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July 2008 review of Matisse posted by The News Tribune !!

July 30, 2008


Sophisticated flavors for an evolving summer clientele at Matisse

By CHRISTOPHER THUMANN
CORRESPONDENT

With its sand and surf and beach-facing bars and restaurants, Belmar's a fun Jersey Shore community. But back in the '80s, it was a party town. The type of place where you'd rent a house with five of your friends, park on the lawn, and throw shindigs that prompted whole pods of dolphins not to surface until they crossed into Avon.

And on your staggering way to McDonald's on the beach at 13th Street on a sticky post-party Sunday morning, you'd walk by some guy passed out on a porch (yeah, that was me) and think, "Someday I wanna live here.''

Since then, Belmar's evolved some. Its drinking laws are tighter, its quality of life is better, its population is more residential, and that McDonald's is now Matisse, an upscale bistro right on the boardwalk that serves up an often dazzling New American menu in a building that's none the worse for its fast-food wear.

From its unique location on the Belmar boardwalk along Ocean Avenue, Matisse offers unbeatable views of the ocean, along with an inventive menu that builds not just an experience of flavor but frequently one of color as well.

My partner and I started dinner with a couple of appetizers. One of the best items on the menu has to be the Vermont Goat Cheese Ravioli ($11). In this wonderful starter, delicate, thin-rolled pasta dough is wrapped around an artisanal New England goat cheese, drizzled with
a macadamia-flavored syrup and seasoned with sea salt infused with vanilla, all set over slices of pineapple. The flavors that result pair the mellow tanginess of the cheese with a round mouthful of subtly sweet vanilla, which is intense but doesn't overwhelm the rest of the
dish.

I also tried the Grilled Calamari with Arugula, Fennel and Lemon Preserves ($11). Here delicately crusted squid pieces roughly 1 inch square were served over julienne fries and arugula greens. The pungent peppery tastes are all the more infused with the warmly spiced flavors of the preserves and the licorice essence of the fennel.

The Cast Iron Skillet-seared Day Boat Scallops ($34) was both a feast of flavor and color, with a green summer pea coulis painting a plate that's also studded with fresh, bright yellow corn kernels. Six sweet sea scallops, seared on both flat sides as promised, were nested in that puree, all surrounding an attractive centerpiece of a chive-potato tart with an inventive crisp crust crafted from a wonton wrapper. The tasty tart contained chunks of potato in a creamy potato puree and was sprinkled with fresh-snipped chives. The scallops were cooked just a hair past how I like them, but they were still acceptable, and the pea coulis added nice summery flavors to them.

The "No. 1'' in the Chili Spiced No. 1 Tuna ($32) refers to the sushi grade of the fish in this equally colorful entree that decorates the plate with vibrant salad greens and a purple pinot noir sauce. Flavors here were good, with the sauce adding a hearty backbone to the
robust fish. But I was disappointed overall with the entree because the fish was a bit overcooked. We'd ordered it to be cooked medium, and it came out medium well. However, with such a good grading, why didn't our waiter recommend how the fish should be served in the first place? If the kitchen is going to showcase a top-quality ingredient, it should also make sure that the customer has the opportunity to enjoy that ingredient in its optimum preparation.

More popular than ever on menus this year, the Key Lime Tart ($6.99) at Matisse is a nice version of this Florida favorite. Contained within a pleasantly tender crumb crust, the filling was sufficiently limey and not overly sweet. The Homemade Chipwich ($6.99) paired two delicious, warm homemade chocolate-chip cookies, studded with a generous amount of chips, with a soft-serve vanilla ice cream, all drizzled with a raspberry sauce. The colors were as vibrant as the flavors were comforting.

The tuna service issue notwithstanding, Matisse has plenty of pleasant surprises going for it, ranging from its imaginative ingredient choices to its pretty plate-ups. For what it's offering, Matisse's prices are reasonable, and the fact that you can walk in with your own wine means that this is a summer-at-the-Shore dining experience that won't cost you a fortune. Bring five of your friends and have a party. Just don't try to park on the lawn.

