The Coaster

By ANDREW CANGIANO
An ambitious plan to turn Neptunes North Channel Inlet into a destination was unveiled at Sunsets restaurant Tuesday.

By ELLEN CARROLL
The Asbury Park City Council is scheduled to meet today (March 30) to introduce its municipal budget which includes a 39-cent tax rate increase.
City Manager Terry Reidy said the final budget, however, will not reflect such an increase.

By JOANNE L. PAPAIANNI
Borough residents may see a 4.5 cent increase in the 2006 municipal tax rate, said Mayor Stephen Schueler Tuesday night. Council planned to hold a special budget workshop at press time yesterday to discuss final figures.

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Ocean Township High School’s West Park Players rehearsed Tuesday night for tonight’s opening of “A Chorus Line.” The curtain will go up Thursday at 7 p.m. and Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. at the high school auditorium.

By ANDREW CANGIANO
Neptune residents will see an increase of 4.7 cents per $100 of assessed valuation on the municipal tax rate under the budget proposed by the Township Committee.

By ELAINE VAN DEVELDE
As condos sprout on the former Laurino farm in Tinton Falls this spring, road improvements and traffic lights are cropping up around it.

By JOANNE L. PAPAIANNI
The Avon Board of Commissioners agreed to defer school tax in the amount of $160,000 to avoid a 16.5 cent increase in the 2006 municipal tax rate.
With the deferment, commissioners were able to hold the increase in the municipal tax rate to 4.9 cents per $100 of assessed valuation.

By ELLEN CARROLL
Police are continuing to investigate the shooting death of a 21-year-old Asbury Park man on DeWitt Avenue in Asbury Park Sunday night while officials grapple with the root of such violence.