Summer Series 2008
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INSIDE Greetings from the Mayor Page 2 Avalon Takes Beach Battle to Nation’s Capital Page 3 Pagliughi Recognized for Beach Efforts Page 3 Borough Council Budget Update Page 3 June-August 2009 Calendar of Events Page 4-5 Help Avalon Conserve Water Page 6 Shore TV Launched Page 6 Ride the Trolley This Summer Page 6 Did You Know? Page 7 235235 32ND32ND STREESTREETT AAVVAALON,LON, NNJJ •• 609-967-7155609-967-7155 Avalon’s Green Team Focuses on WWWWW.AVALONFREELIBRARY.ORGW.AVALONFREELIBRARY.ORG Environment Page 7 Avalon Free Public Library Summer Series 2008 Summer 2009 Issue Summer Series Page 8 AALLLL EEVENTSVENTS AARERE FFREEREE PROGRPROGRAAMMSS BEGINBEGIN AATT 77PPMM July 1 MargaretJuly Buchholz- 9 Harp New & Vocals Jersey ShipwrecksConcert lecture Things JulyJuly 12 8Bay-AtlanticHarp and Vocals Italian Concert Opera by Extravaganza Ceol Binn Celtic - Tickets Ensemble Required Free July 15 JerroldJuly 17Casway- Jerrold Patriarchs Casway, of Irish Philadelphia in Baseball Baseball To Do In JulyJuly 1822 DavidBay-Atlantic Dean, Symphony mystery writter - 1001 &Night’s Avalon Entertainment Chief of Police Avalon This August 7 Brad Meltzer,- tickets author required of bestselling thrillers & comic books Summer August 4 TessCo-created Gerritsen- theauthor TV of Show The KeepsakeJack & Bobby and The Bone Garden Summer August 12 James Kirschke- Caine Mutiny lecture August 13 James Kirschke, author of Not Going Home Alone: 1. Free parking! Avalon is the August 17 Gina Roché Brazilian Jazz Quintet Performance only beach town in Cape May AugustA 19 Marine’sWill Shortz Story -Puzzle and the master biography for National Gouverneur Public MorrisRadio and County with no parking meters August 23 Bay-Atlantic NY Symphony Times Sunday Tchaikovsky crossword Jubileepuzzle editor - Tickets required and no paid parking lots! AugustAugust 22 Bay-Atlantic 26 Lisa See, Symphony bestselling - Mozart: author Villains, of Snow Heroes Flower and Gods 2. Free beach concerts on - tickets required Saturday and Sunday afternoons! ALL EVENTSand the Secret Fan and AREPeony in Love FREE Enjoy pop, rock, oldies, reggae Building a Bigger Beach and other music, free every PPROGRAMSROGRAMS BEGIN BEGIN AT 7 AT P.M. 7 P.M. weekend! 3. Free concerts at Veterans Plaza If you visit the beach in Avalon’s July 9 Harp & Vocals Concert on Friday nights! Bring a chair, north end this summer, chances are and enjoy the show! you will be walking on sand that July 12 Bay-Atlantic Italian Opera Extravaganza- Tickets required 4. Tuesday mini events for kids was brought in to Avalon during at the Avalon Free Public Library! the springtime. The United States Army Corps July 17 Jerrold Casway, Irish in Baseball Clowns, jugglers, theater and of Engineers conducted a beach more! fill project in Avalon that stretched 5. Thursday mini events for kids from 9th Street to 18th Street. July 22 David Dean, mystery writer & at the Avalon Free Public Library! Starting on April 15, trucks rolled Puppets, one man circus and into Avalon loaded with tons of more! fresh sand that was deposited on Avalon Chief of Police the beaches. Nearly 200,000 tons 6. July 4th Avalon Family Festival of sand was placed on the beaches August 7 Brad Meltzer, author of bestselling thrillers & comic books and Fireworks! The best fireworks during this major project. Avalon’s North End beach before (top) and after (bottom) at the shore! Immediately after the federal beach fill project 7. Avalon Chamber of Commerce beach fill project was completed, Co-created the TV Show " the Borough of Avalon conducted Craft show from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., rejected the NJDEP’s appeal of Avalon’s victory on June 27! a second beach fill in the same project area to provide even more nourishment in court regarding the state’s policies relating to August 13 James Kirschke, author of 8. Tuesday night Avalon Public to the beachfront. The entire beach fill effort public access for beaches and marinas in New Library Big Beach Movies! Catch a was finished before Father’s Day weekend and Jersey. and the biography great family movie on the beach, resulted in a new, protective beach for the “This was simply an attempt at social #" under the stars! borough’s north end. engineering,” Pagliughi said. “The state’s public access policies were dangerous, reckless, ill- 9. Avalon Boat Parade on “This is not only about suntans and a day at the beach, but more importantly it’s about conceived and would have put beachgoers and August 23 Bay-Atlantic Symphony Tchaikovsky Jubilee- Tickets08202 NJ requiredAvalon, Saturday, July 4! See all of the protecting lives and property,” Avalon Mayor taxpayers at tremendous risk. Avalon was more Permit No. 808 No. Permit great decorated boats! 