Christopher Thumann, a graduate of La Salle University in Philadelphia and Jersey City's Culinary Arts Institute, is a former food editor at Woman's World magazine. He has also edited and written for Weight Watchers, Chocolatier magazine and Pastry Art and Design magazine. You
can reach him at cthumann@hotmail.com. Restaurants are rated in relation to comparable establishments and reviews are based upon an anonymous evaluation of food, service, price, value and ambience.





Location: 1300 Ocean Ave., Belmar

• Contact: www.matissecatering.com; (732) 681-7680

• Dinner hours: 5:30 to 10 p.m. Mondays through Sundays (through Labor Day weekend; closed Tuesdays after Labor Day). Appetizers: $7 to $16. Entrees: $25 to $34. (Lobster entree is market priced.) V, MC, AmEx. BYOB. No smoking. Wheelchair accessibility: ramp access from the street to the boardwalk and ramp access from the boardwalk to the dining room.

Sophisticated flavors for an evolving summer clientele at Matisse

Sophisticated flavors for an evolving summer clientele at Matisse

By CHRISTOPHER THUMANN
CORRESPONDENT

With its sand and surf and beach-facing bars and restaurants, Belmar's a fun Jersey Shore community. But back in the '80s, it was a party town. The type of place where you'd rent a house with five of your friends, park on the lawn, and throw shindigs that prompted whole pods of dolphins not to surface until they crossed into Avon.

And on your staggering way to McDonald's on the beach at 13th Street on a sticky post-party Sunday morning, you'd walk by some guy passed out on a porch (yeah, that was me) and think, "Someday I wanna live here.''

Since then, Belmar's evolved some. Its drinking laws are tighter, its quality of life is better, its population is more residential, and that McDonald's is now Matisse, an upscale bistro right on the boardwalk that serves up an often dazzling New American menu in a building that's none the worse for its fast-food wear.

From its unique location on the Belmar boardwalk along Ocean Avenue, Matisse offers unbeatable views of the ocean, along with an inventive menu that builds not just an experience of flavor but frequently one of color as well.

My partner and I started dinner with a couple of appetizers. One of the best items on the menu has to be the Vermont Goat Cheese Ravioli ($11). In this wonderful starter, delicate, thin-rolled pasta dough is wrapped around an artisanal New England goat cheese, drizzled with
a macadamia-flavored syrup and seasoned with sea salt infused with vanilla, all set over slices of pineapple. The flavors that result pair the mellow tanginess of the cheese with a round mouthful of subtly sweet vanilla, which is intense but doesn't overwhelm the rest of the
dish.

I also tried the Grilled Calamari with Arugula, Fennel and Lemon Preserves ($11). Here delicately crusted squid pieces roughly 1 inch square were served over julienne fries and arugula greens. The pungent peppery tastes are all the more infused with the warmly spiced flavors of the preserves and the licorice essence of the fennel.

The Cast Iron Skillet-seared Day Boat Scallops ($34) was both a feast of flavor and color, with a green summer pea coulis painting a plate that's also studded with fresh, bright yellow corn kernels. Six sweet sea scallops, seared on both flat sides as promised, were nested in that puree, all surrounding an attractive centerpiece of a chive-potato tart with an inventive crisp crust crafted from a wonton wrapper. The tasty tart contained chunks of potato in a creamy potato puree and was sprinkled with fresh-snipped chives. The scallops were cooked just a hair past how I like them, but they were still acceptable, and the pea coulis added nice summery flavors to them.

