Monmouth County Sheriff Shaun Golden reacted to the news that the New Jersey Department of Corrections approved the furlough 50 state prisoners over the weekend with an impassioned post on facebook in which he thanked the New Jersey’s corrections officers and apologies to the victims of the criminals being send home.
Middletown Mayor Tony Perry has written New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal requesting the “immediate and full reversal” of his directive to close the Henry Hudson Trail.
The Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office forwarded the Attorney General’s instructions that the trail be closed over the weekend to police departments of towns that host the trail, Perry told MMM.
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.
Tom Brokaw referred to the generation that went through World War II as the Greatest Generation. He was referring not only to the servicemen, but to those at home who sacrificed and contributed in so many ways to the war effort. The period was marked by Rosie the Riveter, war bonds, rationing, and, in misty memories, a united country working together to defeat a common enemy.
I would like to think of that generation as Tom Brokaw described it. Frankly, it feels a lot better than dissecting what really happened and dwelling on the isolated instances that stained that period.
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.
An empty parking lot and chem trails above the Sands Beach Club in Sea Bright
The spread of COVID-19 in Monmouth County appears to be slower than the rest of New Jersey.
County officials said on Sunday that by doubling at a rate of 24 days, Monmouth leads the state. Freeholder Director Tom Arnone and Deputy Director Sue Kiley credit residents doing their part by social distancing.
