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FRIDAY 04.08.16

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Navy planning
massive solar
facility on 227
acres at Earle
Officials in Tinton Falls, Colts Neck
say they are not aware of project
SHANNON MULLEN @MULLENAPP

CHRIS JORDAN @CHRISFHJORDAN

ASBURY PARK MUSIC IN FILM FESTIVAL

The U.S. Navy intends to build a 32.8-megawatt solar

facility at Naval Weapons Station Earle spanning 227
mostly wooded acres in Colts Neck and Tinton Falls, an
ambitious energy plan that has caught environmentalists and some local officials off guard.
The size and output of the facility dwarf the 21-megawatt solar array recently approved for a 90-acre site at
the Six Flags theme park in Jackson. That project ran
into a buzz saw of protests from environmental groups
opposed to the clear-cutting of nearly 15,000 trees on
the property.
Earles plan calls for solar panels and other equipment at six nonadjacent sites in Colts Neck and Tinton
Falls, including two capped landfills and a former housing site.
The largest of the sites, totaling nearly 163 acres,
would be in Tinton Falls, south of Route 18 and west of
the Garden State Parkway. The Navy plans to lease the
properties to a utility company that would construct
and operate the facility. The utility isnt identified in a
fact sheet posted on the weapons stations website.
No information was available Thursday about the
number of trees that would have to be removed at
Earle. An aerial view of the 163-acre site in Tinton Falls
on Google Earth shows woods covering roughly twothirds of the parcel.
Officials in Tinton Falls and Colts Neck said they

Thousands of fans, musicians and

movie makers are expected to attend
the second annual Asbury Park Music
in Film Festival, which begins today in
Asbury Park and runs through Sunday.
Its a unique event that features
films about music and musicians, along
with music videos. Tom Donovan, publisher of the Asbury Park Press and
APP.com and a member of the board of directors of
the Asbury Park Music Foundation, will be there.
The Asbury Park Press is the presenter of the
fest.
Our purpose as the Asbury Park Press is far
more reaching than publishing a paper, putting out a
website and gathering news, Donovan said recently

l When: Today through Sunday at various sites

See SOLAR, Page 6A

Bob Dylan
Jerry Garcia

Frank Zappa

MUSIC MERGES

WITH MOVIES

l What: Films, discussions and live performances

l Online: Visiti APMFF.com for tickets, event info
at The Stone Pony in Asbury Park. Our purpose is to
engage with the community we serve and act in a
way that enables everybody to thrive. Thats why we
got into this business.
The fests main-stage highlights include the Miles
Davis biopic Miles Ahead, followed by a Q&A with
its star, Don Cheadle, and a jam with a world-class
band led by Keyon Harrold tonight at the citys ParaSee FESTIVAL, Page 13A

Assembly panel
defies gov, OKs
Atlantic City plan
WAYNE PARRY
@WAYNEPARRYAC

Clockwise from top left: Two Trains Runnin focuses on two blues singers during the Civil Rights movement; Miles Ahead, directed by and starring Don
Cheadle, is the festivals premier film and is inspired by the life of Miles Davis; Riding Giants is the story of big-wave surfers; It Might Get Loud stars
rockers Jimmy Page, the Edge and Jack White; Let Me Down Hard From Asbury Park focuses on the Jersey Shore music hotbed; Muscle Shoals is a
documentary that focuses on the Alabama music scene which brought black and white musicians together; American Hardcore focuses on the American
punk-rock movement in the 1980s; Dark Fall is a documentary about New Jersey surfers; Jeff Buckleys You and I is a compilation album relased in March.

Where to dine during the music, film fest

LIZ DENNERLEIN AND SARAH GRIESEMER
@LIZDENNERLEIN AND @SARAHEGRIESEMER

The Asbury Park Music in Film Festival will be

chock full of great sights and sounds, and after a day
of music and movies, you will be ready for a good
meal.
Here is a look at some of the citys hot spots, plus a
few that are offering festival promotions.

Festival specials
At Purple Glaze, the go-to place for doughnuts in
Asbury Park, owner Jacalyn Sharpe is getting in on
the film festival spirit. She has created the following
doughnuts, all named for movies that will be
screened during the festival:
Grateful Dawg a vanilla doughnut with tie-

dye glaze.
Riding Giants a vanilla doughnut dipped in
vanilla icing and topped with sprinkles, graham
cracker crumbs, a fruit strip surfboard and a Teddy
Graham.
See DINE, Page 13A

Inside jerseyalive!

Expanded festival coverage

l Get the latest event information for the second annual
Asbury Park Music in Film Festival in Jersey Alive! Plus get
expanded venue information, including the festivals complete
schedule, event locations, ticket prices and more.
l Go behind the scenes with famed photographer and Toms
River native Danny Clinch as he prepares for the festival.

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TRENTON - A new proposal to help Atlantic City

avoid going broke advanced in the state Legislature on
Thursday, but Gov. Chris Christie declared it dead on
arrival, setting up the possibility the state will take no
action on behalf of the struggling gambling resort.
A state Assembly committee approved a measure by
Speaker Vincent Prieto that seeks to recast assistance
to struggling Atlantic City on his own terms.
But Christie said he wont consider the alternative
measure, which will be posted for a vote in the full Assembly next week.
The City Council passed a payroll maneuver
Wednesday night that will prevent it from running out
of cash and shutting down nonessential government
services for about two months; without that vote, it
would have run out of money on Friday. But a long-term
solution looked more uncertain than ever on Thursday.
Prietos bill combines elements of a two-bill package
that he has refused to put up for a vote in the Assembly.
It lets casinos make payments to the city in lieu of property taxes and would give the state authority over the
citys finances, but only if the city fails to meet certain
See ASSEMBLY, Page 6A