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ABSECON – The Save Absecon Committee is ready to join forces with the parties it was created to oppose. But with one serious condition.

“If the existing 48 units built at Absecon Gardens remain exclusively 55-plus housing, we will actively market these units to seniors,” Save Absecon President Joseph Courter said. “A minimum of $10,000 we would otherwise pay an attorney for our appeal would be spent on marketing Absecon Gardens. This would include print and radio ads, social media and networking.”

The proposal was mailed to Absecon City Council, Boardwalk Development and Design, and Parke Bank, Courter said.

Council sets meeting schedule

The City Council of Pleasantville has announced its meeting schedule for 2012. All work and regular meetings will be held on Mondays unless otherwise noted in the courtroom of the Police Complex. Work meetings begin at 6:30 p.m. with regular meetings immediately after. The meeting dates are May 21, June 4, June 18, July 2, July 16, Aug. 6, Aug. 20, Sept. 5 (Wednesday), Sept. 17, Oct. 1, Oct. 15, Nov. 5, Nov. 19, Dec. 3 and Dec. 17.

Efforts to focus on motivation, assessment, accountability

PLEASANTVILLE – Superintendent Garnell Bailey outlined some of the challenges facing today’s educators and reviewed her goals for the upcoming school year during a Board of Education retreat held Tuesday, May 8.

Adrian Murray, 21, is in Afghanistan working as a helicopter mechanic for the U.S. Army.
PLEASANTVILLE – Adrian Murray, a 2009 graduate of Pleasantville High School, surprised his mother when he decided to enlist in the U.S. Army after graduation.

“He was always very iffy as to what he wanted to do when he grew up,” said his mother Neva Washington.