The "No. 1'' in the Chili Spiced No. 1 Tuna ($32) refers to the sushi grade of the fish in this equally colorful entree that decorates the plate with vibrant salad greens and a purple pinot noir sauce. Flavors here were good, with the sauce adding a hearty backbone to the
robust fish. But I was disappointed overall with the entree because the fish was a bit overcooked. We'd ordered it to be cooked medium, and it came out medium well. However, with such a good grading, why didn't our waiter recommend how the fish should be served in the first place? If the kitchen is going to showcase a top-quality ingredient, it should also make sure that the customer has the opportunity to enjoy that ingredient in its optimum preparation.

More popular than ever on menus this year, the Key Lime Tart ($6.99) at Matisse is a nice version of this Florida favorite. Contained within a pleasantly tender crumb crust, the filling was sufficiently limey and not overly sweet. The Homemade Chipwich ($6.99) paired two delicious, warm homemade chocolate-chip cookies, studded with a generous amount of chips, with a soft-serve vanilla ice cream, all drizzled with a raspberry sauce. The colors were as vibrant as the flavors were comforting.

The tuna service issue notwithstanding, Matisse has plenty of pleasant surprises going for it, ranging from its imaginative ingredient choices to its pretty plate-ups. For what it's offering, Matisse's prices are reasonable, and the fact that you can walk in with your own wine means that this is a summer-at-the-Shore dining experience that won't cost you a fortune. Bring five of your friends and have a party. Just don't try to park on the lawn.

Christopher Thumann, a graduate of La Salle University in Philadelphia and Jersey City's Culinary Arts Institute, is a former food editor at Woman's World magazine. He has also edited and written for Weight Watchers, Chocolatier magazine and Pastry Art and Design magazine. You
can reach him at cthumann@hotmail.com. Restaurants are rated in relation to comparable establishments and reviews are based upon an anonymous evaluation of food, service, price, value and ambience.

Lifeguard and girl are struck by lightning in Cape May, man dies at sandy hook

Lifeguard and girl are struck by lightning in Cape May
By Nick Pipitone

INQUIRER STAFF WRITER

Severe thunderstorms this afternoon knocked out power to thousands in the Philadelphia area and struck buildings and beachgoers at the Jersey Shore.

A lifeguard and a young girl were struck on a Cape May beach at 1:16 p.m. while fleeing the storm, the Cape May Beach Patrol said.

Lightning strikes caused numerous structure fires in Cape May County and the Egg Harbor Township area of Atlantic County.

The National Weather Service measured wind gusts of 43 m.p.h. at Philadelphia International Airport and hail as large as golf balls in Brooklawn, Camden County.

Peco Energy Co. reported that about 49,000 customers lost power in the Philadelphia and its suburban Pennsylvania counties due to downed trees and branches and that, by 5:30 p.m., power had been restored to about 20,000.

Lightning hit a substation in Bucks County, causing some outages, but Peco was able to quickly switch to another unit.

In Cape May, the lightning victims were treated by the Cape May Fire Department and taken to the Cape Regional Medical Center, where they were listed in stable condition tonight, said a hospital spokesman.

The beach patrol began clearing the beach at 1:13 p.m. at the Coulton Court beach, said Lt. Harry Back of the Cape May Beach Patrol, and the two were struck minutes later. The girl was holding an umbrella, said Tim Gay of the Cape May Fire Department. Her right arm was injured.

"This one was scary because there was no thunderstorm activity, just rain," Back said. "But as soon as it got to the shore, it just blew up into a thunderstorm, so it didn't give us much time to get people away. It doesn't usually happen that way."

The beach was reopened shortly at 3 p.m. so patrons could retrieve their belongings, then closed for the rest of the night. Back said it was the first such incident at a Cape May beach since a father and son were struck in 1992.

An hour earlier, one man was killed and two other people were injured when they were struck by lightning while on a beach in Sandy Hook, Monmouth County, N.J., the National Park Service said.

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POSTED: 11:42 am EDT July 27, 2008
UPDATED: 4:04 pm EDT July 27, 2008


NEW YORK -- Cape May fire department officials said a lifeguard was struck by lightning as he tried to clear the beach of people as rain moved in.

