Point Pleasant Plans To Honor Antonella Barba

Point Pleasant Mayor Martin Konkus tells The Associated Press the town plans to honor its most famous resident, ousted ‘American Idol’ semi-finalist Antonella Barba. Konkus plans to ask Barba to sing ‘God Bless America’ at the Memorial Day parade. Barba said she’d be honored to do so. “We are going to welcome her home with open arms,” Konkus said. “She’s not a bad person. She’s a good person that probably wishes she had used a little more discretion. But what you saw was nothing you won’t see on a Victoria’s Secret television ad. She comes home a little bit older and a lot wiser.”