3100 Dune Drive Dune 3100 Martin Pagliughi said. “This beach fill was than pleased to challenge the NJDEP on this flawed policy.” AugustNJ 26Bellmawr, Lisa See, bestselling author of !! 10. Tons of free recreation critically important for our community as we Borough of Avalon of Borough and craft events presented head into another hurricane season. Beaches Avalon’s mayor and council also hosted a PAID by the Avalon Department of always provide the first line of defense for Avalon countywide public meeting on Tuesday, April and " in the event of a coastal storm.” 28 that challenged Gov. Jon Corzine’s proposed U.S. Postage U.S. Recreation! Avalon has also taken a leadership role on cuts to the beach nourishment and tourism First-Class Mail First-Class promotion budgets in the state of New Jersey. All year-’round, discover free very critical beach issues in the state of New Jersey. Avalon successfully challenged the New More than 120 local appointed and elected Presorted things to do in Avalon, N.J.! Jersey Department of Environmental Protection officials from Cape May County attended the on the state’s public access rules. On April 23, the meeting at Avalon’s Community Center to New Jersey Supreme Court issued an order that express their opposition to these cuts. Avalon’s Green DID YOU KNOW? Team Focuses on Environment The Avalon Police Department reminds If you hear someone in Avalon talking you that there is an overnight curfew in about the “Green Team” this summer, it’s our community. People under the age not going to be a discussion about the of 18 are subject to the curfew from mid- Philadelphia Eagles. The Green Team night to 6 a.m. Certain exemptions apply, is developing a “green” master plan for including travel to and from employment. Avalon that will result in an unprece- dented effort to save energy and water, For more information, contact the Avalon as well as to develop new programs and Police Department at 967-3411. policies that will be beneficial to the en- vironment. The Borough of Avalon is drafting a The Avalon Senior Center hosts fun “Green Master Plan” that will address a activities for seniors all summer long! host of environmental issues. Already Enjoy activities such as art, bridge, there have been many months full of dis- mah-jongg, a book club and even cook- cussions, meetings and even field trips to help come up with the best environ- ing classes. The Avalon Senior Center mental effort that makes sense for our is located on the north side of Avalon community. Members of the Green Team, Borough Hall, 3100 Dune Drive. For more which is a subcommittee of the Plan- information about activities, contact Sue ning/Zoning Board, are: Jim Collins, Neil Greetings From the Mayor! Keen at 967-5924. Hensel, Dr. Brian Reynolds and Thomas Welcome to another great summer in Avalon! I personally invite you to enjoy everything that Avalon has to offer this Ohntrup. Avalon seniors try Wii Bowling at Senior Center One of the big first steps for Avalon summer—beautiful beaches, family-oriented activities and special events, spectacular dining, a vibrant shopping district, and will be the application and completion endless opportunities to create lifetime memories. of an energy audit in the borough. This audit will be conducted through the New Avalon is truly a unique community at the Jersey Shore, and we are very pleased that you are a part of it. We embrace the The Bay-Atlantic Symphony will present two concerts this year in Avalon! We are proud to be the summer Jersey Clean Energy Audit Program. Af- friendship of our year-round residents, and we are glad to see our second homeowners and their families back in town for ter the audit is completed, the borough home of the Bay-Atlantic Symphony, which will perform another terrific summer. If you happen to be visiting Avalon for a day, a week, or for the entire summer, we are glad you are here will implement to the best of its ability at 7p.m. on July 18 and Aug. 22 at Avalon Elementary and we appreciate that you have chosen Avalon for a well-deserved vacation. the recommendations that are outlined. School. Please visit Avalon’s official website, The audit will include all water usage in 2009 has been challenging for every government in our country. From a small beach community like Avalon to our federal www.avalonboro.org, for more information. borough facilities that will identify areas of cost savings and conservation. Addi- government, we’ve quickly learned how to do more, with less. I can assure you that Avalon will continue to provide you the tionally, the audit will include energy us- highest level of municipal services, and make necessary improvements, for the benefit of our homeowners, and our vacationers age of all borough street lights, parking as well. Cutting your lawn and you just don’t know lot lights and decorative lights along the what to do with your grass clippings? Here is an Dune Drive business district.