FREEHOLD, NJ – Monmouth County 4-H goat club members Nicole Cary and Rebecca Carmeli-Peslak, of Millstone, will represent Monmouth County at the New Jersey State 4-H Goat Show on Aug. 20 at the Hunterdon County 4-H and Agricultural Fairgrounds in Ringoes.
The Monmouth Livestock Club 4-H members will join nearly fifty New Jersey 4-H members and exhibiting 137 goats in Meat Goat, Dairy Goat, Fiber Goat and Showmanship Classes.
“The State 4-H Goat Show is an annual event that offers 4-H’ers an opportunity to compete at an advanced level and meet other 4-H goat project members from around the state, “ said Roberta Hunter, County 4-H Agent. “This educational and competitive event promotes the 4-H goat project and sportsmanship among the participants.”
Significant Developments in 2009 Murder of Jonelle Melton
$10,000 reward still available
Jonelle Melton
(FREEHOLD) Investigators are closing in on the person responsible for the brutal 2009 murder of Jonelle Melton, a beloved Red Bank teacher who was found beaten to death inside her West Sylvania Avenue apartment. Monmouth County CrimeStoppers wants to make sure the public is aware a chance still remains for anyone with information about the case to come forward and possibly collect the $10,000 in reward money being offered, announced Kevin J. Burke, Jr., Chairman of CrimeStoppers of Monmouth County.
“Our Office has worked tirelessly to solve this vicious crime and have recently developed new leads that make us confident that those responsible for this senseless crime will be brought to justice. We believe that there are people who have information about this murder who have not yet come forward. Jonelle Melton deserves justice and those who knew and loved her deserve answers.” said Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni.
After a successful debut in Howell last week, Monmouth County Clerk Christine Giordano Hanlon, Sheriff Shaun Golden and Surrogate Rosemarie Peters are bringing the Mobile County Connection to the Middletown Library on Tuesday from 10 am till 1 p.m.
The Mobile County Connection office is housed in a large mobile command center.
This is a great opportunity for Middletown area residents who need to renew or apply for their passports, want to update their voting records, need notary services or have questions about wills, estates and guardianship/adoptions to avoid the trek to Freehold or Neptune.
Sheriff’s Officers will be offering Youth and Ident-Adult Identification Cards and information on the proper installation of child safety seats, along with other agency services. Unarmed fugitives can surrender to Golden if there are no kids around.
Jemma Nigh Players: Myra Danon, Donna Mansfield, Martin Moskowitz, Fridel Buxbaum, Bob Landman
MANALAPAN – Donna Mansfield takes it seriously when she says “The Show must go on!” So seriously, in fact, that the Programming Coordinator at the Monmouth County Library Headquarters did the only thing she could think of to do when she learned a one act play scheduled to go on stage at the headquarters library had to be cancelled because one of the five actors had to drop out. With scant weeks to go before the event Mansfield had been promoting throughout Monmouth County with great zeal was scheduled, and not wanting to spend as much zeal in announcing its cancellation, Mansfield volunteered to step in and do the job!
Mansfield…who is not an actress and has absolutely no experience on stage….pulled it off beautifully last week when she portrayed Nora in Sisters-in-Pain, a charming comedy written by Myra Danon of Jamesburg. Danon also played a role in this, the first comedy she has written on her own, though she did co-author one other play since she retired as an elementary school teacher in Harlem.
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP — A 19-year-old man was killed when he was hit by a car as he tried to cross Route 9 in Freehold Township, authorities said on Saturday. Tyler Horneck, a Freehold Township resident, was pronounced dead at the scene of Friday night’s crash, which occurred in the northbound lanes of Route 9, said First… Read the rest of this entry »
WASHINGTON — The New Jersey congressional delegation is asking the Federal Emergency Management Agency to extend until Dec. 15 its deadline for receiving requests from Hurricane Sandy homeowners to reconsider their damage claims. The lawmakers, in a letter to FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate, sought another three months to give all homeowners enough time to contact the… Read the rest of this entry »
SPRING LAKE — The operator of a boat that washed up onto a jetty in Spring Lake, prompting a daring rescue by emergency personnel and lifeguards, has been charged with being under the influence of alcohol at the time, authorities said on Saturday. Thomas McGinley, 51, of Toms River, was charged with boating under the influence… Read the rest of this entry »
OCEANPORT — An exchange between two borough officials at a special council meeting last week nearly turned violent, with the borough’s mayor having to step in to keep the two apart. During the public comment portion of the Aug. 6 meeting, resident and Board of Education member Jay Coffey was addressing the council about personnel and… Read the rest of this entry »
FREEHOLD – A 51-year-old Marlboro man has been indicted in t he fatal 2014 crash in Holmdel that killed an Old Bridge man, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher Gramiccioni announced Thursday. Shortly before midnight on Dec. 5, 2014, a 2008 Chrysler Town and County minivan – being driven by Robert A. Pennington, 51, of School East… Read the rest of this entry »
RED BANK — Dylan Gowan’s day on Tuesday was hectic from the start. The 19-year-old and his friend were riding WaveRunners off the beach in Highlands when his friend decided to ride to Brooklyn. Once there, his friend’s personal watercraft ran out of gas, perhaps a sign of what was to come. Gowan drove his car… Read the rest of this entry »
FREEHOLD, NJ – Monmouth County 4-H goat club members Nicole Cary and Rebecca Carmeli-Peslak, of Millstone, will represent Monmouth County at the New Jersey State 4-H Goat Show on Aug. 20 at the Hunterdon County 4-H and Agricultural Fairgrounds in Ringoes.
OCEANPORT — An exchange between two borough officials at a special council meeting last week nearly turned violent, with the borough’s mayor having to step in to keep the two apart. During the public comment portion of the Aug. 6 meeting, resident and Board of Education member Jay Coffey was addressing the council about personnel and… 
FREEHOLD – A 51-year-old Marlboro man has been indicted in t he fatal 2014 crash in Holmdel that killed an Old Bridge man, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher Gramiccioni announced Thursday. Shortly before midnight on Dec. 5, 2014, a 2008 Chrysler Town and County minivan – being driven by Robert A. Pennington, 51, of School East…