The man was struck at 1:17 p.m. between Paterson Street and Beach Avenue.

He was conscious and alert after being struck, and was taken to Cape Regional Medical Center. His condition was unknown.

At the same time, a girl on the beach suffered injuries to her hands. Fire authorities said it appeared she was holding an umbrella at the time. She was taken to same hospital, but her condition is unknown. It was raining at the time she was struck. She and the lifeguard are the tenth people to be struck by lightning on Sunday.

The National Park Service said a man died and two others were injured after a lightning strike on the beach in Sandy Hook. Hours earlier, five people were struck by lightning in Long Island.

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Park service spokesman Brian Feeney said the lightning struck at about noon Sunday on a beach where swimming isn't allowed. That means there weren't even lifeguards to raise the alarm as a fast-moving severe thunderstorm swept into the area.

News 4 New York has learned that the man who died was 37. He was from Elizabeth, N.J. A man and woman in their 30s were taken to Jersey Shore Medical Center and admitted for observation. No further details were expected to be released Sunday.

All beaches at Sandy Hook National Park were closed.

5 Struck By Lightning In L.I.

Five people in their 20s were hospitalized after they were struck by lightning in Long Island.

The incident happened at Cantiague Park in Hicksville at about 10:15 a.m.

Authorities transported the five individuals to Nassau County Medical Center. They suffered burns of various degrees.

A hospital official said they were taken to the emergency room, where they were evaluated.

Two of the victims were admitted to the hospital's burn center in serious condition. The other three were treated and released, a hospital representative said.

The identities of the victims were immediately available.

The county evacuated the park and closed its swimming pool. Officials warned people not to take cover under trees during storms, saying they are prone to lightning strikes.

Check back with WNBC.com for updates on this story.

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Belmar 8am July 16th 2008 nice and peaceful

 

Belmar was bursting at the seems last week as everyone came to the beach to enjoy the great weather, cars were parked 6 blocks deep to come to this beautiful beach town. We can thank Mayor Pringle and the towns workers for keeping the place look so clean after the vistitors leave.

Belmar Boardwalk NJ photos

 

Big surf in Belmar NJ today Sunday July 13

 

Belmar beach - surf , sand , and hot girls playing volleyball

 

it does not get any better than this on a Sunday at The Jersey Shore, Belmar has it all

Brunch at Matisse in Belmar NJ

 

Big surf in Belmar today

Belmar 5 race 2008

Friday in.Belmar

Firday night firework in Belmar TONIGHT

Belmar Kids Races

Friday evening, 6:30 pm, July 11, 2008

Taylor Pavilion, Belmar, New Jersey

• FOR KID’S AGES 1 – 14, DISTANCES FROM 50 YARDS

• MEDALS TO ALL FINISHERS

• 100 % COTTON T-SHIRT TO ALL REGISTRANTS

• REFRESHMENTS, CHARACTERS, FUN

• MOVIE AND FIREWORKS FOLLOW THE RACES

• HELD THE WEEKEND OF THE BELMAR FIVE!!!

32nd annual Belmar Five Mile Run to be held July 12

32nd annual Belmar Five Mile Run to be held July 12

By Penny Hinck
On Saturday, July 12, the Boro of Belmar and the Goodwill Hose Fire Co., in collaboration with the Jersey Shore Running Club, will present the 32nd Annual Belmar Five Mile Run.

The 2008 Belmar Five Mile run is named in memory of long-time Belmar resident, Johnny Cobb. In addition to being an originator of the race, he had a 25-year career in the Belmar Police Department, was a member of the Belmar Fire Dept. and was a graduate and supporter of the St Rose School, and promoted local sports all of his life.

Along with the main Five Mile event, we offer a Family Fitness Walk and Kids' Races scheduled for Friday night, July 11th, both of which have continued to become more popular each of the last several years. AGAIN this year will be a family movie on Friday night followed by Fireworks on the beach. All events will be held in Belmar, which is known, of course, for its' beautiful beaches and boardwalk.

