Tag: Monmouth County

Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over. It’s the annual traffic safety enforcement campaign targeting impaired driving during the busy holiday travel season. While it has been in effect since Nov. 30, Monmouth County Sheriff Shaun Golden is urging drivers to heed the warning as holiday season peaks this week.

With the ease of mail-in and early in-person voting, Monmouth County residents made their voices heard in the 2022 election. According to Christine Giordano Hanlon, Monmouth County Clerk, “Monmouth County once again led the way with the highest early in person voting turnout out of all 21 counties in the State of New Jersey.”

My recent visit to Gaia Bistro in Monmouth Beach, suggested by a friend, was one such occasion. No small part of the pleasure was in meeting and talking with the chef/owner Michael Tornillo.

During a press conference at Red Tank Brewing Company in Red Bank Oct. 19, county commissioners announced the launch of a new initiative to bolster breweries, distilleries and wineries.

It’s been almost 10 years since Super Storm Sandy swept ashore in New Jersey.

After making landfall on Florida’s southwest coast, causing catastrophic damage to life and property, the record-breaking Category 4 Hurricane Ian surged up the Atlantic Coast and weakened at the Jersey Shore, lashing the Two River area with persistent rainfall for five days.

When scary things happen in life, the creator of the beloved children’s television show, “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” once advised, look for the helpers. There are always helpers, Fred Rogers told his listeners young and old.

During the height of the COVID-19 health crisis, the Henry Hudson Trail was a sanctuary port in an unprecedented storm for bikers and hikers in search of some normalcy.

While they may not exert the pull of top-of-the-ticket elections, municipal elections are the backbone of seamless governance with an immediate impact on the daily operations of a town.

Halloween was once a time for jack-o’-lanterns, scarecrows, Casper the Friendly Ghost costumes and trick-or-treating. Somewhere along the line, adults co-opted the holiday and everything changed.