The Mental Health Association of Monmouth County Celebrates 65th Years of Providing Vital Free Programs and Services to Monmouth County Residents

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Shrewsbury, NJ:  On Thursday, September 24^th the Mental Health Association of Monmouth County (MHA) will host a 65^th Birthday Party at Taka, 660 Cookman Avenue, Asbury Park, NJ.  Guests will enjoy an Asian themed buffet and live music by Dawg Whistle with Rock N’ Roll Hall of Fame Inductee Vini Lopez, Paul Whistler, and Jon Sebastion Brice.  The party begins at 6:30pm and tickets are $95 each.

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Sandy victims’ new claim deadline: Oct. 15

Highlands residents Kerry and Jamie Gowan speak at May 2015 announcement that FEMA is reopening Sandy related flood insurance claims

WASHINGTON — Hurricane Sandy homeowners who feel they didn’t get a fair shake from their insurance companies now have until Oct. 15 to ask the government to reopen their claims. The Federal Emergency Management Agency extended its deadline to handle as many as 141,800 requests from homeowners who were not in litigation, about 70,000 of them… Read the rest of this entry »

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Tax Board Rejects Curley’s Call To Suspend Assessment Program

Prosecutor Mum On Whether He Will Investigate Anonymous Allegations

Freeholder John P. Curley

The Monmouth County Board of Taxation voted unanimously on Friday to reject Freeholder John Curley’s call that they suspend their new method of assessing values on properties in the county for property tax purposes.

Curley’s call to suspend the program came last week after he said received an anonymous letter from a group of realtors, appraisers, tax assessors and former tax assessors alleging that the program, “Tax Assessment Demonstration Program,” is not being implemented in accordance with the law that created it and implying that Matthew Clark, the Tax Board Administrator, has inappropriate dealings with the program vendors.

Curley referred the anonymous letter to Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni, declaring in his own letter to the prosecutor that it is “omnipotent (sic) that all government business be conducted with full transparency, ethical and legal standards.”   Curley also wrote Tax Board President James Stuart to request the tax assessment program be suspended while Gramiccioni investigates.  He then released the anonymous letter and his letters to Gramiccioni and Stuart to the Asbury Park Press.

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Two men shot in Asbury Park

ASBURY PARK – Two city men were hospitalized early Sunday morning after being shot on Bangs Avenue, the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office said. Shortly after 2 a.m. on Sunday, Asbury Park police officers responded to the 1000 block of Bangs Avenue for a report of shots fired. When officers arrived, they found evidence of gunfire but… Read the rest of this entry »

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1 dead after fire rips through Wall Twp. home

WALL TWP. — One person died early Sunday morning after a fire tore through a home in the West Belmar section of town. At around 1 a.m., police, firefighters and first aid personnel responded to the home on Vine Street after receiving a report of a residential house fire, Chief Robert L. Brice said in a… Read the rest of this entry »

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Children of cop accused of killing ex-wife plan wrongful death suit

NEPTUNE — The nine children of a Neptune woman who police say was shot to death by her cop ex-husband plans to sue several law enforcement agencies over what they contend was poor training and a lack of disciplinary action after the couple’s repeated domestic complaints. The notice of intention to sue warns of an impending… Read the rest of this entry »

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Asbury Park Zombie Walk back from the dead, report says

ASBURY PARK — The owner of a local bar said he will be purchasing the rights to the Zombie Walk, a record-setting annual event whose founder announced last month he would be cancelling it due to spiraling costs. RELATED: Asbury Park’s Zombie Walk is no more, organizer says The Asbury Park Sun reported that John McGillion,… Read the rest of this entry »

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Update on deadly car crash on Route 18, Colts Neck

Two people are dead and a third is hospitalized as a result of a commercial line striping truck overturning into the median of Route 18 in Colts Neck this morning, according to Charles Webster, spokesperson for the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office.

The incident occurred north the northbound interchange of Route 34 and the south of the County Road 537 interchange.

The three victims were ejected from the vehicle they were traveling in.  Two were pronounced dead at the scene at 8:30 a.m. and 8:35 a.m. The third victim, a male, was transported to an area hospital.  His condition is unknown.

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Deadly crash shuts down Route 18 in Colts Neck Wednesday morning

COLTS NECK — A serious crash on Route 18 closed down the highway in both directions for a couple hours Wednesday morning. The New Jersey Department of Transportation’s traffic website said there was an accident with fatalities on Route 18 northbound in the area of exit 22. As of 7:30 a.m., all lanes on the northbound… Read the rest of this entry »

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Burry and Hammond To Receive History Awards

Freeholder Lillian G. Burry

MANALAPAN, NJ – Monmouth County Clerk Christine Giordano Hanlon is pleased to announce that Freeholder Lillian G. Burry has been selected to receive the inaugural M. Claire French Award for Leadership in Historic Preservation and Joseph W. Hammond has been selected to receive the 2015 Jane G. Clayton Award at Archives and History Day.

Both awards will be presented at Monmouth County Archives and History Day on Saturday, Oct. 3 at the Monmouth County Library Headquarters.

“Both of these recipients are very deserving of recognition,” Hanlon said. “There is no public servant more deserving of the inaugural M. Claire French award than Lillian Burry. Lillian has been an advocate, champion and enthusiast of historic preservation in Monmouth County as a citizen and throughout her entire career as a public servant and elected official.”

Freeholder Burry has made many notable contributions to historical preservation throughout her career, including heading Matawan’s Historic Preservation Program while serving on the Matawan Council, during which time the group purchased and restored the borough’s most historic 1700’s era mansion. She also founded and chairs the Colts Neck Historical Preservation Committee.

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