An Asian female estimated to be between 20-30 years old was discovered by a passerby on Ideal Beach in Middletown this morning.
MMM has learned that authorities believe the woman committed suicide by jumping off the Verrazzano -Narrow Bridge, the span between Staten Island and Brooklyn, on Saturday night. The body, which was clad in a cocktail dress, was discovered on the beach in Middletown on Monday morning, April 27.
Asbury Park rock club The Saint, a longtime promoter of local music that also hosted national acts, is no longer for sale, according to one of its owners.
“We are no longer selling, unless that wild 3 million dollar offer materializes,” Meg Kelly, an owner and operator, wrote on Facebook Wednesday.
“Humbly, we thank you for the enormous show of support, kind words and positive energy in these dark times. Our friends have organized a fundraiserfor us and we are in communication with like minded folks with a strong interest in investing with us,” Kelly’s post said.Kelly last week announced the icon… Read the rest of this entry »
Monmouth County recorded new 186 positive cases of COVID-19 overnight, bringing the total to 5,272, Freeholder Director Tom Arnone and Deputy Director Sue Kiley announced. The NJ Department of Health reports that 260 County residents have succumbed to the virus.
Monmouth County has been awarded $108 million in federal CARES Act funds, Freeholder Director Tom Arnone announced.
The $107,974,955.70 comes as part of the $2.2 trillion stimulus package signed into law last month and is to be used to offset the unexpected expenditures related to COVID-19 from March 1, 2020 through Dec. 30, 2020.
Congressman Chris Smith recorded this video in his Freehold office today, April 22, before heading to Washington to vote for the next phase of the COVID-19 emergency legislation which is on the docket tomorrow.
Middletown Mayor Tony Perry announced that his wife Alannah is pregnant. The first child of the couple is due in August, the mayor said during a Quarantine Edition interview with Sophia Haber Brock.
In the 19 minute interview with Brock, a 10th grade student at Middletown High School North, Perry also discussed juggling his full time employment with Hackensack-Meridan Health with being mayor, the Township’s interaction with County, State and Federal officials in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic and he praised the selfless work on New Jersey’s medical workers and first responders.
Monmouth County Freeholder Deputy Director Sue Kiley sat for interview with Sophia Haber Brock, a 10th grade student at Middletown High School North who publishes her interviews on YouTube channel Sophia Directs.
Assemblyman Gerry Scharfenberger, PhD, (R-Monmouth) is forgoing his legislative salary until the unemployment insurance claims of his LD-13 constituents are fulfilled.
Monmouth County has 4,414 positive cases of COVID-19 as and 206 deaths due to the virus, as of April 17, 2020, according to County officials and the NJ Department of Health.
Robert Webber, a member of the Middletown First Aid Squad,the Port Monmouth Fire Company and the Middletown Fire Department’s Air Unit is among the departed.