Participants are treated to post race refreshments, and a Health and Vendor Fair in Silver Lake Park. In addition the annual 50/50 raffle drawing will take place to benefit the volunteer fire company during the awards ceremony. All are then invited to a Free Post Race Party and Concert at Bar Anticipation, Lake Como, following the five mile run.

Last year over 3000 participants in the Belmar Five events and hundreds of volunteers made this race one of the premier racing events at the Jersey Shore. This year the goal, with the help of the Jersey Shore Running Club, is to attract 3500 participants.

The Belmar Five is the third event of the Jersey Shore Golden Grand Prix, a series of races that offers prize money to overall winners and age group category winners. The five 2008 events are: Spring Lake 5, George Sheehan Classic, Belmar 5, Asbury Park 5K & Pier Village 5K. Further information can be found on the series website, www.jsgrandprix.com

Registration is still available. You can register through the mail, online, or in person Wednesday thru Friday of race week - July 9th, 10th and 11th, 6-8 pm. For locations and race information: visit www.belmar5.com, or call 732 571 2162.

Despite fog, search back on for body of NJ pilot

Despite fog, search back on for body of NJ pilot
July 7, 2008
NEPTUNE, N.J. - The search has resumed for the pilot of a small, homebuilt plane that crashed into the Shark River over the weekend.

Authorities say only one person was aboard the four-seater plane when it went down just before 7 p.m. on Saturday.

Authorities say they are not positive who was flying the aircraft, but that it was registered to Richard Jahns of Point Pleasant Beach.

The search on the Jersey Shore resumed early Monday despite fog. Divers also spent most of Sunday in the water looking for the pilot's remains.

Sunday Belmar 3pm

Belmar Fire Department was dispatched to an apartment building fire just after 10pm on July 5, 2008. The fire at 1000 River Road

Belmar Fire Department was dispatched to an apartment building fire just after 10pm on July 5, 2008. The fire at 1000 River Road, reported in apartment 4D, was so intense that two civilians jumped from the upper floors to escape the heat and smoke.

Belmar Fire Department, along with Avon Fire Department, Spring Lake Fire Department and Wall Fire Company #1 operated on scene.

Over 50 residents suffered injury, with some being transported to Jersey Shore University Medical Center including the two civilians who were forced to jump. Numerous first aid squads operated, including Belmar, Avon, Neptune, Neptune City, Wall Township and others.

Two in serious condition after jump from fire in Belmar high-rise

Two in serious condition after jump from fire in Belmar high-rise
by Maura McDermott/The Star-Ledger
Sunday July 06, 2008, 12:12 AM
Two residents of a Belmar high-rise building jumped from windows on the fourth- and fifth- floor to escape a late-night fire Saturday and are in serious condition at Jersey Shore Medical Center, Belmar Police Chief Jack Hill said.

Lori Barley, 43, jumped from the fourth floor and John Clark, 38, jumped from the fifth floor, Hill said.

The Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office, fire marshals and the Belmar detective squad are investigating the cause of the fire, Hill said.

Police Officer Todd Lee, Lt. Andrew Huisman and an unknown number of firefighters are being treated for smoke inhalation at the medical center, Hill said. He said the police officers' injuries do not appear to be life-threatening. He did not know the condition of the firefighters.

The 10:09 p.m. fire caused the evacuation of the entire nine-story, 81-apartment Marina View Towers building at Route 35 and 10th Avenue, Hill said. Residents were taken to the municipal gym, Office of Emergency Management and the Red Cross, where officials were helping them to find shelter, Hill said.

The blaze drew first-aid squads from surrounding Monmouth County towns, Police in Neptune City and Spring Lake said they had sent emergency medical workers to the scene.


