MIDDLETOWN – The rebirth of a long-vacant building into a state-of-the-art outpatient cancer treatment center was celebrated Monday with a ceremony in Middletown. Manhattan-based cancer center Memorial Sloan Kettering purchased the vacant former Lucent Technologies building on Red Hill Road in 2013 and is now just weeks away from opening the new outpatient facility featuring about… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: November 29th, 2016 | Author: admin | Filed under: Health Care, Monmouth County News | Tags: Cancer Care, Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth, Middletown, Monmouth County News | Comments Off on New cancer center brings Sloan Kettering care closer to home for N.J. patients

TRENTON — New Jersey lawmakers say they’re concerned about what President-elect Donald Trump’s selection of U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions as attorney general could mean for marijuana legalization, but they’re still planning to move forward after Gov. Chris Christie’s term ends in 2018. Trump said during the campaign he favors letting states decide whether marijuana should be… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: November 27th, 2016 | Author: admin | Filed under: Marijuana, New Jersey | Tags: Marijuana, New Jersey | 4 Comments »

By Greg Kelly

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Thursday, November 24
- Happy Thanksgiving! Family, food and football. Don’t go shopping.
Friday, November 25
- Jackie Evancho at Count Basie Theatre (Red Bank) – MORE INFO
- Family Day at the Museum (Freehold) – MORE INFO
- Holiday Arts & Crafts Marketplace at Monmouth Park (Oceanport) – MORE INFO
- Winter Solstice: Artisan Crafts Holiday Market (Belmar) – MORE INFO
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Posted: November 22nd, 2016 | Author: admin | Filed under: Greg Kelly, Greg's List, Monmouth County News, Thanksgiving, Things to do in Monmouth County | Tags: Greg Kelly, Greg's List, Happy Thanksgiving, Monmouth County News, Things to do in Monmouth County, Things to do in Monmouth County Thanksgiving weekend, Things to do in Monmouth County this weekend | Comments Off on Greg’s List: Things to do in Monmouth County this Thanksgiving weekend, November 25-27, 2016
SPRING LAKE — When the 73-acre Wreck Pond overflows, a decades-long problem, its surge prompts frequent beach closures and carries devastating impacts to the coastal environment and nearby homes. With the completion of a concrete culvert that is part of Gov. Chris Christie administration’s $7.4 million lake restoration project, officials are a step closer to improving… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: November 21st, 2016 | Author: admin | Filed under: Chris Smith, Monmouth County News, Spring Lake | Tags: Congressman Chris Smith, Monmouth County News, Spring Lake, Spring Lake Mayor Jennifer Naughton, Wreck Pond | Comments Off on Work completed to ease flooding, beach closures near Spring Lake pond
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Supporters of a plan for California to secede from the union took their first formal step Monday morning, submitting a proposed ballot measure to the state attorney general’s office in the hopes of a statewide vote as soon as 2018. Marcus Ruiz Evans, the vice president and co-founder of Yes California, said his… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: November 21st, 2016 | Author: admin | Filed under: News | Tags: California secession | 1 Comment »
TRENTON — Two state lawmakers are looking to reverse New Jersey’s landmark ban on the death penalty and restore the punishment for serious crimes. On Monday, Senators Steve Oroho (R-Sussex) and Jeff Van Drew (D-Cape May) introduced a bill that would restore capital punishment in certain murder cases, citing recent terror attacks and fatal ambushes of… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: November 21st, 2016 | Author: admin | Filed under: New Jersey | Tags: Capital Punishment, New Jersey, NJ Death Penalty, NJ Legislature, NJ Senate | Comments Off on N.J. lawmakers want to reinstate death penalty in ‘extreme’ cases

Gary Wolchesky
Gary Wolchesky, 28, of Middletown, acted as his own attorney in defending himself against 21 counts related to the sexual assaults of the boys, including two counts of first degree Aggravated Sexual Assault and four counts of second degree Endangering the Welfare of a Child by Manufacturing Child Pornography. He was found guilty by a Monmouth County Jury in Freehold last week and faces a possible 61 years in State Prison when sentenced by Judge Richard English on March 2, 2017, according to a statement by Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni.
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Posted: November 21st, 2016 | Author: admin | Filed under: Monmouth County News, Monmouth County Prosecutor | Tags: Gary Wolchesky, Monmouth County News, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni | Comments Off on Self-proclaimed pedophile convicted, faces a possible 61 years
By Freeholder Lillian G. Burry

Freeholders Tom Arnone and Lillian Burry complete the purchase of Ft. Monmouth with Noreen Dresser, Chief of Real Estate, U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, NY Distirct
Anyone living in Monmouth County is likely to be aware of the many good things County government provides including our roads, parks and library system. One of the most important and valuable things the County provides, however, is known to relatively few residents. That’s the role the County plays in enhancing the financial resources of others and it’s a role that’s played quietly, sometimes indirectly, and always with unwavering expertise.
Sometimes it takes the form of a direct payment, providing the County share of the price for preserving farmland that brings far larger amounts of state dollars to a deal. At other times it’s providing a mix of funding and in-kind staff resources as a match for Green Acres dollars used to acquire or develop additional open space or some other worthy grant funded project. And sometimes it’s taking advantage of the AAA bond rating of the County – a rating held by fewer than two dozen of the more than three thousand American counties – to help others borrow money through the Monmouth County Improvement Authority (MCIA) at interest rates that can save significant amounts of dollars in interest payments over the life of a loan.
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Posted: November 21st, 2016 | Author: admin | Filed under: FMERA, Fort Monmouth, Lillian Burry, Monmouth County News, Tom Arnone | Tags: FMERA, Fort Monmouth, Freeholder Director Tom Arnone, Freeholder Lillian Burry, Monmouth County Improvement Authority (MCIA), Monmouth County News | Comments Off on Monmouth County: A FINANCIAL FORCE MULTIPLIER
LONG BRANCH – As Hurricane Sandy was closing in on the Jersey Shore, Darrell Wordelmann – the general manager of Rooney’s Oceanfront Restaurant – watched surveillance video footage of the Atlantic Ocean splashing increasingly closer to the popular upscale restaurant until the power to the cameras eventually went out. The restaurant, which is slightly elevated and… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: November 21st, 2016 | Author: admin | Filed under: Monmouth County News | Tags: FEMA, High Water Mark Initiative, High Water Mark Program, Long Branch, Long Branch Mayor Adam Schneider, Monmouth County News, Sheriff Shaun Golden | Comments Off on Long Branch joins post-Sandy high water mark program
ASBURY PARK — A group of about 100 people marched through the city’s downtown Sunday in hopes of spreading the message of “fair and equal representation” for all citizens. The group’s organizers stressed the march, dubbed the “Asbury Park Unity March,” was not an anti-Donald Trump protest, but they conceded the group was formed in light… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: November 21st, 2016 | Author: admin | Filed under: Asbury Park, Monmouth County News | Tags: Asbury Park, Asbury Park Unity March, Monmouth County News | Comments Off on Asbury Park marchers demand equality in era of Trump