Sea Girt council wrestles with loading zone changes
SEA GIRT — Borough council members are divided on proposed measures to revise the loading zone created in the borough last summer for use...
Squan Beach Life Saving Station gets county grant
MANASQUAN — The Squan Beach Life Saving Station Preservation Committee received an estimated $2,750 preservation matching grant award from the Monmouth County Historical Commission for...
PTOs urge school board to waive fees for building use
WALL TOWNSHIP — The school board may reconsider the district’s policy of charging custodial and security guard fees to parent-teacher organizations when the groups...
Attorney review finds ‘no malpractice’ in DPW lot deal
BRADLEY BEACH — A former attorney for the borough did not mislead officials in the 2016 purchase of the northern Department of Public Works...
Avon student organizes Mary’s Adopted Classroom
Mary Hayser, a National Junior Honor Society member and Avon Elementary School eighth-grader, organized a successful supply drive to benefit underprivileged students.
Through Mary’s...
Tentative school budget introduced for H.W. Mountz
SPRING LAKE — A second special meeting was held for the Spring Lake Board of Education to discuss the tentative budget for the...
Squan-A-Thon cancer benefit raises record $151,000
MANASQUAN — Squan-A-Thon 2019 raised over $151,000 for families affected by pediatric cancer and other serious illnesses, exceeding last year’s efforts by nearly $9,000.
On...
Alleged murderer of mob boss waives extradition, returned to NY
TOMS RIVER — Anthony Comello, the man arrested for the murder of a reputed mob boss, waived an extradition proceeding during an appearance at...
Mob boss murder suspect nabbed in Brick Township
BRICK TOWNSHIP – A suspect sought in connection with the murder of the reputed Gambino family crime boss was taken into custody in Brick...
Brick adopts marijuana ban as state legalization advances
BRICK TOWNSHIP — The Township Council voted unanimously Tuesday for a local ban on the sale, cultivation, manufacturing and testing of recreational marijuana, just...