts Center redevelopment have shut out property owners who want to remain on lower Broadway and redevelop their buildings, according to a lawsuit filed against the city’s Planning Board. Three plaintiffs in the lawsuit are…

  • NOTES AROUND TOWN

    It took a bevy of local quilters 10 months to stitch the “Shade Garden Sampler” quilt that will be raffled off Oct. 29 during CPC Behavioral Healthcare’s annual “Culinary Adventure” at The Sheraton in Eatontown. The event will be kicked off by a live pastry art demonstration by cookbook author Nick Malgieri. All proceeds will…

  • Tango: The king of all dances

    Teacher sees dance as entrée to a cosmopolitan milieu BY LARRY RAPPOPORT Correspondent Fausto Bermeo knows the steps to happiness. And if you talk to him, you just might agree those steps lead right across a dance floor – more specifically, a tango dance floor. SCOTT FRIEDMAN Fausto Bermeo leads as a student practices the…

  • Albert J. Smith

    Mr. Smith, 83, of Hazlet, died Oct. 8, 2007, at home. Born in New York, he resided in New York City, and Ocean, prior to relocating to Hazlet. He was a retired detective lieutenant with the New York Police Department (NYPD), where he received the Medal of Honor. He was a past commandant of Marine…