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a foggy Sunday morning in Belmar NJ

 

The Tropical pub from dust in Belmar, to its new home in South Belmar ( err,,Lake Como)

Everything dies baby that's a fact

But maybe everything that dies someday comes back

Bruce Springsteen lyrics "Atlantic City "


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Bar A video 2008

Movie & Fireworks-Presented by Belmar Goodwill Hose Fire Company

Notice

Movie & Fireworks-Presented by Belmar Goodwill Hose Fire Company
Event Date(s): Friday, July 11, 2008 @ 8:00 PM
Location: 5th Ave. Beach
Address: Behind Taylor Pavilion

Immediately following the Kids Races

At dusk

A short movie will be presented on the 6th Ave Beach adjacent to the Taylor Pavilion

Fireworks will begin at the end of the movie

Rain Date for Movie and Fireworks June 12th at dusk

Saturday afternoon

Saturday 12 noon sun is starting to come out the beach is EMPTY

 

Saturday Belmar 11AM photo

Djais home of the Bennys ...

Belmar Benny you got to make a video like this of the Jersey Shore

Fourth of July Fireworks Displays in Mounmouth County

Fourth of July Fireworks Displays in Mounmouth County
MONMOUTH COUNTY

SATURDAY, JUNE 30

FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP: Concert and movie in the park; noon; Michael J. Tighe Park, 65 Georgia Road; showing of "Sandlot," bands, fireworks, car show; (732) 294-2190.

SUNDAY, JULY 1

MATAWAN: Fireworks, 8 to 10 p.m.; Lake Lefferts facility on Ravine Drive; fireworks also may be viewed from First Presbyterian Church parking lot on Route 34; (732) 566-3898.

MONDAY, JULY 2

EATONTOWN: Kiddie rides, food vendors, continuous entertainment, fireworks; Fort Monmouth, Nocodemus Avenue entrance off Broad Street; 3 p.m., Eatontown Municipal Band, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.; fireworks at 9 p.m.; rain date July 3; www.eatontownnj.com.

OCEAN TOWNSHIP: Independence Day celebration; Joe Palaia Park; Township Council will be ceremonially sworn in at 6:30 p.m. (official swearing in is at 9 a.m. at town hall, Monmouth Road); entertainment by the Cherubs at 8 p.m. and fireworks at dusk; food vendors; rain date July 6.

TUESDAY, JULY 3

HOWELL: 3rd of July celebration; Oak Glen Park, Preventorium and Old Tavern roads; 6 p.m. to fireworks finale. Games, races, prizes, music. Shuttle buses available from Department of Public Works and Aldrich Park and Ride. (732) 938-4500, ext. 2501.

LITTLE SILVER: Red Bank veterans monument dedication, 3 p.m., Red Bank Regional High School, Ridge Road.

MANASQUAN: Parade, 6:30 p.m.; beginning at the Coast Guard Station, First Avenue to Whiting Avenue to Main Street beach; concert, 7:30 p.m.; by Scratch at the Main Street beach; fireworks to follow; rain date July 7.

RED BANK: Kaboom Fireworks on the Navesink, synchronized to music simulcast on Q104.3 FM; dusk.

WALL: Wall Family Night; Firecracker Kids' Races for ages 4-12, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., municipal complex, Allaire Road; rain date July 5, 7 p.m.; Fooper and Noodles the clowns, hay rides, 6:45 p.m.; music by Rock 'n Rhythm, 7 p.m., and fireworks, 9 p.m., all at the municipal complex; rain date is July 5; (732) 449-8444, ext. 251.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 4

ASBURY PARK: Annual Fourth of July Parade, 1 p.m., Cookman and Grand avenues; route will go west on Cookman, north on Main Street and east on Fifth Avenue to Bradley Park where a festival will be held; fireworks, dusk; Fourth Avenue beach.

