The Coaster

[caption id=”attachment_3946” align=”alignleft” width=”130” caption=”Phyllis Quixley, who worked for the borough for more than 30 years, 16 of those as administrator, cleared out her office on Tuesday.”][/caption]By JOANNE L. PAPAIANNI
Bradley Beach officials hired a new borough administrator last week, but not without some issues raised over her contract.
Gail O’Reilly, a former Red Bank planner, was hired unanimously, but when it came to approving her contract, Council President Lori Marchak-Ortiz cast a no vote.

By JOANNE L. PAPAIANNI
Bradley Beach officials and residents showered outgoing Bradley Beach Borough Administrator Phyllis Quixley with words of praise at her last meeting Tuesday night.
Quixley has worked for the borough for 40 years, the last 16 as the administrator.
At press time, the council was holding a special meeting where Gail O’Reilly was expected to [...]

By JOANNE L. PAPAIANNI
The Bradley Beach Borough Council has agreed to move forward on a grant application for improvements to Lake Terrace Park.
Major improvements include replacing raised and damaged sidewalks along Lake Terrace, Madison Avenue and Fletcher Lake Boulevard and installing a sprinkler system in the open play area.
Janet MacInnes, who had previously donated [...]

By JOANNE L. PAPAIANNI
Five Bradley Beach residents, including the two incumbents, have filed to run for two Boorugh Council seats in the upcoming November election.
The two seats are both unexpired terms and will run until May of 2010.
Two incumbents Norman Goldfarb and George Bachar who were appointed in July will face two former council members [...]

By JOANNE L. PAPAIANNI
Four Bradley Beach residents, including two former Borough Council members and the two incumbents, have filed petitions to run for the two open council seats in the upcoming election Nov. 4.
The filing deadline is Sept. 11 at 4 p.m.
Former Councilmen Benjamin Waters and Sal Galassetti are challenging Councilmen George Bachar and Norm [...]

By JOANNE L. PAPAIANNI
A small town in Missouri is about to become safer.
Bradley Beach Borough Councilman George Bachar reported at Tuesday night’s meeting that the borough’s recently decommissioned fire truck is being donated to the Queen City, Missouri fire company.
The donation will come with a document stating that it has been decomissioned and “has no [...]

By TOM SHORTELL and JOANNE L. PAPAIANNI
Local beach towns are reporting increases over last year’s total revenue in beach badges with Asbury Park seeing an increase of about 30 percent in badge sales.

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A 56-year-old Tinton Falls man was arrested this week and charged with robbing five banks including the Central Jersey Bank in Bradley Beach last week.
Police arrested Richard Demott, 56, Tuesday after two members of a task force investigating the robberies spotted a man matching the robber