Mentally Ill Asbury Park Man Is Missing, Police Request Assistance

The Asbury Park Police Department is requesting public assistance in locating George Bland.

Bland, who is known to frequent the beachfront, Cookman, Seventh and Eighth Avenues, was last seen on or about July 15.  He suffers from schizophrenia and bipolar disorder and is not taking his medication, according to the department’s announcement via nixle. Read the rest of this entry »

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Asbury Park Must Lock the Wesley Lake Footbridges Permanently

By Tommy DeSeno

The hot local issue is the 25-year-old practice of Ocean Grove (a section of Neptune Township) locking two footbridges over Wesley Lake that connect to Asbury Park, every night between midnight and 5 am.  Asbury Park, led by councilwoman Eileen Chapman and activist Dani Boglivi Fiori, want Neptune to leave the gates open. Let’s explore the history for context.

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James S. Gray, 1943-2019

James S. Gray. photo by Rhoda Chodosh

Jim Gray, a former Clerk of the Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders and former Mayor of Manalapan, passed away unexpectedly on July 24 at the Ocean Medical Center in Brick.

Gray served as Clerk of the Board for eight years until 2010.  He was previously Director of Administration for the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities from 1995 to 2002, according to NewJerseyGlobe.

Jim was a Manalapan Township Committeeman from 1984 to 1998. He served five terms as Mayor and four terms as Deputy Mayor. He served as police commissioner, planning board member and recreation liaison. He believed that by serving his town and preserving recreational space, he could make Manalapan a better place to live.

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Senator O’Scanlon discusses the storm and JCP&L’s response

By Senator Declan O’Scanlon

Senator Declan O’Scanlon

For those who didn’t lose power, or see the fury of Monday night’s storm, be thankful. Your lives went on like a normal summer day with a thunderstorm in the background.  For those who were in the micro-bursts…it was the scariest thing many have seen since Sandy..and more than many of us have ever seen. It lasted 20 minutes through the area…but left more immediate wind devastation than Sandy. Sandy spent hours piling water into our Bayshore and bays and oceanfront. This unnamed…moment…tore down trees and utility poles and the wires near, or attached to, them. And it was block-by-block, neighborhood by neighborhood.  Which made it even harder on those without power. Many neighbors had no inconvenience at all.  I can say now, it was a miracle no one was seriously injured or killed.  For those that didn’t see it, trust me, this isn’t hyperbole.

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Greg’s List: Things to Do in Monmouth County This Weekend, July 26-28, 2019

By Greg Kelly

Friday, July 26

• Indie Street Film Festival (Red Bank) – MORE INFO
• Monmouth County Fair ‘19 (Freehold) – MORE INFO
• Red Bank Sidewalk Sales – MORE INFO
• “Next to Normal” by Holmdel Theatre Company – MORE INFO
• “Real Women Have Curves” at Center Playhouse (Freehold) – MORE INFO
• Visionary Tattoo Arts Festival (Asbury Park) – MORE INFO

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2 fatal shootings in Asbury Park

Officer Involved Shooting in one of the incidents.

Gun violence erupted on Tuesday night/Wednesday morning with two shootings that resulted in two reported deaths, according to a member of the law enforcement community.

The first incident, which involved an Asbury Park Police officer, occurred at around 10:30 p.m. at the area of 7th Ave and Webb St. The Attorney General’s Shooting Response Task Force is investigation this incident.

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Pallone Embraces Green New Deal

Congressman Frank Pallone, Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, has embraced the Green New Deal promoted by freshman Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.  Pallone’s “100% clean economy” with net-zero carbon emissions is “aggressively” targeted to be achieved by 2050, twenty years following the end of AOC’s world.

With a nod to The Squad, Pallone and six other Democrats on his committee held a press conference in Washington on Tuesday in an effort to convince the world that 2050 is the point of no return from climate change, not 2030, as AOC insists.  Read the rest of this entry »

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Safety Tips From The Sheriff

With tens thousands of Monmouth County residents expected to be without power for the rest of the week, Monmouth County Sheriff Shaun Golden’s Office has shared safety warnings for the use of generators and food safety tips for when the power comes back on.

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JCPL Update

JCP&L provided the following information to MMM at 12:45 this afternoon:

Monmouth County Update:

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Neptune Township Offices Close Due To Power Outage

Neptune Township has closed its municipal offices including the library, police records, and municipal court, according to an announcement via nixle. Read the rest of this entry »

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