Recreation- Senior yoga/Youth Swim Team

Belmar Recreation hosts senior yoga at the Taylor Pavilion every Monday and Friday thru the summer. The classes start inside at 0900. There is no charge for our resident seniors. 

Avon Recreation and Belmar Recreation are going to try something new this year. Avon is going to allow 4 Belmar children to join their swim team at the Avon pool. The children that participate will need to attend all meets and be good representatives of Belmar. If interested in the details please contact Mike Campbell at recreation@belmar.com  There are only 4 slots allowed.

Wi-Fi pulls in to the Belmar Train Station

You can now surf the web on your laptop or iPhone while you wait for the train or to pick up a loved one at the Belmar train station. The only catch is that you have to be a Cablevision or Comcast high-speed Internet customer. On Thursday, May 14, Cablevision launched this latest service expansion in Belmar and at nine other train stations in Monmouth County.

This is just the latest expansion of Cablevision’s Wi-Fi wireless access service in Belmar for Optimum Online customers. According to Cablevision’s Wi-Fi coverage map, all of Belmar’s downtown is within reach of a Cablevision Wi-Fi signal, as are Belmar’s beaches from Eighth to Eighteenth Avenues.

Mayor & Council vote to cut $89,000 from defeated School Budget

At its regular meeting on Wednesday evening, May 13, 2009, the Mayor & Council voted to cut $89,000 from the School Board Budget, which had been defeated by voters on April 21 by a vote of 364 to 258. The Mayor & Council’s decision was reached after a special workshop meeting attended by a large number of school supporters, all of whom urged the Mayor & Council to support the budget. During the workshop meeting, Borough Administrator and Chief Financial Officer Robbin Kirk outlined $124,000 in potential cuts she had identified, which included a salary freeze for administrative staff at the school, and a 1% cut in teacher salaries. Teacher salaries, however, are set by contact, and the teachers’ union has declined to re-open the contract or consider a voluntary wage reduction. Following the workshop meeting, the Mayor and members of the Council met individually with School Superintendent Paul Shappirio and School Board Secretary Loretta Hill and in an effort to reach a mutually acceptable consensus, and ultimately settled on the $89,000 cut.

Council President Merry Brennan recused herself from the vote and the discussions on the budget because her husband, Tom Brennan, is an employee of the Belmar Elementary School.

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