BRADLEY BEACH: Annual fireworks, 9 p.m.; Brinley Avenue Beach at Ocean Avenue; music by The Poni-Tails, 7:30 p.m. at the Gazebo; rain date is July 7; (732) 776-2999.

COLTS NECK: Colts Neck Swing Band, 7 p.m.; Colts Neck Community Band, 8 p.m.; 35 minutes of fireworks (aerial and ground displays), 9 p.m. Bucks Mill Recreation Area, Bucks Mill Road; (732) 780-6666.

FAIR HAVEN: Shrewsbury River Yacht Club's annual Fourth of July Parade of Boats; boats leave the yacht club at 11 a.m.; boat review at noon on the wooden pier at Marine Park in Red Bank.

FREEHOLD: Independence Day celebration, 5:30 to 10 p.m.; Freehold Raceway, Routes 9 and 33; free admission; parade, food and craft vendors, live music, entertainment, amusements and games for children, and fireworks; rain date is July 5; (732) 462-3584.

HAZLET: Fireworks celebration; begins at 6 p.m.; Veterans Memorial Park, 1776 Union Ave.; rain date is July 6; (732) 739-0653.

LONG BRANCH: 17th annual Oceanfest; all day; vendors, bands and exhibits on the Promenade; concert and fireworks; rain or shine.

SEA BRIGHT: Fireworks, 9:15 p.m. on the public beach area; entertainment by Tim McLoone and his band, 7:30 p.m. at the public beach bandstand area; rain date is July 5; (732) 842-0215.

WALL: One-mile Fun Run, 8 a.m.; 3.5 mile Leisure-Fitness Walk, 8:20 a.m.; 5-mile Race Walk, 8:35 a.m.; 5-mile Firecracker Five, 8:35 a.m.; municipal complex, Allaire Road; Preregistration forms available at the recreation department; day-of-race registration also available at 7:15 a.m. for an additional fee; (732) 449-8444, ext. 251.

WEST LONG BRANCH: Fireworks, dusk, Franklin Lake, Locust Avenue; rain date is July 7; (732) 229-1756.

SUNDAY, JULY 8

MARLBORO: First concert of Summer Concert Series, followed by fireworks; begins at 7:30 p.m., Marlboro Community Center, 1996 Recreation Way. Performances by Jimmy and the Parrot and The Party Dolls. (732) 617-0100.


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Belmar man loses bid to raise neighbors' taxes

Belmar man loses bid to raise neighbors' taxes
July 2, 2008
FREEHOLD, N.J. - Monmouth County officials have rejected a Belmar man's request to raise his neighbors' property taxes.

Steven Irwin argued last month that his neighbors aren't paying their fair share and their property taxes should be up to four times higher.

The county Tax Board's unanimous ruling was made without comment.

Irwin's property on Eighth Avenue is assessed at $375,000.



Each of his neighbors' properties are assessed at $220,000.

The municipal assessor testified the law requires current valuations to reflect assessments that were valid as of Oct. 1, 2007.

David and Jeannie McGillis and Lucy Kevoian and Alice and Sylvia Bozoyan improved their properties after that date.

Irwin is an attorney who specializes in tax appeals.

July 2

Handicap beach entrance is back in Belmar at 10th ave. beach

 

Belmar public works was hard at work this morning making it easier for disabled beach vistitors to have fun in the sun in Belmar the blue mat is very nice addition to the beach and it really works!

July 4th The Headliner in Neptune NJ Johnathan Peters

July 4th its going to be nuts at The Headliner call 732.775.6200 for tickets

Jonathan Peters became one of the New York city's most popular DJs in the late '90s and early 2000s thanks to his long-running Saturday night residency at Sound Factory. He spins a little bit of everything, though mostly whatever happens to be trendy at a given moment; for the most, given his locale and residency, he spins progressive trance and house. In addition to his DJing credentials, Peters also produces his own tracks and also remixes the work of others.

Here is a link to more info about this legandary Dj

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_HtGrZiMVg